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<p>Today, there are 1.88 billion websites on the internet and the number is rapidly increasing. <br><br>There are 3.8 billion people in the world that <a href="https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-in-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">own smartphones today</a> &#8211; which amounts to 48.16% of the world population.</p>



<p>The internet traffic from mobile (as compared to that from desktops) has also been increasing, and <a href="https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/mobile-desktop-internet-usage-statistics" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">now stands at 56%</a>.&nbsp;</p>



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<p>The point I am trying to make is that if you have a website &#8211; it can be accessed from a web browser or a mobile browser. Or if you have a mobile application &#8211; it could be installed and used on a wide variety of mobile devices. </p>



<p>Thus, you also need to ensure that your customers get the same experience &#8211; albeit a good one &#8211; anyway they decide to access your website or mobile application. <br><br>How do you do it? You test your application on multiple browsers and mobile devices &#8211; including the various versions and operating systems that your users might be on.</p>



<p>Thus, <a href="https://testsigma.com/cross-browser-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">cross-browser testing</a> is crucial, and seeing the number of browsers/devices you will have to execute it on &#8211; no easy feat.&nbsp;</p>



<p>But, there are <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/blog/cross-browser-testing-manual-vs-automated-browser-testing/" target="_blank">multiple ways that cross-browser testing</a> can be done:</p>



<p>i. via chrome developer tools</p>



<p>ii. via emulators/simulators</p>



<p>iii. via own device lab&nbsp;</p>



<p>iv. via device lab on the cloud</p>



<p>The approach that we would talk about in this article is automated cross-browser testing via device lab the cloud because that is what Testsigma supports.<br><br>If you’d like to read more about cross-browser testing on the cloud and if you want to know if it is for you &#8211; then here is an article for you: <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/cross-browser-testing-on-the-cloud-advantages-and-disadvantages/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">Cross-browser testing on the cloud: advantages and disadvantages</a></p>



<p>There are multiple tools available for cross-browser testing on the cloud, but in this blog, we will talk about the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/automated-cross-browser-testing-tool" target="_blank">automated cross-browser testing tool Testsigma</a> and answer “Why is Testsigma a perfect solution for automating your cross-browser testing on the cloud?”</p>



