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aqua vs Kualitee

Which modern test management solution is better?

aqua and Kualitee are modern tools with a fresh look, but they have quite a different feature set. Which one works better for testing? Can you do more than just testing? Find out in just 10 minutes.

Key differences between aqua and Kualitee

aqua offers free AI-enhanced testing

aqua is an ALM solution

aqua has more integrations

How we compare

Key differences between aqua and Kualitee

AI

AI is a rapidly developing tech, so we will look at cutting-edge tech rather than the baseline. Here’s what you should expect from an AI-powered test management solution:

  • Analyse your workspace to get QA context
  • Create test cases, defects, and even requirements from a plain text description
  • Complete test case drafts
  • Prioritise tests
  • emove duplicate tests and defects

aqua utilises OpenAI’s GPT language model to generate entire tests and complete drafts. ChatGPT could do that too, but it doesn’t know the context of your software project and can’t analyse your existing tests. Kualitee does not have AI functionality for testing.

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Generate entire tests with AI
Not available
Auto-train AI Copilot with your tests
Not available
Complete test drafts
Not available
Prioritise tests
Not available
Remove duplicates
Not available
Generate entire tests with AI
Auto-train AI Copilot with your tests
Complete test drafts
Prioritise tests
Remove duplicates
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Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available

Verdict: aqua wins (Kualitee has no AI-powered testing)

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Test management

Test management is the main reason we are looking at these two tools. You should consider various aspects of handling test cases as well as traceability-minded features. These include:

  • Create, execute, share, and manage test cases in the workspace
  • Group tests into test scenarios, segment them into folders, assign labels
  • Quickly navigate the test suite, apply filters, use individual and shared views
  • See the entire execution history for a test case
  • Store a full log of changes for compliance
  • Visualise requirements coverage and dependencies between requirements, test cases, and defects

aqua and Kualitee are both strong test management solutions. Kualitee, however, lacks some essential time-savers for organising QA work. It also does not have workspace-wide logging. This functionality is valuable for any company that cares about transparency and traceability, and it is essential for companies in heavily regulated industries.

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  • Test cases, test scenarios, bulk test edits, custom fields
  • Execution history
  • Quick navigation, filters, views
  • Item change history
Logging
Not Available
Custom workflows
Not Available
Item change reversal
Not Available
Shared views
Not Available
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  • Test cases, test scenarios, bulk test edits, custom fields
  • Execution history
  • Quick navigation, filters, views
  • Item change history
Logging
Custom workflows
Item change reversal
Shared views
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Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Verdict: aqua wins by complete logging and custom workflows

Integrations

Most tools rely on automation via common third-party tools that QA specialists have been using for over a decade. The experience is much better when your test management solution has native integrations for industry-leading tools. REST API support is a must if you do not want to be at the vendor’s mercy for integrations.

  • First-party framework automation or third-party integrations with test automation tools
  • Native third-party integrations: Selenium, Jenkins, JMeter, SoapUI, Ranorex
  • Jira integration and/or Jira plugin
  • REST API support for integrating any tool

aqua and Kualitee both rely on third-party solutions for automation. Kualitee has a dedicated section for tests powered by Selenium scripts. aqua, on the other hand, acts like a hub to help you run and store tests from 10 test automation tools.

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  • REST API
  • Jira integration
Jira real-time project sync
Not Available
Selenium, Jenkins, UFT, JMeter, SoapUI, Ranorex, Database MSSQL, Database Oracle for test automation
Selenium
Bug reporting tool Capture
No native bug reporting integration
Not Available
Linear, Teamwork, CircleCI
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  • REST API
  • Jira integration
Jira real-time project sync
Selenium, Jenkins, UFT, JMeter, SoapUI, Ranorex, Database MSSQL, Database Oracle for test automation
Bug reporting tool Capture
Not Available
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Selenium
No native bug reporting integration
Linear, Teamwork, CircleCI
Verdict: aqua wins by extra native QA integrations

Pricing flexibility

Tools differ in how much money they request upfront and what scaling looks like. Some criteria here are:

  • Monthly or annual billing
  • Free licences for browsing or even executing tests
  • High setup costs
  • Dependency on paying for other tools

Kualitee and aqua are a close match here. The biggest difference comes in subsidised licences. aqua offers free licences for manual QA, while Kualitee merely charges a reduced fee for Viewer licences.

