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Chief Arrgonaut at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
Selenium without the fuss

What is most valuable?

Turn-key access to any browser/OS combination I need

Video recording with permalink to the test job

How has it helped my organization?

I've been able to help numerous companies get up and running with Selenium quickly thanks to Sauce Labs.

For how long have I used the solution?

4 years

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

Support is friendly and responsive.

Technical Support:

Solid.

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Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Local execution and a small number of virtual images. Switched because it became too onerous to support.

How was the initial setup?

For a technical person, it's pretty straightforward.

It can be complex given the nature of Selenium and integrating with a third-party platform. But once you understand the fundamentals of Selenium and Sauce, it's simple enough to connect your tests to their infrastructure and capture the results for your own reporting needs.

What about the implementation team?

I help companies implement Selenium. When implementing Sauce (which is a given unless there are constraints that prohibit it) I either update their existing test code to work with it, or implement my open source Selenium framework for their testing needs (http://github.com/chemistrykit/chemistrykit) which comes with Sauce support built-in.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Quality Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Consultant
It is very useful, especially in my manual and automation testing

What is most valuable?

Cross platform testing with multiple browsers with iOS, Android, and web. Sauce labs is suitable for both native and hybrid apps.

How has it helped my organization?

Using Sauce Labs testing, it is faster and more accurate. I can run multiple tests on multiple browsers with a different set of devices.

What needs improvement?

Some functionality needs improvement:

  • Playback is not supported for apps.
  • Speed needs some attention.

For how long have I used the solution?

Two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Yes. Sometimes, it is not stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Good.

Technical Support:

Good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward and easy.

What about the implementation team?

We used an in-house team.

What was our ROI?

Good.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

A license is easy to obtain.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No.

What other advice do I have?

Use it. It is very useful, especially in my manual and automation testing.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Software Engineer at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
It is very useful in the field of testing and automation and is very easy to run

What is most valuable?

  • What I like most is the parallel run for multiple tests on multiple browsers simultaneously.
  • Sauce Labs is useful in iOS, Android, and web testing as well.
  • It has many uses in automation, as well as manual.

How has it helped my organization?

  • Testing is now faster using Sauce Labs.
  • More work in less time.
  • It can run on the cloud, which is very useful for me.

What needs improvement?

The slower speed needs to increase and the connectivity stability needs to improve.

For how long have I used the solution?

Three years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Sometimes.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

It is the best.

Technical Support:

It is good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented in-house.

What was our ROI?

Our ROI is good.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No.

What other advice do I have?

It is great tool.

Go for it. It is very useful in the field of testing and automation is very easy to run using Sauce Labs.

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Senior Software Development Test Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
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Quickly run multiple OS and browser combinations.

Valuable Features:

Sauce Labs is great in that you can spin up a virtual machine of one of many different configurations and quickly get your test up and running.  After, you have a great report of the test status along with screenshots, video and other meta data about your test.  To do this in house would be way too time consuming and costly.

Improvements to My Organization:

Quickly running multiple OS and browser combinations with ease.  What more needs to be said?

Room for Improvement:

Not really sure.  Maybe a .NET test runner option?  This may or may not already be in place, but I know it wasn't the last time I checked on it.

Sauce Labs has a test runner available for Ruby or some other language other than .NET which allows users to execute their tests directly from it.  This would be nice to have for .NET, as well.  Currently, tests are started locally and then they are run on Sauce Labs.  It would be a nice option to have it all started and executed on Sauce Labs.

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Art Director at a marketing services firm
Vendor
It gives us multiple operating browsers, screenshots and high video quality.

Valuable Features:

Multiple operating browsers, screenshots and high video quality.

Improvements to My Organization:

A cross browser test platform is really important for a web designer, Sauce Lab providing a really fast, functional and with good quality service.

Room for Improvement:

It's a little bit slow sometimes.

Deployment Issues:

No issues with deploying it.

Stability Issues:

It's been stable.

Scalability Issues:

Scaled for our needs.

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Senior Search Advertising Executive at a media company with 51-200 employees
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We're able to test our online ads on different browsers, though we've only used the trial version so far.

Valuable Features:

  • Quick Cross-Browser Testing
  • Mobile emulation

Improvements to My Organization:

As an advertising agency, we need to see how our online ads would look like on different browsers. Before we used the Google Chrome developer emulation tool, but due to a difference between what we saw and what the client saw in a real browser, we realized that something is wrong.

Other Solutions Considered:

I made online research for a better emulators, and Sauce Labs was one of them. So many devices and OSs to choose from, with live remote sessions, we could see real results and real looks of websites across all platforms we needed to check.

Other Advice:

First it started as a Trial account, but now we are considering an full account to use always as our testing tool.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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QA Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
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I get faster results with a wider range of platforms and different browsers, but it should allow a longer trial period with more parallel tests available.

Valuable Features:

I was using my local machine only and in order to get my tests on different platforms/browsers I have tried Sauce Labs.

Now I get results 100 times faster with a wider range of platforms and different browser versions used.

It supports some popular languages like Java, Ruby, Python

The run tests are privately secured in the cloud unless you want it to share with your colleagues.

Just great for Selenium tests.

Room for Improvement:

I think it should be a longer trial period with more parallel tests available.

Use of Solution:

Trial for a couple of days

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Quality Assurance at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Vendor
The setup was very easy and straightforward

What is most valuable?

Running the automation test in the cloud with different sets of devices for both iOS and Android mobile apps.

How has it helped my organization?

Automation running is very easy and fast now with the help of Sauce Labs.

What needs improvement?

Some of the new features could be improved, for example, the playback on simulators.

For how long have I used the solution?

Two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Their customer service is good.

Technical Support:

Their technical support is great.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward.

What was our ROI?

Good.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No.

What other advice do I have?

I like using Sauce Labs.

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