Kobiton

What differentiates Kobiton from other similar products?

The main competitor I have previously used is BrowserStack. I find them very similar overall, but Kobiton's scriptless automation has definitely piqued my interest

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Real device automation and consistent log output, as well as custom gestures (important for opening certain menus for my app)

What do you dislike most about this product?

Scriptless automation locked behind a paywall. I do not have enough authority to approve its purchase.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Kobiton is an ideal tool for real life device automation. As QAs, it makes gathering media much more convenient.

What differentiates Kobiton from other similar products?

Other products like open source more flexible but need more exploration to do, Kobiton supported so no need to do deeper exploration about device farm.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

running on real devices and supports are supporting

What do you dislike most about this product?

customization is not supported which my company need the most

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have a company that didn't have unique taste on product's requirements (not much custom), Kobiton would be a good product for you. Kobiton always listen to us by always trying to fulfill our requests which takes time and efforts for kobiton.

What differentiates Kobiton from other similar products?

I haven't kept up with the device-farm market recently, so perhaps Kobiton is no longer alone in this, but when we first signed up, the big separators were the long list of shared devices and focus on native apps. Other device farms are great, if you have the available funds to purchase dedicated devices. What we really needed was a cost-effective means of accessing a wide array of device configurations when specific issues arise. Kobiton does that, along with making it easy to get new app updates onto those devices.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspects are what I covered in the previous answer: our development and customer-service teams have quick access to any type of device they need, when they need it, and having Kobiton in our development pipeline means testers can verify device-specific fixes on the fly. Additionally, though, I also really value how easy it is to get people into our workspace and teach them how to use the tool. I've given Kobiton access to dozens of coworkers, and they all can use it almost immediately.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Historically the thing I've disliked the most about Kobiton is the inconsistent connectivity of its devices. I have experienced all too many instances in which shared devices either have poor connections that make interaction very slow or are just unable to connect at all. That's frustrating when I need a very specific device.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're intending to run automated tests on Kobiton devices, seriously consider investing in dedicated devices. When we attempted to run Katalon tests on Kobiton's shared devices, the connections were so inconsistent that we always had more failures than passes. In the end it wasn't worth our time.