Mobile Application Testing Tools 2

Mobile Application Testing Tools 2

Keynote DeviceAnywhere  vs. Perfecto Mobile Pricing Analysis and Summary

 

 

Written by Prateek Bhatnagar

Price being one of the key considerations for selecting a tool is further analysed. It will surely help you in selecting the right tool.

Price analysis has been divided into 3 cases (all calculations done using data from pricing given above):

1)      Perfect for developers testing every now and then (Purchasing the exact hours)

Hours: 50

Devices: 100

Perfecto mobile: $25/hour -> 25 * 50= $1250

Keynote DeviceAnywhere: $16/hour   + $100 access fees for devices-> (16*50) + 100= 900$

 

2)      Perfect for companies with limited ongoing need for mobile testing.

Hours: 100/ month

Devices: Above 1500

 

Perfecto Mobile->

Monthly ($15/hour) -> 15 * 100= $1500   

Quarterly ($13/hour) ->13* 300= $3900

Annually ($10/hour) -> 10 * 1200= $12000

 

Keynote DeviceAnywhere ->

Adding all packages = $250

Monthly ($16/hour) -> 250 + (16* 100) = $1850

Quarterly ($15/hour) -> 250*3 + (15*300) = $5250

Annually ($13/hour) -> 250*12 + (13* 1200) = $18600

 

3)      Perfect for companies with growing ongoing need for mobile testing.

Hours: 100/user/ month

Devices: Above 1500

Users: 20

 

Perfecto Mobile (Single User) ->

Monthly ($0.96/hour/user) -> 0.96 * 100*20= $1920

Quarterly ($0.84/hour/user) ->0.84* 300*20= $5040

Annually ($0.67/hour/user) -> 0.67 * 1200*20= $16080

 

Keynote DeviceAnywhere (For any number of users) ->

Adding all packages = $250

Monthly ($16/hour) -> 250 + (16* 100) = $1850

Quarterly ($15/hour) -> 250*3 + (15*300) = $5250

Annually ($13/hour) -> 250*12 + (13* 1200) = $18600

 

For small scale testing where you need the tool for a known fixed number of hours Keynote Device anywhere is recommended.

 

Perfecto Mobile definitely has an edge over Keynote DeviceAnywhere when prices are compared for ongoing or larger needs.   That said when we look at the customers page at http://www.keynotedeviceanywhere.com/customers.html we see many enterprise clients, who would be price conscious.  Since we cannot deduce enterprise testing and the needs of the enterprise client is out of the scope of this paper, we can only suggest that these clients take a hard look at both options.

 

For the users of HP QTP the choice is easy since the Perfecto Mobile integration is seamless. However, every tool has its advantages and disadvantages and each company needs to select tool based on their requirements. Based on this analysis there are only minor differences between the two tools and both are a strong option.     

For those that have made the choice or are doing the analysis please feel free to add comments and ideas.

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