Top 5 Open Source Cross-browser Compatibility Testing Tools in 2019

Cross-browser testing is one of the software testing service, which is usually negligible. The reason behind this is the difficulties in the ways of testing. But automation testing tool makes the process easy like bread and butter. There are so many testing tools available in the world to test the browser compatibility of the web application. But it is very important to choose the right tool to perform testing. Some of the tools are there which are paid and others easting re open source and work without licenses.

If the cross browser testing is one of the important parts for your development life cycle, then you must know the various open source tools to perform the testing process.

1. CrossBrowserTesting

This tool is introduced by the SmartBear to perform both manual and automated testing through Selenium, more than 1500 remote browsers. The tool supports all the browser for different mobile and desktop versions and also has a similar subscription setup known as browser stack. Along with the total access to the browser extensions and tools such as FireBug, Chrome Dev tools, etc. to check the ability of the application to interact with the various platform through swipe motions. This helps test engineers to locally debug front-end errors. CrossBrowserTesting and BrowserStack are one in the same thing; the only difference is the versions of the tools for additional functionalities.

2. Lambda Test

This is an ultimate tool which tests the application by using the real-time responses of the browser. The tool is capable of taking the 24*7 testing screenshots so that the test engineers can replay them to check the testing process manually. This is the reason why this tool is used worldwide. The tool also has a paid interface which provides some additional facilities to the user. The lowest plan for the tool starts from $15 per month. The free version of the tool is highly functional for the lifetime. There is no limit on the tests with the help of the free versions of the tool. This is very compatible with all the environments and tests the applications in all the browsers for different devices and resolutions. The tool allows you to test more than 2000 scripts to check the browser compatibility. This is one of the most reliable and efficient tools among all. Read more here Read Dive