<p>Let’s dive in.</p>



<div id="toc_container" class="no_bullets"><p class="toc_title">Table Of Contents</p><ul class="toc_list"><li><a href="#17_Reasons_Why_Testsigma_a_Perfect_Solution_for_Automating_Your_Cross_Browser_Testing_on_the_Cloud"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_1">1</span> 17 Reasons Why Testsigma a Perfect Solution for Automating Your Cross Browser Testing on the Cloud</a><ul><li><a href="#1_Saves_cost_at_so_many_places_because_of_being_on_the_cloudnbsp"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.1</span> 1. Saves cost at so many places because of being on the cloud&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href="#2_Option_to_choose_multiple_labs_for_test_automation"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.2</span> 2. Option to choose multiple labs for test automation. </a></li><li><a href="#3_Built-in_additional_features_to_provide_you_ROI_as_soon_as_possible"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.3</span> 3. Built-in additional features to provide you ROI as soon as possible</a></li><li><a href="#4_Test_cases_can_be_easily_created_in_minutes_by_anyone_in_the_team_You_dont_need_to_hire_additional_resources_for_that"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.4</span> 4. Test cases can be easily created in minutes by anyone in the team. You don’t need to hire additional resources for that.</a></li><li><a href="#5_Test_case_maintenance_is_easier_with_added_features"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.5</span> 5. Test case maintenance is easier with added features</a></li><li><a href="#6_Simple_or_complex_test_scenarios_8211_create_your_tests_in_simple_English"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.6</span> 6. Simple or complex test scenarios &#8211; create your tests in simple English</a></li><li><a href="#7_Also_get_your_custom_features_tested_easily_with_the_option_to_add_custom_code_when_needed"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.7</span> 7. Also, get your custom features tested easily with the option to add custom code when needed.</a></li><li><a href="#8_242157_support_that_does_not_let_you_suffer"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.8</span> 8. 24&#215;7 support that does not let you suffer</a></li><li><a href="#9_No_extra_setups_required"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.9</span> 9. No extra setups required</a></li><li><a href="#10_Execute_your_cross-browser_tests_in_parallel"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.10</span> 10. Execute your cross-browser tests in parallel</a></li><li><a href="#11_Automate_all_your_cross-browser_cross-device_tests_in_the_same_placenbsp"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.11</span> 11. Automate all your cross-browser, cross-device tests in the same place.&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href="#12_Extend_your_tests_for_APIs_when_needed"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.12</span> 12. Extend your tests for APIs, when needed</a></li><li><a href="#13_Very_intuitive_features_made_for_you_to_speed_up"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.13</span> 13. Very intuitive features made for you to speed up</a></li><li><a href="#14_Easily_integrates_into_your_CICD_pipeline"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.14</span> 14. Easily integrates into your CI/CD pipeline</a></li><li><a href="#15_Customize_the_reports_according_to_your_needs"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.15</span> 15. Customize the reports according to your needs</a></li><li><a href="#16_Easily_manage_your_tests_in_the_form_of_test_suites_test_plans_requirements_priorities_8211_all_on_the_cloud"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.16</span> 16. Easily manage your tests in the form of test suites, test plans, requirements, priorities &#8211; all on the cloud.</a></li><li><a href="#17_Built-in_workflows_such_that_all_your_team_members_can_contribute_to_the_test_automation_process_8211_review_collaboration"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_2">1.17</span> 17. Built-in workflows such that all your team members can contribute to the test automation process &#8211; review, collaboration</a></li></ul></li></ul></div>
<h2 id="h-17-reasons-why-testsigma-a-perfect-solution-for-automating-your-cross-browser-testing-on-the-cloud"><span id="17_Reasons_Why_Testsigma_a_Perfect_Solution_for_Automating_Your_Cross_Browser_Testing_on_the_Cloud">17 Reasons Why Testsigma a Perfect Solution for Automating Your Cross Browser Testing on the Cloud</span></h2>



<h3 id="1-saves-cost-at-so-many-places-because-of-being-on-the-cloud"><span id="1_Saves_cost_at_so_many_places_because_of_being_on_the_cloudnbsp"><strong>1. Saves cost at so many places because of being on the cloud&nbsp;</strong></span></h3>



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<p>Testsigma is a completely cloud-based test automation solution that gives you access to all the test automation needs and device labs on the cloud.<br><br>In terms of automated cross-browser testing, the benefits of being on the cloud are:</p>



<p> i. No need to invest in infrastructure</p>



<p>ii. No need to invest in maintaining the infrastructure</p>



<p>iii. The cloud-based services can be accessed any time, from anywhere</p>



<p>iv. You only need to pay according to your usage</p>



<p>v. What you use can be scaled up or down according to your requirements</p>



<h3 id="2-option-to-choose-multiple-labs-for-test-automation"><span id="2_Option_to_choose_multiple_labs_for_test_automation"><strong>2. Option to choose multiple labs for test automation.</strong> </span></h3>



<p>When on the cloud, one thing you may worry about is the dependency on one cloud lab &#8211; what if there were some issues in some of their devices and that created bottlenecks for your testing? With Testsigma, you get the option to connect to the test lab of your choice at any moment.</p>



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<h3 id="3-built-in-additional-features-to-provide-you-roi-as-soon-as-possible"><span id="3_Built-in_additional_features_to_provide_you_ROI_as_soon_as_possible"><strong>3. Built-in additional features to provide you ROI as soon as possible</strong></span></h3>



<p>Being on the cloud provides you many benefits, but Testsigma’s benefits don’t end there, rather they begin there.&nbsp;</p>



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<p>Testsigma has multiple features related to test creation, test maintenance that are designed to save your precious time and resources and thus enable you to achieve that return on your investment that much sooner.</p>



