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Pros
"They offer a large number of devices and browser/operating system combinations for real device tests""The Failure Analysis feature is really important for us, one of the most important aspects. What is the root cause? Is it because we have a defect or is it that we have a test case that we need to fix or modify? The Failure Analysis is one of the main functionalities that I am exploring all the time in Sauce Labs... The Failure Analysis helps us to discover which test cases we need to work on.""Sauce Lab analytics helped us to get detailed knowledge on test cases execution and logs.""The most valuable feature is cross-browser, cross-OS, cross-mobile device testing.""Sauce Labs helps us identify the root causes of bugs. The solution offers a lot of flexibility by providing the latest iOS and Android emulator versions, and even the Appium updates when it comes out in the market.""I have found the live test section with Sauce Labs to be extremely valuable. When you can't quite figure out why a test is failing, you can go to the live test results section within their tool and launch your test (specifying a given OS/browser, or device) manually and step through the test to see the issue more clearly, usually opening up the developer's tool console and watching the network calls and console (within Chrome) to usually find the underlying issue.""It provides zero maintenance browser instances.""As stated earlier we use Sauce Labs for a combination of automated testing and manual testing. Therefore the most useful features are the ability to run the functional automated tests via a Sauce Labs tunnels which allows access to applications in our internal network. The second most useful feature is the manual side."

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"We can create a Quality Gate in order to fail Jenkins jobs where the code coverage is lower than the set percentage.""Before you even compile, it can catch known vulnerability issues or patterns.""It automatically scans for code, detects vulnerabilities, and generates daily reports.""SonarQube is scalable. My company has 50 users.""Offers multi-programming language support""SonarQube is useful for controlling all of our Azure task tracking and scanning.""Engineers have also learned from the results and have improved themselves as engineers. This will help them with their careers.""The most valuable features are the segregation containment and the suspension of product services."

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"One of the challenging areas for us is the reporting and the matrix. It should be based on roles, but right now it is only available for the admin role. The admin role can really do a lot of stuff, but our infrastructure team, which holds the admin role, is not ready to hand it over to us on the testing team. If Sauce Labs had permissions associated with roles, where this role could do this activity and that role could do that activity, it would be easier for us.""We had some specific features that we opened tickets on, although they were not earth-shattering. For example, the way the menus scroll could be improved because it does not have a bar, the way that people are used to, where you can move up and down.""Integration with Github, as well as several other similar tools, could be improved.""There have been various times throughout the last month or so where the service has gone down during business hours.""Sometimes pasting text while using "text object" does not seem to work, and it slows down testing times quite a bit.""Start execution time as each time a set of tests start, it will launch a new VM so it takes a bit of time.""The testing process is difficult. I need to prove the complete competency of the tool, and I am finding that challenging.""Progress towards reducing application testing time can be made."

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"You may need to purchase add-ons to get the useability you desire.""The documentation is not clear and it needs to be updated.""I would like to see more options for security, beyond the basics like SQL injection.""This solution finds issues that are similar to what is found by Checkmarx, and it would be nice if the overlap could be eliminated.""There isn't a very good enterprise report.""Expression of common vulnerabilities and exposures is not always current.""We called support and complained but have not received any information as we use the free version. We had to fix it on our own and could not escalate it to the tool's developer.""The pricing could be reduced a bit. It's a little expensive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We have an enterprise account; it has worked great for our needs."
  • "Try the free trial and work with a Sauce Labs representative to see what package works best for your application(s)."
  • "It could be less like pay-per-use with a lower rate."
  • "Go ahead please. Try it at a smaller scale."
  • "Trial the product and see if it suits your needs."
  • "When you reach the Enterprise licensing tier, base level being with 10 concurrent test sessions, pricing is essentially per-unit-of-concurrency thereafter with a relatively linear increase and not much benefit for "bulk"."
  • "Compared with other services, Sauce Labs is a bit expensive."
  • "​Now that we have an enterprise license, we no longer have to worry about minutes each month!​"
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  • "This is open source."
  • "We did not purchase a license (required for C++ support), but this option was considered."
  • "Get the paid version which allows the customized dashboard and provides technical support."
  • "People can try the free licenses and later can seek buying plugins/support, etc. once they started liking it."
  • "This product is open source and very convenient."
  • "The licence is standard open source licensing"
  • "The price point on SonarQube is good."
  • "Some of the plugins that were previously free are not free now."
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    Top Answer:It has significantly enhanced our testing accuracy by approximately 50%.
    Top Answer:They could improve the platform's customer support services. Many users, including myself, have experienced significant delays in response times and unsatisfactory resolutions when reaching out for… more »
    Top Answer:Our primary use case for Sauce Labs involves running automated test cases for our web application. It works as a remote testing environment to execute these test cases efficiently and effectively.
    Top Answer:I am not very familiar with SonarQube and their solutions, so I can not answer But if you are asking me about which tools that are the best for for Static Code Analysis, I suggest you have  a look… more »
    Top Answer:SonarQube is easy to deploy and configure, and also integrates well with other tools to do quality code analysis. SonarQube has a great community edition, which is open-source and free. Easy to use… more »
    Top Answer:We researched Coverity, but in the end, we chose SonarQube. SonarQube is a tool for reviewing code quality and security. It helps to guide our development teams during code reviews by providing… more »
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    Overview

    Sauce Labs is a functional testing tool that ensures your apps and websites work flawlessly on every browser, OS, and device. The solution allows you to automate functional testing on multiple operating systems and browsers, emulating the way that a user would use the website. With Sauce Labs, you can also run tests on various operating system and browser combinations in parallel, reducing the amount of time to get results. The Sauce Labs solution provides enterprise-grade security, scalability, and reliability.

