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Optestra vs TesterArmy
A hosted AI testing agent with inboxes, SMS and iOS simulators, priced per run; against an open engine whose tests live in your repo and replay with no AI.
The short answer
Pick TesterArmy if you need iOS simulators or SMS numbers today. Pick Optestra if you want tests you own as files and repeat runs that cost cents.
Migrate my first 10 testsWho TesterArmy is for
TesterArmy is a hosted platform where AI agents run plain-English tests in a real browser or a mobile simulator, driven from a dashboard, a CLI, MCP or a GitHub integration. It suits small AI-native teams who want everything managed, including test inboxes, SMS numbers and iOS simulators.
What's different
- Their documented export is results (JUnit XML to TestRail); our tests are Markdown files in your repo, and every website test is also a Playwright spec.
- They price per run: $99 for 250 runs or $299 for 1,000, about 30 to 40 cents a run at a full quota, with a hard stop and no overage. A replay of ours uses no AI, and a cloud run of up to 20 tests is 2 cents.
- They offer iOS simulators and SMS numbers today; we offer Android emulators and email inboxes, and no iOS.
Feature by feature
About TesterArmy: from the sources below, checked 9 October 2026. Numbers in brackets point at the source.
| Feature | Optestra | TesterArmy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Engine, CLI and Action free; cloud from $5/month with your own AI key (1,000 credits; $8/month with our AI too, a run of up to 20 tests is 2¢), no seats | Free 5 runs; Hobby $99/month for 250 runs; Startup $299/month for 1,000 runs; a hard stop at quota, no overage [1] |
| Cost per run, at a full quota | 2¢ for a run of up to 20 tests; replays use no AI | About $0.40 on Hobby and $0.30 on Startup (our arithmetic: price ÷ runs) [1] |
| What counts as a run | One invocation of a set of tests in one environment; retries are free | One test run, up to 20 minutes of execution, passed or failed [2] |
| Browsers and sizes | Chromium, Firefox and WebKit; desktop, tablet and phone presets | Four named viewport presets: desktop, desktop-hd, mobile, tablet [3] |
| Mobile | Android emulators (13 to 17) in the cloud, 2 credits a test; no iOS | iOS simulator and Android emulator in the cloud; no physical devices [4] |
| Logins and codes | Saved logins, authenticator (TOTP) codes, email codes and links via a hosted inbox (or Mailpit, Mailosaur, MailSlurp), and a prompt for codes only a person can see; no SMS numbers at launch | Per-agent email inboxes and SMS numbers [7] |
| CI | Open GitHub Action (one PR comment, a status check, sharding); GitLab, CircleCI, Bitbucket recipes | GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and any pipeline that can call a webhook [7] |
| Export | Every website test is also a plain Playwright spec; standalone export | Docs list an export to TestRail as JUnit XML; we found no export of tests as code [5] |
| Open source | Engine MIT; the app and cloud are closed | The CLI is MIT; their GitHub organisation also lists an Apache-2.0 e2e framework (we haven't checked how it relates to the hosted product) [6] |
When to pick TesterArmy
- You need iOS simulators, SMS numbers or hosted inboxes today.
- You want a fully managed service now and don't need your tests as files in your repo.
- You'd rather pay per run with a hard cap than per credit.
When to pick Optestra
- You want tests you own as files, that keep running as Playwright without us.
- You want repeat runs that cost cents and don't depend on a model.
- You want to run in your own CI for free, with your own key.
Same flows, a fraction of the cost per run. Bring your 10 most important tests over free.
Migrate my first 10 testsSources
- TesterArmy docs: plans and pricing (checked 9 October 2026)
- TesterArmy pricing page (checked 9 October 2026)
- TesterArmy docs: viewport size (checked 9 October 2026)
- TesterArmy docs: mobile overview (checked 9 October 2026)
- TesterArmy docs index (llms.txt) (checked 9 October 2026)
- tester-army on GitHub (checked 9 October 2026)
- TesterArmy home page (checked 9 October 2026)
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