Comparison of GUI testing tools explained

GUI testing tools serve the purpose of automating the testing process of software with graphical user interfaces.

Name Supported platforms
(testing system)
Supported platforms
(tested system)
Developer License Automation Latest version ReferenceStatus
Windows Windows 1.1.32.00 [1] Active
Windows Windows 3.3.14.5 [2] Active
Windows, Linux, Mac
(Python, C#, Ruby, Java, Javascript, PHP, Robot Framework)
iOS, Android (both native App & browser hosted app) (Binding Specific) [3] Active
Blisk Windows, Mac, Linux Web Blisk 16.0.79.98 [4] Active
cross-platform Web Dojo Foundation 6.0 [5] Active
Windows, Linux, OS X Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Win Embedded, Win CE TestPlant Ltd Active
Windows Windows Discontinued
Web (cross-browser) iOpus 12.5/10.0.5/10.0.2
Katalon StudioWindows, Linux, OS XWeb (UI & API), Mobile appsKatalon LLC6.3.0[6] Active
Linux (With Windows and OSX ports) GUI applications with accessibility APIs (Collaborative project) 3.5.0 [7]
Windows Web, Oracle Technology Products Oracle12.5 [8] [9] Active
Windows, Linux, macOS X, Web (cross-browser) Windows, Java/Swing/SWT/Eclipse, JavaFX, Web applications, Windows Applications, C++, Android Quality First Software GmbH 7.0.8 [10] Active
Windows Windows, Web, iOS, Android 9.3.4 [11] Active
Web (cross-browser) Web (Collaborative project) 3.1.2 [12] Active
Web (cross-browser), Windows Web, Java, Java Web Start, Applet, Flex Tyto Software[13] 5.1 (open source, frozen), 10.0.0 [14] [15] Active
Web (cross-browser) Web (Collaborative project) 3.141.59[16] Active
Windows Windows, WebMicro Focus
20.0 [17] Active
Windows, Linux, (cross-browser) Web (cross-browser) 9.10.8 [18] Active
Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, AIX, QNX, WinCE, Windows Embedded, embedded Linux, Android, iOS Qt, QML, QtQuick, Java AWT, Swing, SWT, RCP, JavaFx, Win32, MFC, WinForms, WPF, HTML5 (cross-browser), macOS Cocoa, iOS, Android, Tk The Qt Company (froglogic GmbH) 6.7 [19] [20] Active
Windows Windows, Test Studio, Android, iOS Telerik by Progress R1 2022 [21] Active
Windows Windows, Android, iOS, Web SmartBear Software 14.10 Active
Testing Anywhere 8.0 Discontinued
Windows Windows 6.3.2 Discontinued
Windows Windows, iOS, Android, Web, Cross-Browser, Java AWT, Java SWT, API, Win32, WinForms, WPF, Siebel, Delphi, PowerBuilder, up to around 40 different technologies Tricentis 16 [22] Active
14.1.0 Discontinued
Unified Functional Testing (UFT)
(QTP)
Windows Windows, Web, Mobile, Terminal Emulators, SAP, Siebel, Java, .NET, Flex, others...[23] 14.53 [24] Active
Web Web (cross-browser) (Collaborative project) 6.16.5
UNIX GNU Project, Henrik Sandklef 3.19

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AutoHotkey . AutoHotkey . May 24, 2020 . 2020-05-24.
  2. Web site: AutoIt . autolt . June 3, 2014 . 2016-09-27.
  3. Web site: The History of Appium . appium.io. 2020-07-29.
  4. Web site: Blisk browser . blisk.io. 2019-07-09.
  5. Web site: Dojo Toolkit. DOJO . 2016-09-27.
  6. Web site: Best Automation Testing Tools for 2018 (Top 10 reviews). Brian. 2017-10-26. Medium. 2018-05-22.
  7. Web site: Linux Desktop Testing Project. LDTP Website. 2015-07-26.
  8. Web site: Oracle - Oracle Application Testing Suite . 2016-11-08.
  9. Web site: OATS - Oracle Application Testing Suite.
  10. Web site: QF-Test Overview. QFS Website. 2014-10-09.
  11. Web site: Ranorex Release Notes. Ranorex Website. 2020-11-26.
  12. Web site: GUI Automation . Sorted Inf. 2014-02-22.
  13. Web site: Sahi Open Source Vs. Sahi Pro. Sahi Pro Website . 2014-09-02.
  14. Web site: Sahi — Web Automation and Test Tool. Open-source Sahi on Sourceforge. 2014-09-02.
  15. Web site: Sahi — The tester's Web Automation Tool. Sahi Pro Website. 2014-09-02.
  16. Web site: What is Selenium?. Selenium HQ. 2014-09-02.
  17. Web site: Silk Test Overview.
  18. Web site: Parasoft Launches SOATest: Raising the Bar on API Integrity. 2013-06-14 . 2018-10-16.
  19. Web site: Squish GUI Tester. froglogic Website. 2017-12-07.
  20. Web site: Squish 6.7: Now Available!. 2021-03-30. froglogic.
  21. Web site: Telerik Test Studio Ultimate Releases . 2022-03-18 . www.componentsource.com.
  22. Web site: Tricentis Tosca. Tricentis Tosca. 2017-04-12.
  23. Web site: More Add-ins. uft-help.saas.hpe.com. en-us. 2017-08-02.
  24. Web site: What's New in UFT 14.00. uft-help.saas.hpe.com. en-us. 2017-08-02.