With respect to pricing, they did a bundled discount because we went with Sauce Labs for both mobile and browser. They were very competitive on pricing and provided a bundle discount for us as a larger customer.

I like the licensing model because it is a system of shared licenses. This is different from BrowserStack, for example, which I didn't like because they charge on a per-user basis. This matters to us because we have a situation where there are heavy users and light users. In this case, we prefer to have shared licensing.

Shared licensing is like having a seat at the table and when we have a thousand registered users, it is easy to understand that some are heavy users and some are very light users. With the shared licensing, we don't have to manage the registration of whether they're heavy users or not. We don't worry about that. Rather, we just worry about the consumption of the licenses, which are shared amongst all.

There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.

I believe the price of Sauce Labs is fair. I don't think it's over-priced or under-priced. It's a fair market value for what we're getting. We don't even use all the features, but as new features come out, my role is to educate the teams on ways they can put those features to work. 

I've scheduled demos in the past, and they're well aware of what Sauce Labs can do. They also understand we're not fully utilizing it, but I've never heard any complaints about pricing. We negotiated with Sauce Labs, but I don't know what kind of deal we got. My role is more along the lines of evaluating the product from a technical application standpoint. License tiers and haggling over price aren't in my wheelhouse.

I'm not involved on the financial side too much. I forget the exact numbers, but being in the industry, Sauce Labs' price seemed high. I don't remember what our SeeTest contract cost, so it's really hard to compare.

Cost-wise, it's decent. If you have to get the base version out of it, it's the best solution to go with. As compared to other cloud service providers, the pricing of Sauce Labs is decent. 

There are monthly and annual packages, but I'm not much familiar with that part. They might be providing too many things in the package, and all of them might not be useful for people. They can modularize the offering instead of giving it as a whole package.

They could improve on the pricing because it seems pretty expensive. I'm sure it's justified, but it's expensive.

For some of the features we aren't using yet, I believe we do need to add new licenses, but for others, we just need to try them out. We just need to have the bandwidth and time.

The pricing model of Sauce Labs could be more flexible. Sauce Labs has just one price for the type of solution and a set number of devices. Other solutions have a fee for the base solution and an additional cost per device. 

If you're a smaller organization, you have to consider your needs. Some smaller companies still need to test various devices, so my advice is to start small and scale up as needed. We had initially planned to start big, but that would have been a big waste.

Eventually, I got approved to expand, but it didn't make sense, so I would advise starting smaller. Everything is about costs. Structure it in different phases. If this is something new for you, start with fewer devices to see if the solution is the right for you because it's costly.

You always have to weigh how much the solution costs versus buying physical devices, so I would say go for a phased approach. That way, you can determine whether it pays for itself. We did a phased approach, and we didn't have to go any higher for at least a year. We might go a little higher based on what we're doing this year. We're still evaluating that right now, so we'll see. 

Sauce Labs has room for improvement with its price point. Using a real mobile device, and having that dedicated to your team, costs more than actually purchasing a mobile device. We haven't tried the real devices yet. This is because of their price point.

The number of concurrent VMs that Sauce Labs provides depends on your purchase license level.

Latency has not been a concern due to Sauce Labs being a cloud-based solution. This comes back to the number of VMs and licenses that you have purchased. For example, if I have a capacity of 70 VMs, but I am running 100 jobs, then 30 of them will be throttled and we will see the latency. However, if I were to up my licensing, then I wouldn't see that latency. That is why it just depends on the license tier that you have ordered.

Sauce Labs has a pretty reasonable price and is worth it for the solution and what we are doing with it.

Be sure to plan out your solution before starting the free trial; 14-days goes by rather quickly.

I am not in charge of the licensing costs. They come and ask me, "Do we still need this?" Then, I tell the teams why we need XYZ and the licenses.

We did initially go with Sauce Labs because of the pricing and integration.

The pricing is reasonable due to the amount of diversity that they provide. However, I feel they might be more flexible to bargain based on their relationship with our organization.

They can increase the range of real devices for testing while reducing the cost. When it comes to purchasing real devices, even if we have a certain number of devices available, it would be great if we could add additional real devices for a reduced cost. 

I would like to give the admin the ability to upgrade operating systems based on the client's needs rather than having them update the OS versions every time. Maybe they could create a page for admins where all devices or browsers can be purchased or viewed, so we could then have an idea of what kinds of devices could be purchased.

We pay for a specific number of VMs. The licensing model should be changed to pay-as-you-use, which would make it more effective.

I think a longer trial period would be beneficial. Instead of 14 days look at 28 days due to in part the company that is on the trial period could be busy or possibly busy during the trial period. 

It is really cheap and fast.

A supply management team deals with pricing and licensing. We look at the utilization of licenses every month and see if we need to purchase new ones then shoot them an email saying we need more. We don't get into the inner workings of licensing and procurement.

The pricing is definitely on the higher end, and there are other options that are more cost-effective. One of our teams that was using Sauce Labs separately decided to go with a different solution that was less costly.

We have a team that manages all the licenses, and they share the pool with the rest of us. However, we haven't had any problem of running out of concurrent devices/connection because we agree to not running many test in parallel at the same time.

Do your homework.

The cost is worth it. Start with a VM farm that you think suits your needs, and then add/subtract VM's if necessary.

The pricing is clear on the site - I would say it is more expensive than some alternatives.

Very low but cannot disclose amount.

Truly agile companies that are constantly testing should get the enterprise solution that they have with dedicated machines. For more ad hoc testing or just testing before the release the pricing on their site would be the best.

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".

Start small, even if you are a large-to-enterprise level organization. The setup cost, if you're an enterprise-sized organization, is negligible. Establish a few quick and easy "wins" for one or two product teams. Hold a post-Sauce review with all the stakeholders within each team with the goal of reaching a consensus on whether the product is a good long-term fit. If the answer is yes, then calculate ROI, and if it makes sense, scale up and spend the money so every product that should use Sauce has access and the correct bandwidth.

We are lucky to enjoy Sauce Labs's "Open Sauce" program, as an open-source, not-for-profit organization: https://saucelabs.com/opensauce

The client libraries are quite compatible with other popular testing frameworks. Chances are you can directly integrate it with your existing automation infrastructures, so the original setup cost is very low.

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). They are definitely worth looking into and will most likely be the way to go.

Now that we have an enterprise license, we no longer have to worry about minutes each month!

Our monthly cost as of now is $149/month for a small team.

It is good.

To be determined.

It is a good purchase. The cost is also good.

Trial the product and see if it suits your needs.

Start with what you need and scale up.

The free version works just fine.

Highly recommended.

The price is affordable.

It could be less like pay-per-use with a lower rate.

Of course, yes.

A license is easy to obtain.

The setup was very easy and straightforward. The cost is also affordable.

The pricing is okay. It is worth purchasing.

Worth the purchase.

Good.

Not too expensive for the ROI.

Go ahead please. Try it at a smaller scale.

Compared with other services, Sauce Labs is a bit expensive.

It could be less money, such as pay-per-use with a lower rate.

It could be less. I would like to see pay per use with a lower rate.

Select a plan that offers scaling, but investigate the ability to improve existing processes.

Sauce Labs' billing and device access models are absolutely fantastic compared to other similar providers in the space.

It's a little expensive, but worth it.