<p>We will discuss these features in the next points.</p>



<h3 id="4-test-cases-can-be-easily-created-in-minutes-by-anyone-in-the-team-you-don-t-need-to-hire-additional-resources-for-that"><span id="4_Test_cases_can_be_easily_created_in_minutes_by_anyone_in_the_team_You_dont_need_to_hire_additional_resources_for_that"><strong>4. Test cases can be easily created in minutes by anyone in the team. You don’t need to hire additional resources for that.</strong></span></h3>



<p>Testsigma is built with an NLP-enabled approach where test cases are created in simple English. Not only the approach makes test creation very easy to learn and get started with, it also makes it very easy to edit test cases for any needed maintenance work in the future.</p>



<p>Another feature that helps in easy test creation is automatic object recognition.</p>



<h3 id="5-test-case-maintenance-is-easier-with-added-features"><span id="5_Test_case_maintenance_is_easier_with_added_features"><strong>5. Test case maintenance is easier with added features</strong></span></h3>



<p>A few of the features that help in easy test maintenance are &#8211; self-heal, automatic identification of automatic resources, support for reuse via step-groups.</p>



<h3 id="6-simple-or-complex-test-scenarios-create-your-tests-in-simple-english"><span id="6_Simple_or_complex_test_scenarios_8211_create_your_tests_in_simple_English"><strong>6. Simple or complex test scenarios &#8211; create your tests in simple English</strong></span></h3>



<p>There could be some codeless test creation approaches that might not support test creation for complex scenarios but that is not the case with Testsigma. </p>



<p>Testsigma, with its simple English approach and support for looping, structures, different types of waits &#8211; lets you even automate complex test scenarios easily.&nbsp;</p>



<h3 id="7-also-get-your-custom-features-tested-easily-with-the-option-to-add-custom-code-when-needed"><span id="7_Also_get_your_custom_features_tested_easily_with_the_option_to_add_custom_code_when_needed"><strong>7. Also, get your custom features tested easily with the option to add custom code when needed</strong>.</span></h3>



<p>Even though complex test cases can be automated in Testsigma, it does not limit you. Testsigma also gives you the option to add custom code to your test cases in JAVA and Selenium.</p>



<h3 id="8-24x7-support-that-does-not-let-you-suffer"><span id="8_242157_support_that_does_not_let_you_suffer"><strong>8. 24&#215;7 support that does not let you suffer</strong></span></h3>



<p>While you are using any service, it is natural that things might not work sometimes. What you need at that time is not to get blocked, or suffer but to have a support team that can understand the issues you are facing and unblocks you as soon as possible. That is how you can keep the processes working for you.<br><br>When you start using Testsigma, you get access to a support team that is available 24&#215;7 and tries to keep your processes up and running as soon as possible.</p>



<h3 id="9-no-extra-setups-required"><span id="9_No_extra_setups_required"><strong>9. No extra setups required</strong></span></h3>



<p>Testsigma is completely cloud-based and that means, we don’t even ask you to install a minor file to your system to get your test creation started. </p>



<h3 id="10-execute-your-cross-browser-tests-in-parallel"><span id="10_Execute_your_cross-browser_tests_in_parallel"><strong>10. Execute your cross-browser tests in parallel</strong></span></h3>



<p>When you are <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/how-should-enterprises-execute-cross-browser-testing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executing your cross-browser tests</a> on thousands of devices and browsers &#8211; it can take a long time, if done sequentially. But with Testsigma, you can schedule your test cases in parallel and drastically reduce the time to complete your test case execution.</p>



<h3 id="11-automate-all-your-cross-browser-cross-device-tests-in-the-same-place"><span id="11_Automate_all_your_cross-browser_cross-device_tests_in_the_same_placenbsp"><strong>11. Automate all your cross-browser, cross-device tests in the same place.&nbsp;</strong></span></h3>



<p>Another aspect of test case creation with Testsigma, that will benefit you is that you can automate all your cross-browser tests for web and mobile from the same place. <br><br>Yes and then execute them from the same place as well. This eliminates your need to include yet another test automation tool for mobile or web into your tools ecosystem and saves your time, effort and money.</p>