    Sauce Labs Features

    Sauce Labs has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Automated cross-browser testing
    • Mobile testing
    • Secure tunneling protocol
    • Usage reporting
    • Enterprise security
    • Provisioning
    • Centralized user account management
    • Access controls
    • Support for Selenium, Appium, and JUnit Testing

    Sauce Labs Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing Sauce Labs. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Speed up development time: The solution makes it possible for you to test web and mobile apps in parallel and accelerate your testing time by up to 10x or more. Using Sauce Labs, you can increase developer productivity because your teams will be able to spend less time with test maintenance and debug faster.
    • No worrying about infrastructure: With Sauce Labs, you don’t have to buy or maintain more servers or mobile devices. You also don’t need to worry about updating browsers or VM licenses. Sauce Labs allows you to easily scale your tests with parallelization to speed up test cycles and boost capacity on their reliable cloud.
    • Run tests securely: The solution enables you to securely run your scripts and access your data and files from behind your firewall. Sauce Labs generates single-use VMs for every test and destroys them immediately afterwards so your data always remains secure.
    • Easy integration for your CI systems: Sauce Labs automated testing platform integrates with Jenkins, Bamboo, Microsoft VSTS, and others so you can test as fast as you develop. In addition, you can share results instantly by using the solution’s simple plugins.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Sauce Labs is a solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. It has valuable features that include error logging, helpful dashboards, and its browser.

    Joel A., Product Manager - Data & APIs at a marketing services firm, says, "The error logging is very robust. If we run a test through Sauce Labs and there's some sort of issue, a log will appear on the screen. Log messages are usually heinous and horrible... Sauce Labs is incredibly good at saying things like, 'Hey, here is the exact issue. Fix this and you can run the test.' That helps in getting things up and running and executing the way they should."

    Savio D., Sr. IT Architect at a healthcare company, mentions, "Sauce Labs' dashboards contain multiple useful metrics in one place. Everything is represented to us visually on the dashboard, which helps us understand where to focus our attention, what the issues are, and what we need to resolve."

    PeerSpot reviewer, Rob L., Director of Quality Assurance - Shared Service at a financial services firm, writes, “The most valuable feature for us is the browser. The most critical thing is that this software aligns with our Agile and DevOps way of doing things. It integrates with kickoff scripts through DevOps.”

    SonarQube is a self-managed open-source platform that helps developers create code devoid of quality and vulnerability issues. By integrating seamlessly with the top DevOps platforms in the Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline, SonarQube continuously inspects projects across multiple programming languages, providing immediate status feedback while coding. SonarQube’s quality gates become part of your release pipeline, displaying pass/fail results for new code based on quality profiles you customize to your company standards. Following Sonar’s Clean as You Code methodology guarantees that only software of the highest quality makes it to production.

    At its core, SonarQube includes a static code analyzer that identifies bugs, security vulnerabilities, hidden secrets, and code smells. The platform guides you through issue resolution, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. SonarQube’s comprehensive reporting is a valuable tool for dev teams to monitor their codebase's overall health and quality across multiple projects in their portfolio. With SonarQube, you can achieve a state of Clean Code, leading to secure, reliable, and maintainable software.

    Sonar is the only solution combining the power of industry-leading software quality analysis with static application security testing (SAST) and real-time coding guidance in the IDE (with SonarLint) to meet the DevOps and DevSecOps demand of putting agility, automation, and security in the hands of developers. Further accelerate DevOps continuous integration by helping developers find and fix issues in code before the software testing stage, reducing the churn of finding, fixing, rebuilding, and retesting your app.

    With over 5,000 Clean Code rules, SonarQube analyzes 30+ of the most popular programming languages, including dozens of frameworks, the top DevOps platforms (GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket, and more), and the leading infrastructure as code (IaC) platforms.

    SonarQube is the most trusted static code analyzer used by over 7 million developers and 400,000 organizations globally to clean over half a trillion lines of code.

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    Salesforce.com, Mozilla, Zendesk, Puppet Labs, Twitter, Bank of America, Eventbrite, Bleacher Report, Okta, Intuit, Travelocity, Sharecare, CapitalOne.
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    Computer Software Company11%
    Media Company9%
    Marketing Services Firm8%
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Retailer6%
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Government6%
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    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    Large Enterprise59%
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    Sauce Labs is ranked 11th in Functional Testing Tools with 113 reviews while SonarQube is ranked 1st in Application Security Tools with 112 reviews. Sauce Labs is rated 8.8, while SonarQube is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Sauce Labs writes "Robust documentation, helpful support representative, good licensing model". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonarQube writes "Easy to integrate and has a plug-in that supports both C and C++ languages". Sauce Labs is most compared with BrowserStack, Perfecto, LambdaTest, OpenText UFT One and Bitbar, whereas SonarQube is most compared with Checkmarx One, SonarCloud, Coverity, Veracode and Snyk.

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