ACCELQ test automation tool
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our organization has been going through a digital transformation, and as part of that, we were looking for an automation tool that can work across multiple platforms such as mainframe, web, API, etc.; our existing solutions, including open-source selenium, were not working in this situation and hence we were looking for one solution that can address most of the automation needs. Piloted four solutions, including ACCELQ, and conducted POCs, including migration of existing scripts. Based on the POC results and user experience, we picked ACCELQ as the solution to move forward with.
Pros
- Scriptless and hence coding is easy.
- Maintenance of the scripts are easy.
- Learning curve is small.
Cons
- The tool is not developer friendly and hence adoption across developers is low.
- The tool does not have an admin console to manage the users centrally.
- Different types of licensing and it’s all user based and hence pricey.
Likelihood to Recommend
ACCELQ can support multiple technologies such as web, mobile, API, and mainframe. It’s also suited for SAAS solutions such as Salesforce and addresses challenges such as dynamic HTML. It’s easy to set up, and onboarding is easy, and overall lead time is comparatively less. The overall execution results are captured with screenshots, and it’s easy to debug errors. It has integrations with leading cloud-based desktop and mobile farm services such as Saucelabs, browser stack, etc.; ACCELQ is not developer friendly, and hence the overall adoption for a continuous integration scenario is very limited. If you are using a different test management solution, the integration between accelQ and that tool needs ti to be built and hence requires additional development effort, and it’s buggy too.