<h3 id="12-extend-your-tests-for-apis-when-needed"><span id="12_Extend_your_tests_for_APIs_when_needed"><strong>12. Extend your tests for APIs, when needed</strong></span></h3>



<p>In addition to the above benefit, when needed &#8211; you can expand your test suite to also include API test cases easily.</p>



<h3 id="13-very-intuitive-features-made-for-you-to-speed-up"><span id="13_Very_intuitive_features_made_for_you_to_speed_up"><strong>13. Very intuitive features made for you to speed up</strong></span></h3>



<p>The main motive behind test case creation has been to make test automation easy and approachable for one and all. Another feature that helps Testsigma achieve it is the intuitive UI that is integrated to all its features. The intuitiveness of the UI helps you to speed up your tasks and complete them easily.</p>



<h3 id="14-easily-integrates-into-your-ci-cd-pipeline"><span id="14_Easily_integrates_into_your_CICD_pipeline"><strong>14. Easily integrates into your CI/CD pipeline</strong></span></h3>



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<p>Another important feature that helps is that Testsigma supports seamless integration into the CI/CD pipeline. Also, it supports most of the popular CI/CD tools so integrating into your current CI/CD processes should be easy.</p>



<h3 id="15-customize-the-reports-according-to-your-needs"><span id="15_Customize_the_reports_according_to_your_needs"><strong>15. Customize the reports according to your needs</strong></span></h3>



<p>One important aspect of test automation that is often overlooked is reporting. What use will the test execution be if the reporting is not up to the mark? Inefficient reporting can delay action on issues and can eat up on crucial time. <br><br>Testsigma has highly customizable reporting that can be customized according to your needs because you know what information will help you the best.</p>



<h3 id="16-easily-manage-your-tests-in-the-form-of-test-suites-test-plans-requirements-priorities-all-on-the-cloud"><span id="16_Easily_manage_your_tests_in_the_form_of_test_suites_test_plans_requirements_priorities_8211_all_on_the_cloud"><strong>16. Easily manage your tests in the form of test suites, test plans, requirements, priorities &#8211; all on the cloud.</strong></span></h3>



<p>And then &#8211; even when you are starting or you have an already large suite of automated test cases in Testsigma &#8211; it will be an easy task to manage them because you can manage them in multiple ways &#8211; test suites, test plans, requirements or priorities.</p>



<h3 id="17-built-in-workflows-such-that-all-your-team-members-can-contribute-to-the-test-automation-process-review-collaboration"><span id="17_Built-in_workflows_such_that_all_your_team_members_can_contribute_to_the_test_automation_process_8211_review_collaboration"><strong>17. Built-in workflows such that all your team members can contribute to the test automation process &#8211; review, collaboration</strong></span></h3>



<p>If you are short on testing resources then Testsigma is an ideal solution for you, because with Testsigma &#8211; manual testers can get acquainted with the tool easily and start test creation in minutes.</p>



<p>Your other team members would also be able to pitch in as it would be easier for them to review the test cases and add their inputs to them. This is because Testsigma also supports review workflow for test cases.</p>



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<p>According to Gartner, in the second quarter of 2021, mobile phone sales reached <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-09-01-2q21-smartphone-market-share" target="_blank">328.8 million</a> units with an increase of 10.8% year-on-year growth. It is remarkable and quite expected too! </p>



<p>This outlines the need for using cloud-based automation platforms for <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/mobile-testing" target="_blank">mobile testing</a>. Because when we are dealing with huge numbers and a global audience, it is the best bet.</p>



<p style="padding-bottom: 30px;padding-top: 20px"><strong>1. Ideal companion of Continuous Testing and Agile</strong></p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/dfeYYzOGRf12vvcxrLtjXlj0R8HEv_fhL7vcrubawFRr-eChZ91GH6gw1e23pGDWX8dqWWuM3Uu3CgIbMgPKhdeclTI3OhGqtrM_QH_NfyX2d-FQXZunWwgwT_9cxqVVSNDLg4yv=s0" alt="" width="400"/><figcaption>Reference: <a href="https://quotesgram.com/img/scrum-funny-quotes/9995035/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">https://quotesgram.com/img/scrum-funny-quotes/9995035/</a></figcaption></figure></div>



