Why Choose TestRail Over Zephyr?
Compare TestRail vs. Zephyr
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
“TestRail empowers our QA testing team to efficiently manage test cases, plans, and runs in alignment with development sprints, execute tests and track the results that matter most — all in the same place.”
Pablo Maurin
Director of QA Engineering
Cardinal Peak
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Why choose TestRail over Zephyr Squad or Scale
TestRail is purpose-built for testing and not a Jira add-on
TestRail has better performance and a more intuitive UI so that you can complete more work in less time
TestRail does not require paying for each user in your Jira instance
TestRail is a more scalable solution with flexible and customizable workflows
TestRail has a variety of flexible reporting templates (overview of test summaries, burndown, test coverage, test traceability, workload per team/team member, etc.)
TestRail can integrate with almost any defect or requirements tracker and test automation framework
TestRail vs. Zephyr Squad
Zephyr Squad is a test management solution inside Jira. This Jira add-on is built for small Agile teams that focus mainly on test design, execution, and test automation. With Zephyr Squad, there are limitations such as lack of flexibility, customization, and specificity when dealing with test case management.
TestRail vs. Zephyr Scale
Zephyr Scale is still a Jira add-on, but it is slightly more scalable than Zephyr Squad. It’s built for mid-size growing Agile teams and offers more advanced test planning, reporting and reusability features. The central issues users tend to flag with Scale are long page load times, which also affects Jira users outside of the Jira add-on. Along with that, reporting can be somewhat limited and comments need to be manually rewritten when creating a defect making the QA process redundant at times.
Why choose TestRail Enterprise over Zephyr Enterprise
TestRail was originally designed as a standalone tool, whereas Zephyr Enterprise was built as a workaround for teams with more complex requirements
TestRail Enterprise is less expensive than Zephyr Enterprise, allowing you to better allocate resources and drive more value to your end users
TestRail Enterprise is easy to integrate with dozens of tools and automations through an extensive API, webhooks, and the TestRail CLI
TestRail Entreprise has flexible organization of test cases within the repository and ease of reuse. Zephyr Enterprise, on the other hand, makes it cumbersome to move and reuse tests
TestRail Enterprise keeps the speed and performance when integrated with Jira and other defect/requirements tracker, contrary to Zephyr Enterprise
TestRail Enterprise vs. Zephyr Enterprise
Unlike Zephyr Squad or Zephyr Scale, Zephyr Enterprise is not an app bolted on to your Jira instance. However, there are some crucial differentiators between TestRail Enterprise and Zephyr Enterprise around overall usability, performance, and integrations that make TestRail Enterprise a better solution that meets the needs of larger organizations with enterprise-level features and support.
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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
Engineer Manager - QA
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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
Senior Software Tester
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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.”
Moira Tuffs
Software QA Manager