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  • Feature requests
Free licences for manual testers
Viewer licences at $7/month+VAT
Custom Enterprise plan
Not Available
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  • Feature requests
Free licences for manual testers
Custom Enterprise plan
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Viewer licences at $7/month+VAT
Not Available

Verdict: aqua wins by offering free manual QA licences

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Deployment Models

On-Premise deployment is a must in many industries, yet vendors won’t explicitly say if they don’t offer it. Depending on your security policies and scale, deploying in a non-vendor Cloud is a beneficial option too.

  • Vendor Cloud
  • External Cloud: AWS, Azure, etc.
  • On-Premise

aqua and Kualitee support On-Premise and Cloud deployment to suit your company’s needs. Both companies sell On-Premise versions as a service rather than offer perpetual licences. The upside is that On-Premise does not carry a hefty five-figure price tag for setup or absurd maintenance fees found in old solutions.

Kualitee, however, does not offer the option of deploying a Cloud workspace on some other server. This option (supported by aqua) strikes a nice balance between security and convenience, and most European companies can’t just host their data in the US. This is a major consideration for a Cloud deployment comparison of aqua and Kualitee testing tools.

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  • On-Premise
GDPR-compliant aqua-hosted German Cloud
Kualitee-hosted US Cloud
Isolated Enterprise Custom Cloud (Any Azure data centre)
Not Available
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  • On-Premise
GDPR-compliant aqua-hosted German Cloud
Isolated Enterprise Custom Cloud (Any Azure data centre)
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Kualitee-hosted US Cloud
Not Available
Verdict: aqua wins by offering Custom Cloud

Dashboards

QA dashboards serve two vital purposes. They help the QA team track their progress, but they also make other teams aware of potential bottlenecks. At a minimum, you should be able to include any data and share dashboards with the team.

  • Use all data of the workspace
  • Create private and shared dashboards
  • Choose between various types of graphs
  • Set up KPI/values alerts that arrive as email/app notifications

Dashboards have long been a weak point of Kualitee. They improved that in early 2023 by adding new graph types and offering filters to quickly look through data. aqua, however, still has an advantage with better customisation and KPI Alerts that automatically look for anomalies and alert key QA stakeholders.

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Any data
15 key slices
Pie, bar, stacked bar chart, table charts
Pie chart, line graph
KPI Alerts
No KPI Alerts
Any data
Pie, bar, stacked bar chart, table charts
KPI Alerts
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15 key slices
Pie chart, line graph
No KPI Alerts
Verdict: aqua wins by customisation and KPI Alerts

Reporting

Reporting is important for both internal and external stakeholders. The goal here is to get what you need with as little or as much effort as possible. When a tool offers both a template library and rich customisation, that is a good start.

  • Access vendor-provided template library
  • Create custom layouts and save them
  • Use and transform any data
  • Apply text & image formatting
  • Add external data and imagery
  • Employ scripts and parametrisation to auto-update reports

Unlike dashboards, reports have seen little progress in Kualitee. You are still restricted to several report types with no customisation at all. The basic reports don’t even make full use of all the data available in Kualitee. aqua has a similar template library but offers full customisation, including adding and manipulating external data.

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  • Template library
  • Diagrams
Custom reports
Not Available
Using any data
Not Available
Text & image formatting
Not Available
Drag-and-drop
Not Available
External text & imagery
Not Available
Diagrams
Not Available
Pivot tables
Not Available
Scripts
Not Available
Parametrisation
Not Available
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  • Template library
  • Diagrams
Custom reports
Using any data
Text & image formatting
Drag-and-drop
External text & imagery
Diagrams
Pivot tables
Scripts
Parametrisation
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Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Verdict: aqua wins by offering actual custom reports

User management

Precise user management is essential when working on multiple projects and/or working with external specialists. It will also save you a lot of pain from running crowd testing in the same test management solution.

  • Set default roles
  • Create custom roles
  • Apply per-user permissions
  • Authenticate users via SSO

Granular user management is useful even if security is not the biggest concern for your project. Both tools are solid here, but aqua offers per-user permission that Kualitee does not.

