What Tricentis Testim is
Testim is an AI-powered test automation platform owned by Tricentis, which acquired it in February 2022; Testim had introduced its AI-based testing in 2014. Its home page promises "AI-driven testing for Salesforce, web, and mobile". This page is a comparison, not a hands-on Testim review: the facts below come from Testim's and Tricentis's own pages. As of September 2026, there are three products:
- Testim for web. Your team records tests by clicking through the app, then refines them in a low-code editor with validations, loops, API steps and custom JavaScript, which Testim Copilot can write from a text description (Testim web testing).
- Testim Salesforce. Codeless steps for common Salesforce operations, locators built on Salesforce metadata, and Agentic Test Automation, which builds complete tests from a natural-language description (Tricentis Testim).
- Testim Mobile. Native, hybrid, React Native and Flutter apps, run on virtual iOS simulators and Android emulators, real devices or third-party device grids (Testim Mobile).
Across all three, AI-powered smart locators keep tests working when the app changes, and failures come with screenshots, console and network logs. Web tests run in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge on Testim's grid or on Selenium-compatible grids; local runs use Chrome only (Testim documentation).
Why teams look for a Testim alternative
Testim is a mature tool, and teams rarely leave because tests fail to run. They look for a Testim alternative when what they need from testing changes.
- A suite to build and own. Testim makes authoring and upkeep faster, but your team still records, organises and reviews the suite. A team without dedicated QA may not have time to build one before its next release.
- AI authoring for your own web app. On Testim's pricing page, Agentic Test Automation is listed under Testim Salesforce; the web plan lists smart locators and recorder-based authoring.
- Evidence for the release decision. A recorded flow shows that the steps still work, and screenshots, logs and PDF run reports help engineers fix failures. Approvers also need to know whether the release meets its requirements, what is still open and what was not tested.
In fairness, Testim covers a lot that ShipperAG does not: four major browsers, native mobile apps and deep Salesforce support, backed by Tricentis. The question is whether a maintained suite, on its own, gives your approvers what they need.
Testim vs ShipperAG at a glance
Testim helps your team build and run a stable test suite; ShipperAG checks each release against your requirements and hands your team evidence to sign. Here is how they compare as of September 2026.
| Aspect | Tricentis Testim | ShipperAG |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Agile teams and engineers testing web and mobile apps, and Salesforce teams | Product and engineering teams that need evidence to approve each release |
| Approach | AI-assisted test automation: record or describe tests, and AI locators keep them stable | AI QA specialists check each release against your requirements, design system and business rules |
| Who writes and maintains tests | Your team records and edits tests, with low-code steps, JavaScript and Copilot; locators self-heal | No suite to write: a coordinator picks the specialists each change needs, within your limits |
| Evidence and sign-off | Root-cause analysis with screenshots and logs; PDF run reports; activity audit logs | Every finding re-run by an independent verifier; Verified, Issue found, Needs input and Not covered in an evidence ledger, plus a report to sign or share |
| Browsers and devices | Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge; iOS and Android on virtual or real devices | Real Chromium sessions only, with phone and tablet sizes by emulation; Firefox, Safari and real devices not covered |
| What you keep | Tests in Testim, exportable to Puppeteer, Selenium or Playwright on the Professional plan | The evidence ledger and a shareable report for each release |
| Pricing model (as published) | Prices not published: each product is quoted; a free Community plan after the trial | From $149 a month, after a free 45-day trial |
| Availability | Available now | Private pilot (waitlist) |
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Testim pricing: not published
Tricentis does not publish Testim prices. As of September 2026, the pricing page says plans are "Customized to fit your web, mobile, and Salesforce testing needs" and shows a contact button instead of a price. It does say:
- Every trial reverts to the free Community plan: one per organisation, with self-service support and features that may change.
- Runs are unlimited; you buy parallel capacity. Testim Mobile needs a platform purchase, and real devices cost extra.
- Payment is by cheque or wire transfer; enterprise packages can add options.
- If you cancel, tests stay in Testim for up to 30 days, and Professional plan users can export them.
If Testim pricing prompts your search, ask for a quote that matches your parallel runs and devices. ShipperAG publishes its price: from $149 a month for 20 release checks, after a free 45-day trial.
Where ShipperAG is different
As a Testim alternative, ShipperAG starts from the other end: what the release is supposed to do. Here is how it works, in brief.
- Nothing to record. You connect a preview or staging URL and add your requirements, design system or brand tokens, business rules and API docs. The coordinator reads each change and picks the AI QA specialists it needs, within your limits.
- More than functional flows. Checks span 13 quality areas: business rules and user journeys, accessibility with the axe-core engine, visual design against your design tokens, security checks for broken access control, performance and more.
- Every finding re-run. An independent verifier reproduces each finding in a fresh session before it reaches the report. Deterministic checks decide pass or fail.
- Four honest states. Verified, Issue found, Needs input and Not covered. Unclear or contradictory requirements come back as a question, not a guess.
- Evidence you can sign. Results are sealed in a hash-chained ledger. A person on your team signs off, or shares a self-contained HTML report with stakeholders; our UAT sign-off template shows what that approval should record.
When Testim is the better choice
Not every team needs a Testim alternative. Tricentis Testim is the stronger choice when:
- You test Salesforce. Testim Salesforce offers codeless steps for common operations and metadata-based locators, and is tested on Salesforce preview releases before updates arrive.
- You need several browsers and native apps: Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge, plus iOS and Android apps on virtual or real devices. ShipperAG covers Chromium only.
- You want a long-lived regression suite that runs on every check-in or on a schedule, with reviews for test changes.
- You already use Tricentis tools. Testim connects with SeaLights to run the tests a change affects, and with qTest for test management.
- You need to start now, with a free Community plan after the trial and a SOC 2 Type II report on request.
The two can also sit side by side: a Testim suite guards the flows that must never break, while per-release checks cover what changed. We explain that blend in agentic QA vs test automation.
What ShipperAG does not do
- It is not generally available or self-serve. It is a private pilot with a waitlist: teams start with a free 45-day trial with up to 20 release checks, and paid plans start at $149 a month.
- It tests in real Chromium sessions only, including phone and tablet sizes with touch emulation. Firefox, Safari and real devices are not covered, and reports list them under Not covered; see AI browser testing for why the engine matters.
- It does not replace a maintained regression suite on a long-lived product. It is designed to run alongside one.
- It only tests targets you own or have written permission to test, inside the hosts you allow.
Other Testim alternatives and competitors
If you are weighing Testim vs mabl or Testim vs testRigor, here is how those tools describe themselves as of September 2026:
- mabl is an agentic testing platform, "built on AI since 2017", for web, mobile and APIs, with quote-based pricing and a 14-day free trial. See our mabl alternative comparison.
- testRigor turns "free-flowing plain English" into automated tests. See our testRigor alternative comparison.
- Functionize builds and maintains end-to-end tests from plain-language descriptions with its Studio agent, and publishes prices starting with a free plan.
For the wider field, browse all alternatives and comparisons.
Sources: Tricentis Testim home page, pricing, about page, web testing and Testim Mobile; Tricentis Testim product page, Running tests on multiple browsers and Testim changelog; Tricentis, Tricentis Acquires AI-based SaaS Test Automation Platform Testim (9 February 2022); mabl home page and pricing; testRigor home page; Functionize Studio overview and pricing. Playwright playwright.dev and its repository for the browser engines and the Apache-2.0 licence (checked 25 September 2026). Competitor details change; check their websites for the latest. Checked 20 September 2026.