<p style="padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 10px">Agile methodology and CI/CD require continuous testing, review, and incorporation of changes quickly on a continuous basis.</p>



<ul class="list_style_disc"><li>Whenever there are code changes and additions, the tests get triggered automatically.</li><li>The test results are evaluated and based on the pass/fail status the code is moved to production.</li><li>&nbsp;If considerable tests have failed then the code will be fixed, tested, and then deployed.</li><li>CI/CD requires all of these steps to run through automation.</li></ul>



<p style="padding-top: 10px">For these scenarios, cloud-based testing is the best companion since tests are initiated automatically on all the required mobile devices, without any human intervention. </p>



<p>Moreover, tools like <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/blog/how-to-speed-up-your-software-release-cycles-with-testsigma/" target="_blank">Testsigma require zero time to set up</a> the testing tool and can be used directly via browser from anywhere, anytime.</p>



<p>Unit tests, functional tests, regression tests, performance tests, etc. are executed via cloud-based testing seamlessly. Automation testing on the cloud helps in moving the new code quickly into production and having a good market capture ultimately.</p>



<p style="padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 10px"><strong>2. Provides cost control</strong></p>



<p><p style="padding-bottom: 10px">When mobile test automation infrastructure is set up, the associated costs are as below:</p></p>



<ul class="list_style_disc"><li>Acquisition of physical devices</li><li>Setting up space for the lab</li><li>Upgrade/Wear and tear of devices/Maintenance</li><li>Procurement and licensing cost of testing tools, software, third party installations</li><li>Network setup</li><li>Training costs if the programming language or test tool is new to the team</li><li>Security measures to keep the vulnerabilities away</li></ul>



<p><p style="padding-top: 10px;padding-bottom: 10px">Above are the direct costs, which are incurred on an upfront basis. On the contrary, when the mobile testing is automated on the cloud, costs are saved in several instances-</p></p>



<ul class="list_style_disc"><li>No physical acquisition of devices needed</li><li>No need for extra space for setting up the lab</li><li>Wear, tear, and, maintenance is taken care of by the service provider</li><li>No need to set up the cloud or network</li><li>No training is required if a codeless test automation tool (such as <a href="https://testsigma.com/automated-mobile-app-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">Testsigma</a> which uses simple English for test creation) is used</li><li>Licensing costs, third party installations are managed by the service provider</li><li>Security measures, policies, and agreements are maintained and followed by the service provider</li></ul>



<p><p style="padding-top: 10px">The <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/what-are-some-benefits-of-doing-automation-testing-on-the-cloud/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cloud automation testing</a> services are on a pay-per-use basis, and the service charges are minimal as compared to the services provided. This saves a lot of upfront and indirect costs for an organization.</p></p>



<p style="padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 30px"><strong>3. Better time management</strong></p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/EzItDoGLrUpGhJiKETmwVhHix3UUOz04ctU09y-SIK2JxoPiNW6-ymCxGx6XHeiI2lMeG_pTaLvnOZuU5670PZ-S_GtZtrDV8Ybsewd0ahx8X760IZy0SdIcXYJ9Us6cNqdcdQWu=s0" alt="Time estimation for testing activities" width="400"/><figcaption>Reference: <a href="https://www.apriorit.com/qa-blog/197-testing-time-estimation" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">https://www.apriorit.com/qa-blog/197-testing-time-estimation</a><br></figcaption></figure></div>



<p><p style="padding-top: 10px">Automation testing has numerous benefits, the most important is time efficiency. Automation helps to test faster since it can be run 24&#215;7, round the clock, around the globe, and parallelly.&nbsp;</p></p>



<p><p style="padding-bottom: 10px">During the automated mobile testing process below are the areas where time is spent considerably for setting up test automation:</p></p>



<ul class="list_style_disc"><li>Acquire devices</li><li>Set up devices, network, and infrastructure</li><li>Install the required software, browsers, etc.</li><li>Testing tools, IDE’s, third-party integrations</li><li>Maintain and upgrade whenever there are new versions of software released in the market</li></ul>