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  • SSO
  • Default user roles
  • Custom roles
Individual permissions
Role permissions only
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  • SSO
  • Default user roles
  • Custom roles
Individual permissions
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Role permissions only
Verdict: aqua wins by individual role permissions

ALM

This is not a hard requirement, but you may be interested in a test management solution that also handles the entire product lifecycle. This is a great money saver as you need licences from fewer vendors, and the synergy should save you some hours as well.

  • Test case management
  • Requirements management
  • Defect management
  • Project management

aqua is a QA-first solution, but it can also be used to handle the entire lifecycle of your product. Kualitee does test management and defect management only: you will need to pay for something else to handle requirements and manage project timelines.

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  • Test case management
  • Defect management
Requirements management
Not Available
Project management
Not Available
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  • Test case management
  • Defect management
Requirements management
Project management
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Not Available
Not Available
Verdict: aqua wins by offering 4 tools at the price of 1

What people say

Here are a few things people like and dislike about both tools.

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star star star star star

“I was surprised to find such a comprehensive and mature tool for test management in the German market without having taken it seriously beforehand.”

Jörg Großmann

Head of Development at Bank 11

star star star

“The user interface is not friendly, but the features are very good. Sometimes it takes time to load, and the page is not responsive. It would be great if adding test cases into the test execution cycle was faster.”

Marcello M.

Research Assistant at a small business (<50 emp.)

star star star star star

“The reporting is meaningful and provides a good basis for decisions. After the employees have used aqua, they recognize the added value very quickly.”

Thomas Haeske

Head of Organisation/IT at Berlin Hyp

star star star

“Not user friendly, it's confusing and not always helpful. The audit trail for each defect doesn't do a good job of recording past history and hence, data becomes hard to analyse.”

Mirza Usama B.

Associate Software Engineer (50-1000 emp.)

star star star star star

“Manual test cases are easily automated with aqua. Seamless integration with test automation tools helps here.”

Jörn-Hendrick Sörensen

Test Manager at KBA

star star star

“I like Defect Management, User Management, and Global Dashboards. I dislike the slowness of the application. Sometimes, it gets slower than the expected behaviour for applications of this kind. “

Kashif S.

Principal Software Engineer at a small business (<50 emp.)

star star star star star

“I was surprised to find such a comprehensive and mature tool for test management in the German market without having taken it seriously beforehand.”

Jörg Großmann

Head of Development at Bank 11

star star star star star

“The reporting is meaningful and provides a good basis for decisions. After the employees have used aqua, they recognize the added value very quickly.”

Thomas Haeske

Head of Organisation/IT at Berlin Hyp

star star star star star

“Manual test cases are easily automated with aqua. Seamless integration with test automation tools helps here.”

Jörn-Hendrick Sörensen

Test Manager at KBA

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star star star

“The user interface is not friendly, but the features are very good. Sometimes it takes time to load, and the page is not responsive. It would be great if adding test cases into the test execution cycle was faster.”

Marcello M.

Research Assistant at a small business (<50 emp.)

star star star

“Not user friendly, it's confusing and not always helpful. The audit trail for each defect doesn't do a good job of recording past history and hence, data becomes hard to analyse.”

Mirza Usama B.

Associate Software Engineer (50-1000 emp.)

star star star

“I like Defect Management, User Management, and Global Dashboards. I dislike the slowness of the application. Sometimes, it gets slower than the expected behaviour for applications of this kind. “

Kashif S.

Principal Software Engineer at a small business (<50 emp.)

Final verdict

aqua is an Enterprise-grade solution that excels in traditional testing, but brings much more. It has AI-powered testing functionality, manages the entire product lifecycle, and comes with advanced reporting. Kualitee holds its own in testing and advertises an attractive price tag, but a QA team would actually pay the same to aqua for a much bigger feature set.

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Bleeding-edge AI-powered testing
Traditional QA only
10+ testing integrations & REST API
1 native testing integration + REST API
Individual permissions
Role permissions only
Full logging
Not Available
Custom Cloud
Not Available
4 tools at the price of 1
2 tools at the price of 1
Bleeding-edge AI-powered testing
10+ testing integrations & REST API
Individual permissions
Full logging
Custom Cloud
4 tools at the price of 1
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Traditional QA only
1 native testing integration + REST API
Role permissions only
Not Available
Not Available
2 tools at the price of 1

Winner

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