Mobile site testing tools in a magic quadrant

The following are the popular ways to test/develop your mobile site.

1. Chrome mobile emulators — https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/device-mode
2. iOS simulator/Android emulators — https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/iOS_Simulator_Guide/ and http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/emulator.html
3. Cloud services like saucelabs — https://saucelabs.com
4. Actual physical devices

A frequent question arises — which one to choose? Just like any thing in software development this is a question of tradeoffs. In this case setup hassle vs fidelity. The following magic quadrant illustrates this tradeoffs nicely. Which method you choose will depend on what you want to optimize. Placement of Saucelabs is a bit tricky because the cloud emualtors are horrendously slow but they are a boon to scale your automation.