Why I Prefer an On-Premises Continuous Testing Lab Over the Cloud? — Part B: Significant Cost Savings

№1 reason for small and medium software business: save big money!

In this article series:

• Part A: Introduction
• Part B: Significant Cost Savings
• Part C: Superior Performance (upcoming)
• Part D: Higher Reliability (upcoming)
• Part E: Greater Flexibility (upcoming)
• Part F: Easier Implementation Than Most Thought (upcoming)
• Part G: Security Concerns (upcoming)
• Part H: Advice and FAQ (upcoming)

A common excuse many software companies use for not implementing end-to-end test automation (mandatory for real Agile/DevOps) is a lack of funding. Twenty years ago, a license for automation tools like HP QuickTest Pro or IBM Rational Functional Tester cost over $10,000. Today, however, the most popular test automation frameworks are free and open-source. For example, in the realm of web testing, the top two frameworks — Selenium WebDriver and Playwright — are both free.