Test Run

Pricing, Licensing and Free Trials

How much does it cost?

Test Run’s pricing is simple, predictable and transparent. First, everyone is entitled to a single user trail online for free and forever. If however you need to support multiple users, here is how much Test Run costs:

Test Run is $65 per month and it entitles the subscriber to an account with unlimited users and all the features Test Run has to offer.

Alternatively, users can purchase a downloadable version of Test Run for a yearly license fee of $750. This version of Test Run entitles the license holder to an unlimited number of users, and all the features Test Run has to offer.

For companies wishing to host a private version of Test Run for their own clients, a multi-site version of Test Run can be downloaded for a yearly license fee of $7500. This version of Test Run is identical to the online version of Test Run in that it supports multiple users in multiple accounts.

How does the free trial work?

Anyone and everyone is permitted to have a fully enabled single user trial online. Your trial is limited only in the number of users you are allowed to have within the account.

Your free trial never expires.

At any time you can upgrade your account to a paid subscription, or purchase a downloadable version of Test Run.

We apologize, but there is no free trial available for any downloadable version of Test Run.

Can I download and host Test Run myself?

Yes. For users wishing to host Test Run themselves, a downloadable version of Test Run is available for purchase.

This version of Test Run is easy to install and provides users with a simple installation wizard to help check your server for the necessary prerequisites.

The downloadable version comes with one of two annual licenses:

1. a single account multi-user version
2. a multiple account, multiple user version.

This tools seems overly simplistic. I need more. Don’t I?

The vast majority of QA and Test Case Management tools were built years ago to support monolithic software and product releases. In this model, test plans were built from scratch with each new version of a product.

More modern product development processes calls for a more iterative and incremental approach to product development, in which companies achieve greater flexibility and market adaptability by having smaller and shorter release cycles.

However, few tools are optimized to support an agile product development model. Until now.

Test Run was built to stream line the testing process by

• eliminating overly complex test case entry forms
• making it incredibly easy to construct a test plan
• simplifying the process of fine tuning plans
• producing valuable and informational reports to track progress and diagnose test case coverage

How many users does Test Run support?

A Test Run trial is limited to one user per account. All other versions of Test Run support an unlimited number of users. There is no need to worry about “purchasing seats” as your organization grows or variable license costs based upon the number of people within your company.

What are Test Run’s system and software requirements?

The downloadable version of Test Run is supported on the following platforms:

• Windows XP SP2
• Any Linux distribution

Test Run requires that users have the following software installed:

• Apache 1.3 or greater
• MySQL 4.0 or greater
• PHP 5.0 or greater

Does Test Run work on Windows?

Yes, Test Run is supported on Windows. However, Test Run requires that users have the latest version of XAMP installed on their server.

XAMP is a freely available bundle of Apache, MySql, PHP and Perl for Windows XP.

Support cannot be provided to users that do not meet the above requirements.

How can I access Test Run?

Test Run is a web based application and can be used and accessed by any modern web browser.

Test Run is optimized for the Firefox web browser.

Who is Test Run for?

While Test Run is a tool used most frequently by QA Engineers to assist them in their test case composition, organization and execution, Test Run was designed to serve Project Managers first and foremost.

To that end, Test Run has a focus on making it incredibly easy for Project Managers to audit test plans, generate status reports, conduct coverage analysis and track the progress of their team.

Upgrades

Users of the online version of Test Run are seamless and transparent, and users can rest assured that they are always using the most up to date version of Test Run when using Test Run Online.

The downloadable version of Test Run is easy to upgrade as well. After installing a new version of the software, Test Run will prompt the administrator to inform them that a new version has been installed. If backend changes are required in order to upgrade, then those changes will be made automatically upon administrator approval.

In the end, upgrading is simple and easy, and completely automated regardless of what version of Test Run you are using.

Users of the downloadable version of Test Run may be subject to a small upgrade fee for new versions of Test Run.

Customization

Can I customize the look and feel of Test Run?

Users of the downloadable version of Test Run are welcome to customize the look and feel of Test Run. Because Test Run is written in the popular PHP programming language this process is relatively straight forward. However, Test Run can not guarantee that it can maintain a customer’s customizations upon upgrade. Therefore, customer’s may have to reapply their customizations upon downloading and installing new versions of the software.

Test Run Online cannot be customized.

Can I create custom fields for my test cases in Test Run?

Many users ask, “can I add this field or that field to a test case?” Test Run was designed around a very simple, but extensible schema. The schema is extended, however, not by adding columns to a database and fields to all of the forms, schemas are extended simply by using more labels, or “tags.”

For example, a common request is for Test Run to support a functional requirement ID that is correlated to an internal reference number of some kind. Yes, this could be an additional field, but why not simply develop a tagging convention where by tags are used to associate test cases with functional requirements? Simply add the tag “FR-2482” to a test case and presto, you have a new way of grouping, searching and finding test cases based upon a feature requirement.

Can I migrate between the downloadable and online versions?

Test Run allows users to import and export data from your account freely. This mechanism allows users to preserve all of your test cases.

Users wishing to export their complete account should contact Test Run’s support.

Do you provide special pricing for non-profits or educational discounts?

Test Run is dedicated to those dedicated to helping others. That is why Test Run is proud to offer to non-profits and educational institutions a special free license of Test Run.

Do you support open source?

Test Run wouldn’t be possible without open source software such as Linux, MySql, PHP, Apache and a number of other key libraries and utilities. Test Run contributes back to the open source whenever it can, contributing javascript libraries, ecommerce components, and more.

In recognition of the contributions open source has made to Test Run, we make the Test Run software available to open source projects completely free of charge.

Can I import my test cases from other tools?

Test Run offers the ability to import and export data directly to and from Microsoft Excel. Test Run supports both CSV and Native Excel file formats.

Bottom line, if you can export your data to a spreadsheet, Test Run can read it.

Support

What kind of support does Test Run offer?

Test Run offers unlimited support via our responsive help ticket system to all paid subscribers of Test Run Online and all purchasers of the downloadable version of Test Run.

Support is also provided for the first 30 days of any trial.

To get support, use the help ticket system within the Test Run application.