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Browsersync vs Endtest

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When comparing Browsersync vs Endtest, the Slant community recommends Browsersync for most people. In the question“What are the best multi-browser testing tools with synchronized interactions?” Browsersync is ranked 1st while Endtest is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Browsersync is:

It is not constrained to a single device, it works across desktop and mobile devices at the same time. It will update code changes, synchronize scroll positions and form inputs automatically across all browsers and devices.

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What are the best multi-browser testing tools with synchronized interactions?

Pros

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Works concurrently across multiple devices

Pro
Synchronized form field input

When filling out a form in one browser, same information will be repeated in other browsers.

Pro
Works with basically every desktop and mobile browser

Browser-Sync has been tested to work with desktop (Chrome, Firefox, IE 7-10, Safari, Opera) and mobile (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Opera Mobile, Firefox Mobile) browsers.

Pro
Cross-platform

Works on Windows, Linux and OS X.

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CSS injection

Once the monitored .css file is saved, changes are implemented without a refresh.

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Free and open source

Licensed under MIT.

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Remembers scroll position

Remembers scroll position and synchronize it across all browsers so you don't have to move to the appropriate part of the page after each reload.

Pro
Works as a standalone npm package or as a Grunt plugin

To install as a standalone npm package

npm install -g browser-sync

To install as a grunt-plugin

npm install grunt-browser-sync

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Synchronized navigation

When navigating in one browser, other browsers will automatically follow to the same place.

Pro
Doesn't require a browser plugin

BrowserSync does not require a browser plugin to be installed. This is because it serves the files directly itself, and uses a script which opens a socket between the browser and the server.

Pro
Works with older versions of IE

Browser-Sync works with all supported IE versions - IE7 and up.

Pro
Codeless automated testing

Endtest allows you to create automated tests for web applications, directly on their cloud infrastructure. No coding skills are required.
You can also choose the action "Execute Javascript" for a more flexible test run.

Pro
Running your automated tests on their cloud infrastructure

You can easily run your automated tests on their platform, just by clicking the run button.

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Designed for Continuous Integration

It has an API which allows testers to run it on Jenkins or Team City. Other than that, it has a built-in test scheduler to allow testers to preset test executions.

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Now supports mobile testing

Endtest has added a new feature which now supports mobile testing for both Android and iOS (.apk and .ipa).

Pro
Option to export your automated tests in different formats, including .EXE

You can export your automated tests in a variety of different formats, and run them on your own infrastructure. The formats are either in Python file format or executable file format (.EXE).

Pro
Now supports a wider variety of browsers, operating system and devices

As of March 2018, Endtest can now support multiple platforms (Windows, MAC, Android and iOS), Operating Systems, and more than a handful of devices for both Android and iOS.

Pro
Super fast and affordable.

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Premium version is relatively cheaper than most in the market

Their pricing plan ($79/month or $650/year) includes team plan upgrade, which means the whole team, regardless of the number of users, will only need to subscribe to the $79/month or $650/year plan. This includes unlimited test runs, test exports, recordings, etc.

Pro
It's mostly free to use

The free plan covers a lot, you can have up to 3 test suites, and you can run your automated tests as many times as you want. The pro plan includes some very advanced options that you might need only if you're working with a team (for example, the collaboration feature, schedule test run, API for Jenkins, etc.).

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Cons

Con
Setting up in Windows can be a little tricky

Sometimes when setting up BrowserSync in Windows some errors will pop up. Most of the time this is because npm throws errors when trying to compile BrowserSync and some of the dependencies need Visual C++ runtime libraries.

This is easily solvable by installing Visual Studio. Once it's installed, there should not be any more problems.

Con
Doesn't support a wide array of browsers and/or operating systems

Because it's still in its infancy, it doesn't yet have a huge variety of browsers and operating systems.

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Free plan has limited time storage for test suites

If you are using the free plan, keep in mind that the test suites created there are scheduled to be deleted after around 2 weeks. Endtest will send you a notification email the day before mentioning "Test suites from users who are not on the PRO Plan get automatically deleted after some time," and offering for you to upgrade to PRO.