About Kobiton
Kobiton is a commercial mobile testing platform that lets teams test mobile applications on real devices. It combines a mobile device cloud with device lab management tools, and tests can be run manually or through automation, with results shared for collaboration across the team.
Capabilities listed on the site include visual testing, mobile performance and accessibility testing, scriptless automation, Appium self-healing and Appium script generation, no-code validations, test management and AI-augmented testing. It supports Appium, XCUITest and Espresso, and integrates with DevOps toolchains for mobile CI/CD. Industry pages cover retail and ecommerce, financial services and insurance, travel and hospitality, and mobile gaming.
Key features
- Real-device cloud for mobile app testing
- Device lab management
- Appium, XCUITest and Espresso support
- Scriptless test automation
- Appium self-healing and script generation
- Mobile performance and accessibility testing
- Visual testing
Good fit for
- →Testing apps on real iOS and Android devices
- →Mobile CI/CD pipelines
- →Mobile centers of excellence
- Tags
- mobile-testing
- device-cloud
- appium
- test-automation
- real-devices
- qa
- proprietary
Kobiton: questions and answers
- What is Kobiton used for?
- Kobiton is a mobile device testing platform offering a real-device cloud, test automation and device lab management for teams delivering mobile apps. It is a good fit for testing apps on real iOS and Android devices, mobile CI/CD pipelines, and mobile centers of excellence.
- How much does Kobiton cost?
- Paid plans for Kobiton start at $83 per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.
- Is Kobiton open source?
- No. Kobiton is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to Kobiton include Appium, WebdriverIO and Detox.
- What are some alternatives to Kobiton?
- Kobiton competes with BrowserStack, Sauce Labs and Perfecto. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Kobiton alternatives.
Open-source alternatives to Kobiton
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Appium
Testing & QA
Cross-platform automation framework for all kinds of apps, built on top of the W3C WebDriv
Apache-2.0vs BrowserStack★ 22k
WebdriverIO
Testing & QA
Next-gen browser and mobile automation test framework for Node.js
MITvs BrowserStack★ 9.8k
Detox
Testing & QA
Gray box end-to-end testing and automation framework for mobile apps
MITvs Kobiton★ 12k
Airtest
Testing & QA
UI Automation Framework for Games and Apps
Apache-2.0vs Kobiton★ 9.6k
Robot Framework
Testing & QA
Generic automation framework for acceptance testing and RPA
Apache-2.0vs Katalon★ 12k
Apache JMeter
Testing & QA
Apache JMeter open-source load testing tool for analyzing and measuring the performance of
Apache-2.0vs OpenText LoadRunner★ 9.6k
SaaS alternatives to Kobiton
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BrowserStack
Testing & QA
Cloud platform for testing websites and mobile apps on real browsers and devices
SaaS
Sauce Labs
Testing & QA
Cloud testing platform for automated web and mobile tests across devices
SaaS
Perfecto
Testing & QA
Cloud-based web and mobile test automation platform from Perforce
SaaS
HeadSpin
Testing & QA
Digital experience testing platform with a global device cloud
SaaS
AWS Device Farm
Testing & QA
AWS service for testing web and mobile apps on real devices in the cloud
SaaS
Firebase Test Lab
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Google cloud infrastructure for testing Android and iOS apps on real and virtual devices
SaaS