<p style="padding-top: 10px">This incurred time adds up to the overall testing time or more precisely delay.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Cloud-based automation testing removes all these roadblocks from the whole testing process because there is zero setup time. The time-consuming activities of procuring, updating, maintaining the environment are already taken care of by the cloud service provider. Also, the test execution is totally automated, this is really a time saver!</p>



<p>Therefore, when mobile test automation is combined with cloud-based testing platforms &#8211; the time efficiency is increased manifolds.&nbsp;</p>



<p style="padding-top: 20px"><strong>4. Infrastructure management is delegated</strong></p>



<p><p style="padding-bottom: 30px">According to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180405005747/en/Cloud-Infrastructure-Services-Market---Need-to-Optimize-Project-Management-Drives-Growth-Technavio" target="_blank">Technavio</a> market research analysts, the global cloud infrastructure services market will grow at a CAGR of over <strong>28% </strong>during the forecast period 2018-2022.&nbsp;</p></p>



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<p><p style="padding-top: 20px">Cloud-based testing provides the opportunity to delegate the IT and infrastructure management tasks to the service provider. This takes away a chunk of responsibilities from the organization’s IT team and thus reduces effort on their part. </p></p>



<p>The service providers have a dedicated team for the same purpose and customer support is available 24*7. This increases the reliability, availability, and scalability of the infrastructure.</p>



<p style="padding-top: 20px"><strong>5. Great quality and test coverage</strong></p>



<p>Physically setting up thousands of devices for perfect test coverage is unachievable and painful. Without great test coverage, the product quality is bound to degrade, and we want to avoid this at all costs!</p>



<p>The cloud-based automation testing platforms provide access to thousands of real test devices in no time. Just pay and start using immediately, this ensures testing on a wide range of required devices. </p>



<p>Moreover, these tools provide the capability to test 24*7, parallelly, and from anywhere. You just need a browser and internet connection to get started! With these features, the test coverage can be extended and a great quality product is the result of it, which everyone aspires to achieve.</p>



<p style="padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 30px"><strong>6. Distributed testing across locations</strong></p>



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<p><p style="padding-top: 20px">Today we live in a small world, and we are connected 24*7 with people around the globe. Cloud-based automation tools provide the ability to test from multiple locations in different time zones with minimal changes in the tests. </p></p>



<p>This ensures that the product is market-ready to be released for a global audience as well. Imagine the effort it will require if we try to do it with the actual physical devices.&nbsp;</p>



<p style="padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom" :="" 30px"=""><strong>7. Results and reviews are real-time and the teams can collaborate better</strong></p>



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<p><p style="padding-top: 20px">In today’s world where teams are distributed, team collaboration is the key to the success of any organization. With cloud-based test automation platforms, the team has access to real-time test results, data, information, and reviews if any &#8211; from any time, anywhere. This facilitates making quick defect fixes and moving the code to production faster.</p></p>



<p>Also, with the latest information at your fingertips, the best management and business decisions can be made for the overall success of the organization.</p>



<p style="padding-top: 20px"><strong>8. Scale-up and down as required</strong></p>



<p>Let us take an example of a physical on-premise test lab. The lab has 100 <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/android-device-testing-a-no-hassle-guide-for-testers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Android devices for testing</a> activities and now the product is required to be tested on iOS as well. </p>



<p>This will require procurement of physical iOS devices from the market and then setting up the required application and software manually over them. Additionally, the charging of the devices is also to be taken care of manually.</p>



<p>Does it look like a lot of work? Yes, it is. However, let us assume that the enthusiastic IT team completed the task successfully and the iOS devices are also ready for testing. </p>



<p>Down the line, the iOS mobile app did not work as expected and the market share reduced considerably. So the organization decided to remove the iOS offering and keep only the Android version of the app.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Next question is &#8211; what will happen to the newly procured iOS devices? Time, money, and effort all got wasted! This whole sequence of events and misfortune could have been avoided by using cloud-based mobile testing tools which provide the easiest options to scale up or scale down as per your requirement.</p>



