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TestRail vs Tricentis qTest comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
3.3
TestRail improved productivity, collaboration, and accuracy in test management, providing valuable reporting, integrations, and an intuitive interface for users.
Sentiment score
1.0
Tricentis qTest delivers ROI by enhancing efficiency, visibility, and collaboration, with quick adoption, ease of use, and seamless upgrades.
Time-wise, it saves about fifteen to twenty percent compared to Excel, and money-wise, it's around ten percent.
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
Due to the fast adoption, there is a quick ROI along with faster and better maintenance due to Tosca's AI and self-healing aspects.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
3.3
TestRail offers responsive support, but complex issues often require improved service, with users favoring self-service resources and community help.
Sentiment score
1.0
Tricentis qTest customer service is responsive and effective, despite integration challenges and occasional slower first-tier support.
Sometimes, you really need to speak to a person, and arranging such calls is not easy.
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
I personally escalate Leapwork issues with the Leapwork support tech team, and they are very quick to solve problems.
Automation Test Engineer Il at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Just today we had a hiccup where it didn't want to integrate with Jira.
Release and Test Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Support has never been an issue, except for consulting which Tricentis charges for.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
TestRail offers robust scalability and stability, handling varied team sizes effectively, though user monitoring improvements are noted.
Sentiment score
8.3
Tricentis qTest offers scalable, seamless performance supporting global teams, requiring minimal maintenance, with robust integration and feature growth.
I have never experienced any issues with its scalability.
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
When I started automation testing in my current company, we only had 10-20 automated test cases integrated with TestRail, but we gradually increased to 100, 200, 1000, and 2000 cases.
Automation Test Engineer Il at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
It also doesn't have the analytics and dashboards that you need for large scale enterprise implementations, which is why it's not really scalable.
Release and Test Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
TestRail is highly praised for its stability, with users experiencing rare, quickly resolved issues and consistently rating it highly.
Sentiment score
8.1
Tricentis qTest offers stable performance with rare downtime, consistent availability, and improved integration, receiving positive user feedback.
It has never had any issues.
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
I would say seven or an eight because sometimes there are hiccups in the interface with Jira, for example.
Release and Test Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
As for stability and performance, apart from a few hiccups and glitches, Tricentis qTest worked fine.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

TestRail needs improvements in reporting, integration, user interface, defect management, API, technical support, pricing, and AI features.
Tricentis qTest requires improved reporting, better integration, enhanced user interface, installation processes, and faster, robust support and features.
If you want to use TestRail for enterprise-level waterfall projects with traditional reporting and a lot of analytics, it's not good enough because the analytics, dashboards, and reporting are not really there.
Release and Test Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
TestRail lacks the functionality to map test cases to requirements and risks.
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
It also does not allow for task tracking or calculating time spent on tasks, which affects project timelines.
Test Automation Specialist -Full Stack at IBM
There may be missing features that should be included in the next release of Tricentis qTest, such as integration with other tools, specifically integration with Parasoft.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users have mixed views on TestRail's pricing, appreciating discounts and scalability despite recurring costs and no perpetual license.
Tricentis qTest offers moderate enterprise pricing, supports global teams, and includes options for volume discounts and optional tools.
It offers good value for money.
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
The solution is expensive.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The pricing and execution of qTest are easy.
Test Automation Specialist -Full Stack at IBM
 

Valuable Features

TestRail offers intuitive test management, effective integrations, and user-friendly features for efficient, cost-effective test execution and organization.
Tricentis qTest provides seamless integration, robust reporting, and scalable test management, enhancing agile testing efficiency across diverse needs.
It significantly saves effort in managing test execution and managing all test cases.
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
The reporting capabilities and the simplicity of it make it user-friendly, as new users can easily understand the tool.
Automation Test Engineer Il at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
The integration with Jira is good. I like that because it helps to show your test results and helps you to keep traceability between your user stories and your test results.
Release and Test Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
There are also AI insights available based on the data and defects raised, which gives a view of functionalities where there are challenges and where more regression needs to happen.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
A valuable feature is the ease of uploading, as well as creating folders.
Test Automation Specialist -Full Stack at IBM
I have seen measurable benefits with Tricentis qTest in terms of time-saving and resource-saving.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

