Why choose a Test management platform like

ACCELQ Manual and not Zephyr Scale Cloud

One Platform that seamlessly
connects to all your testing needs

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ACCELQ vs Zephyr Scale – A Snapshot

Feature	ACCELQ Automate + ACCELQ Manual	ACCELQ Automate + Zephyr Scale Cloud
Performance	All Test activity on ACCELQ. Only lightweight actionable traceability info on JIRA	All the Test activity happens on JIRA on top of other activities
Management	1 JIRA Plugin to cover Manual and Automation Test traceability	2 separate plugins for Manual and Automation traceability
Total tools + Plugins to manage	3 – JIRA + ACCELQ + ACCELQ Connect Plugin	5 – JIRA + ACCELQ + ACCELQ Connect Plugin + Zephyr Project + Zephyr plugin
Testing Process	Test teams follow similar processes for Manual and automation	Test teams have different processes for Manual and Automation testing
Pricing	License per Tester only	License tier based on overall JIRA licensing
Support	Enterprise and Premium support included in Equinix Subscription	Standard Support included. No Premium support available
Test Cases Importing from other tools	Yes	Partial

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Why ACCELQ is a better alternative to Zephyr Scale?

Project Configuration

Feature	ACCELQ Automate + ACCELQ Manual	ACCELQ Automate + Zephyr Scale Cloud
Project-wise grouping of Test assets	Yes	Yes
Link JIRA tickets to Tests across Projects	Yes	No
Shared configuration for Automation and Manual Projects	Yes	No

Design

Feature	ACCELQ Automate + ACCELQ Manual	ACCELQ Automate + Zephyr Scale Cloud
Create, view, edit, clone tests	Yes	Yes
Data-Driven testing	Yes	Yes
Automatic generation of test data combinations	Yes	No
Custom Configurations at every data set level	Yes	No
Pre-defined Test Data lists at Project level	Yes	No
Shared Test Data lists between Automation and Manual Tests	Yes	No

Organize

Feature	ACCELQ Automate + ACCELQ Manual	ACCELQ Automate + Zephyr Scale Cloud
Static grouping of Test cases	Yes	Yes
Dynamic grouping of Test cases (Based on Filters, linked requirements)	Yes	No
Hierarchical Test organisation in folders and sub-folders	No	Yes
Homogenous planning and organization of Automation and Manual Tests	Yes	No
Creating, Editing, cloning Test Sets, Executions	Yes, Full	Partial

Execution

Feature	ACCELQ Automate + ACCELQ Manual	ACCELQ Automate + Zephyr Scale Cloud
Support for multiple Test executions in parallel	Yes	Yes
Shared Test-suite executions	Yes	Yes
Test-environment level execution configurations	Yes	No
Out-of-the-box Automatic result notifications (email, teams, slack)	Yes	No
Automatic Time-tracking	Yes	Yes
Ad-Hoc / Exploratory executions	Yes	No

Reporting

Feature	ACCELQ Automate + ACCELQ Manual	ACCELQ Automate + Zephyr Scale Cloud
Summary Reports	Yes	No
Detailed Reports	Yes	Yes
Result Dashboards	Yes	Yes
Manual and Automation combined dashboards	In roadmap	No
Advanced API access	Yes	Yes

Traceability

Feature	ACCELQ Automate + ACCELQ Manual	ACCELQ Automate + Zephyr Scale Cloud
Show linked stories per Manual Test	Yes	Yes
Show linked test cases per Story	Yes	Yes
Show linked test cases Sprintwise or for any JIRA filter	Yes	Yes
Link defects to failed test results	Yes	Yes
Attach screenshots, documents and other notes to results, defects	Yes	Yes
Show the latest test results for linked test cases at the Story view	Yes	Yes
Access detailed test results for each test case right from the Story view	Yes	Yes
Link Automation tests to related manual tests and vice-versa	Yes	No

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The ACCELQ difference

Simple to adopt and elegantly designed, with the power to give your testing real acceleration

API and UI automated in the same flow

Unique capability to integrate API and UI testing in the same flow, enabling true end-to-end validation without handoffs. API testing at the same simplicity and regression maturity as UI automation.

Automated test case generation and data planning

Design your data behavior on a canvas and let ACCELQ take care of automated test case generation with proven risk coverage assurance. Centrally manage data changes without impacting test cases.

Seamless CI/CD integration and natural traceability

Native integration with CI/CD tools such as Jira, Jenkins ensure test automation is integral to development lifecycle. Traceability is redefined with the intelligent, connected test repository.

Salesforce Release Alignment

Being an ISV partner, ACCELQ is aligned to Salesforce releases to ensure smooth Salesforce upgrades with robust Automation testing

Automation Support

Automation support for diverse technology stack for end-to-end Salesforce process validations

In-sprint automation without need for programming

Develop automation test logic in plain English, concurrently with application development. Address in-sprint volatility with intelligent change management and powerful reconciliation engine.

Enable manual testers to automate testing

Powerful natural language editor allows you to write test automation logic in plain English. Design-first approach on UX driven platform allows manual testers to scale up without learning curve.

Visual application model for lifecycle automation

ACCELQ’s Universe is a visual blueprint of your application and drives automation across quality lifecycle with business process focus. Develop test scenarios with predictive analytics.

Self-healing autonomic test automation

ACCELQ’s analytic runtime engine ensures a reliable test execution by intelligently adapting to unexpected application changes. Design-first approach ensure Robust element ID based on AI.