<p style="padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 30px"><strong>9. Stringent security measures are present</strong></p>



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<p><p style="padding-top: 20px">There is a myth doing rounds in the market that the cloud-based test automation tools are not secure. It may be true for some tools however, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com/blog/is-testsigma-secure-for-your-organization/" target="_blank">top-notch quality tools like Testsigma</a> understand the criticality of security concerns.</p></p>



<p>They have security measures in place to keep your data, test scripts, and other sensitive information completely secure. Moreover, you have an option to use VPN to connect to your own on-premise lab via Testsigma and test securely.</p>



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<p><p style="padding-bottom: 30px">Testsigma is a completely cloud-based test automation tool that lets you automate your web, mobile as well as API tests from the same place. Not only that, it makes it very easy to create and maintain your test cases. You can create your test cases in simple English which is just as easy as documenting your tests for the first time.</p></p>



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<p>The current digital landscape is huge and it is bound to grow leaps and bounds in the coming years. This clearly states adopting cloud-based test automation is the need of the hour to stay relevant.</p>



<p>This fact is further endorsed by the plethora of cloud-based automation tools available today. The key is to recognize the testing requirements and choose a good tool that fulfils the requirements completely. </p>



<p>Cloud-based tools have a lot of advantages over traditional automation testing, however, it is the choice of tool which matters the most for a&nbsp; successful product release.</p>


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<p>Cloud testing, in simple terms, means testing software applications using the resources provided by the cloud. Resources can be any element i.e., hardware, software, or infrastructure which are necessary to carry out tests. Cloud testing helps an organization gain competitiveness by reducing the cost of testing.</p>



<p>By using cloud computing services for testing, organizations or businesses can shorten the provisioning time. This is due to the fact that the cloud enables the provisioning of test servers on demand. This also ensures unused servers are not sitting idle. <br><br>When the <a href="https://testsigma.com/blog/why-is-automation-testing-on-the-cloud-becoming-popular/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cloud is used for automation testing</a> of an application, it is called cloud automation testing. In this article, we will discuss what features make Testsigma a recommended tool for cloud automation testing.<br></p>



<div id="toc_container" class="no_bullets"><p class="toc_title">Table Of Contents</p><ul class="toc_list"><li><a href="#Introduction_to_Testsigma"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_1">1</span> Introduction to Testsigma</a></li><li><a href="#Why_Testsigma_for_cloud_automation_testing"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_1">2</span> Why Testsigma for cloud automation testing?</a></li><li><a href="#Why_Testsigma"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_1">3</span> Why Testsigma?</a></li><li><a href="#Conclusion"><span class="toc_number toc_depth_1">4</span> Conclusion</a></li></ul></div>
<h2 id="introduction-to-testsigma"><span id="Introduction_to_Testsigma"><strong>Introduction to Testsigma</strong></span></h2>



<p><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://testsigma.com" target="_blank"><em>Testsigma</em></a> is a unified test automation platform on the cloud that simplifies and accelerates automation testing for web apps, mobile apps, and APIs. This tool provides the user with the ease of writing the test cases in simple English.</p>



<p>With Testsigma, test engineers, QA teams, and business users can create, run and maintain automated tests easily so you can build high-quality applications faster.</p>



<p>The best part of Testsigma is that it needs <em>&#8216;zero-coding </em>skills” to do it.</p>



<p><p style="padding-bottom: 10px">In simple terms, it requires:</p></p>



<p>➔&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No Frameworks</p>



<p>➔&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No set-up</p>



<p>➔&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No coding</p>



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<p>Now, let&#8217;s go through the feature that makes Testsigma a recommended tool for cloud automation testing.</p>



<p><p style="padding-top: 20px"><strong>1. All components essential for test automation are available on the cloud</strong></p></p>



<p>Testsigma is completely cloud-based. Users can automate, debug and execute test cases for their websites as well as mobile from the same place. Since everything is available on the cloud, time to set up is almost negligible.</p>



<p><p style="padding-bottom: 30px">In simple terms, all the components required by the user for <a href="https://testsigma.com/automated-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">test automation</a> are available on the cloud-like the below:</p></p>