TestRail
Ranking in Test Management Tools
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tricentis qTest
Ranking in Test Management Tools
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of TestRail is 8.7%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tricentis qTest is 10.4%, down from 14.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Test Management Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
TestRail8.7%
Tricentis qTest10.4%
Other80.9%
Test Management Tools
 

Featured Reviews

ChristineAnderssen - PeerSpot reviewer
Release and Test Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Provides quick test management for agile workflows but lacks customization for reporting and dashboards
The analytics and reporting capabilities in TestRail are not very extensive and tailorable. This doesn't make it very suitable for enterprise level programs. With OpenText, you have a lot of flexibility. I'm talking about the old version of ALM, the desktop client, which I used when it was still Micro Focus ALM. It has a tremendous ability to generate different types of reports. You can build different graphs, have Word document format, Excel format, or write your own Excel queries and incorporate that into your own reporting. TestRail has one type of format. If you want to generate a test summary report, there is basically only one format that you can use. You can't add your own components. You can choose which portions of your test results you want to include by selecting certain sections, but you don't have freedom to add and remove sections yourself. It's predefined and all that you can do is just take out the ones that you don't want. It is usable, but it's not tailorable, it's not configurable, it just gives you the bare minimum. It depends on what you use the tool for. If you want to use TestRail for enterprise-level waterfall projects with traditional reporting and a lot of analytics, it's not good enough because the analytics, dashboards, and reporting are not really there. However, if you use it for agile and you want quick and easy with very simple functionality, then it's very good because it's simple to use. For agile use cases, it's great and you don't need more than that. But if you are looking for an enterprise tool or waterfall project with large programs, even the enterprise version is not sufficient. There's no significant difference from the basic version. The only thing that you really get is the ability to have multiple project reporting, but the reporting itself is limited. There are no configurable dashboards. You can report across multiple projects, which is great, but the type of reports that you can run are limited to the current set of built-in reports. That's not good enough for enterprise level with multiple project and large programs. You want multiple reports across multiple projects and you want the tailorability and configurability of having dashboards and analytics, which TestRail is weak on for the enterprise level.
reviewer2356440 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
User stories and test artifacts migrate seamlessly to innovative management tools
Customers are moving towards Tricentis due to their association with SAP. There is interest in understanding if there are connectors for converting UFT scripts to Tosca, as many customers are looking to make this transition. We have developed capabilities for automated migration from ALM to Tricentis qTest without any loss of data. However, for UFT to Tosca migration, scripts need to be rewritten as there are no automatic converters available. From a project perspective, there have not been many challenges with Tricentis products. The main improvement area would be developing a connector to move UFT scripts to Tosca, which would enable quicker and easier movement for customers. This would aid faster adoption of Tosca and ease the financial pressure on clients who currently need to invest in rewriting scripts.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Educational Organization
5%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
Insurance Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TestRail by Gurock?
Pricing is reasonable for TestRail. It offers good value for money.
What needs improvement with TestRail by Gurock?
The analytics and reporting capabilities in TestRail are not very extensive and tailorable. This doesn't make it very suitable for enterprise level programs. With OpenText, you have a lot of flexib...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tricentis qTest?
The solution is expensive. For the features that are available, depending on the volumes of licenses we get, we are able to get better discounts as strategic partners of Tosca. We can pass some ben...
What needs improvement with Tricentis qTest?
One of the things I noticed was the reporting part wasn't very good. It was hard to customize the dashboards in Tricentis qTest, and there were limitations in the dashboard. There may be missing fe...
What is your primary use case for Tricentis qTest?
The main use cases for Tricentis qTest are for test management, to keep test cases and execute those. Overall, centralized test management with Tricentis qTest was beneficial for the team's product...
 

Also Known As

TestRail by Gurock
qTest
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Apple, Microsoft, Boeing, Intel, NASA, Amazon, HP, Samsung
McKesson, Accenture, Nationwide Insurance, Allianz, Telstra, Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (LVMH PCIS), and Vodafone
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