Why Choose TestRail Over Spreadsheets?
Compare TestRail vs. Spreadsheets
Security: Set clear role-based access policies and security permissions across users and projects
Traceability: Create and schedule traceability and coverage reports with the click of a button
Collaboration: Assign and coordinate testing efforts across a team in one central place
Reporting: Track testing progress with real-time dashboards and charts
Scalability: Easily track and organize test cases across projects
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"It's hard to believe we were using Google Sheets before TestRail. We've had nothing but success using TestRail to document test cases and plans, track the progress of test runs, and manage exploratory testing sessions."
Brian Cheney
QA Manager
Mightier
How TestRail Compares to Spreadsheets
Scalability
Quickly create, update, and manage test data no matter the size of your team or complexity of your testing strategy
Organize all your test cases in a central repository with hierarchical sections and subsections
Standardize your testing process and automatically document historical testing activity and results
Integrate with Jira to link testing to requirements and report bugs directly from TestRail
Integrate with test automation and CI/CD build pipelines
Manage users at an individual, group, or project level
Traceability
Generate a report of requirements with their related test cases and defects with the click of a button
Produce traceability reports on multiple test runs, milestones, and releases
Easily track coverage throughout a project's lifecycle and identify areas of risk
Integrate with 20+ requirement and bug-tracking tools to provide traceability no matter what tools you use
Schedule reports to send via email or programmatically generate them with the API
Security
Easily administer users regardless of whether you manage a large or small team
Get fine-grained access controls via custom permissions, roles, groups, and network addresses
Automatically back up your testing history for redundancy
Use in the cloud or install behind your firewall on a self-hosted server
Deep integrations mean deeper insights
Why users love TestRail:
TestRail is purpose-built for testing
TestRail integrates with Jira, without using Jira issues or causing performance issues
TestRail is fast and easy to use, making it easy to organize your testing and onboard new team members
TestRail gives you the ability to customize your QA processes to fit your specific testing workflows and easily integrate with your tech stack using TestRail’s extensive API, webhooks, or the TestRail CLI
TestRail gives you complete control over your testing processes with the ability to lock historical test execution from future changes, control user permissions through role-based security settings, and build test case review and approval workflows
TestRail scales with your organization, allowing you to manage thousands of test cases and millions of test executions across a single TestRail instance without slowing down
TestRail meets most security requirements set forth by users’ IT departments like SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, multi-factor authentication, and single sign-on
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“TestRail is a great all-in-one tool for managing test repositories, creating test plans, tracking test execution progress, monitoring automation coverage, and generating insightful reports.”
Amrathraj Nayak
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“When it comes down to preparing our test suites and test cases, we save 20% of our time using TestRail because we can create test cases and test suites faster with intuitive UI/UX.”
Jiří Malý
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“TestRail improves our collaboration, efficacy, and application quality, which in turn provides the best customer experience.”
Kelli Jordan
Director of QA
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“TestRail enables us to deliver consistent product quality and communicate the state of testing in simple terms to management and executives.”
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