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<p><p style="padding-top: 30px"><strong><em>i. Automate test cases on cloud</em></strong><br><br>Testsigma uses natural language for writing automated tests and hence anyone can start writing them with zero or less coding skills. Testsigma has multiple supporting features to ensure that the tests are stable, fast and reliable. And the tests only break when there is a bug in the code.</p></p>



<p><p style="padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 30px"><strong><em>ii. Automate your test cases for web, mobile as well as APIs from the same place</em></strong></p></p>



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<p style="padding-top: 30px;padding-bottom: 20px">With Testsigma, the test automation for web, mobile and APIs happens from the same place and with the same ease and efficiency.</p>



<p style="padding-bottom: 30px"><strong><em>iii. Execute test cases on cloud</em></strong></p>



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<p style="padding-top: 20px">You can create executions with multiple test environments to run test suites simultaneously. It has a feature with which you can schedule your executions once or periodically on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. You can also run tests automatically in the background without manual intervention.<br><br>These test cases can also be executed in parallel which again saves a lot of test execution time.</p><p style="padding-bottom: 20px">Testsigma also supports headless browser automation. With headless browser automation, test cases are executed on the browser without rendering the UI. Thus, the complexity of UI interactions is minimized and actions are performed quickly. This feature can further speed up your test case execution.</p>



<p style="padding-bottom: 30px"><strong><em>iv. Debug test cases on cloud<br></em></strong></p>



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<p><p style="padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px">To help you debug the test cases easily, Testsigma provides logs, screenshots and videos of failures.</p></p>



<p><p style="padding-bottom: 30px"><strong><em>v. Generate reports on cloud</em></strong></p></p>



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<p style="padding-top: 30px;padding-bottom: 20px">You can customize the reports for your test execution according to your needs and configure them to be sent according to your convenience.<br><br>Apart from these, Testsigma helps users to create bug reports automatically and send them to their favourite bug tracking tool.</p>



<p><p style="padding-bottom: 30px"><strong><em>vi. Review on cloud</em></strong></p></p>



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<p><p style="padding-top: 30px">Quality is everyone’s responsibility. Hence, Testsigma comes built with review and collaboration features. This enables multiple members of the team to be a part of the test automation process thus keeping the quality at high levels at all times.</p></p>



<p><p style="padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 30px"><strong><em>vii.&nbsp;Easily integrate with CI/CD tools on the cloud</em></strong></p></p>



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<p><p style="padding-top: 30px">Testsigma supports integration with all possible CI/CD tools.</p></p>



<p><p style="padding-top: 20px"><strong>2. Scalable &#8211; reduce or expand according to your needs</strong></p></p>



<p>Testsigma is highly scalable. It simply means that since Testsigma is on the cloud, we can increase or decrease the user’s or servers’ capacity according to your needs.</p>



<p style="padding-bottom: 20px">Apart from this, using Testsigma, users can run their automated tests on hundreds of combinations of browsers and operating systems and over 2,000 iOS and Android devices on the cloud.</p>



<p><p style="padding-bottom: 30px"><strong>3. Access your tests from anywhere anytime</strong></p></p>



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<p style="padding-bottom: 10px;padding-top: 20px">With Testsigma, being remote is 100% supported. Testsigma allows the users to access test cases, execution stats reports, etc at any time, from any place easily.</p>



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<p><p style="padding-bottom: 30px">Testsigma is built to give ROI on your test automation as soon as possible. And below is how Testsigma’s features can be summarized:&nbsp;</p></p>



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<h2 id="conclusion"><span id="Conclusion"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span></h2>



<p>In 2020, the total worth of the cloud market was $371.4 billion. With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.5 percent, it’s projected that the market will amount to $832.1 billion by 2025. There is no doubt that cloud is set to grow. </p>



<p><p style="padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 10px">When you move your test automation to the cloud you also need to have a tool that you can trust and that also fulfils all your needs at the same time. <br><br>Hope, this article helped you out in knowing how Testsigma can help you with your cloud automation testin</p></p>



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