Virtuoso

Virtuoso is a cutting-edge, AI-driven test automation platform designed to meet the robust demands of enterprise software development. It revolutionizes the quality assurance process by integrating Generative AI, Natural Language Programming (NLP), and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) into a single, powerful tool. This allows anyone on the team, from QA engineers to business analysts, to author complex, end-to-end functional tests using simple, plain English. The platform is entirely cloud-hosted, accessible from any browser, eliminating the need for complex setups or local installations.

How to use Virtuoso

Virtuoso simplifies the test automation lifecycle into three core steps:

1. Author: Users write test steps in natural language, describing user actions like "click 'Login' button" or "write '[email protected]' in 'email'". The Live Authoring feature provides real-time feedback, running the test in a headless browser as it's being written, which dramatically speeds up the creation process and eliminates the traditional write-run-debug cycle.
2. Execute: Once authored, tests can be scheduled to run on demand or as part of a CI/CD pipeline. The Execution Planner allows for running tests across various browsers, operating systems, and devices in parallel. Virtuoso's bots autonomously handle waits, ensuring tests are stable and not prone to timing issues.
3. Report: After execution, Virtuoso provides comprehensive dashboards with at-a-glance views of pass/fail rates. For failed tests, it offers detailed root cause analysis, including DOM snapshots, network logs, and console outputs. Its AI even generates theories on why a test might have failed, providing actionable insights for quick fixes.

Core Features of Virtuoso

• AI-Powered Test Authoring: Utilizes NLP (StepIQ) for writing tests in plain English, making it accessible to non-coders. Features include intelligent typo correction and context-aware suggestions.
• Self-Healing Tests: Employs machine learning to intelligently identify UI elements. If an element's selector changes, Virtuoso automatically finds the new one and heals the test, reducing maintenance costs by up to 85%.
• Live Authoring: Watch a bot execute each test step in real-time as you write it, providing instant validation and boosting productivity.
• Combined UI and API Testing: Create true end-to-end tests that interact with both the front-end UI and back-end APIs within a single journey, mimicking real user behavior.
• Cross-Browser & Device Testing: Run tests seamlessly across the latest versions of Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox on a wide range of Windows, Apple, Android, and iOS operating systems and devices.
• Comprehensive Reporting & Root Cause Analysis: Detailed dashboards and AI-generated insights help teams quickly identify and resolve issues.
• Seamless CI/CD Integration: Integrates with popular tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub, and Slack to embed quality into every stage of the development lifecycle.
• Enterprise-Grade Security: SOC 2 Type II certified, offering features like SSO/SAML integration and secure testing for applications behind a firewall via a bridge client.

Use Cases for Virtuoso

Virtuoso is ideal for enterprise teams looking to scale their quality assurance efforts. Key use cases include:

• In-Sprint Regression Testing: Automate regression suites to run within development sprints, ensuring new features don't break existing functionality.
• End-to-End Journey Testing: Validate complex user workflows that span multiple pages, services, and API calls.
• Testing Dynamic Applications: The self-healing capability is perfect for modern web apps with frequently changing UIs, such as those built with React or Angular.
• Digital Transformation: Enable faster, more reliable releases for large-scale digital transformation projects by automating testing for platforms like Salesforce or Guidewire.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Allow product managers and business analysts to create and understand tests, fostering better alignment between business requirements and quality assurance.

Advantages of Virtuoso

Virtuoso offers significant advantages over traditional testing frameworks like Selenium or Cypress. It allows teams to release faster with greater confidence, reduces risk with comprehensive test coverage, and lowers total cost of ownership by drastically cutting down on test maintenance. The low-code approach democratizes test automation, freeing up developers' time and empowering the entire team to contribute to quality.

Pricing and Plans

Virtuoso offers several value-driven plans tailored for different team sizes and needs:

• Pay As You Go (PAYG): Flexible bundles of test executions (e.g., 100, 150, 250) suitable for individuals and small teams. Pricing starts from around $124 per bundle.
• Professional: A monthly subscription plan with a set number of executions (e.g., up to 300 per month) for small teams with consistent testing needs. Pricing is around $620 per month.
• Enterprise: A fully customized plan for large organizations with robust testing requirements. It includes custom execution limits, unlimited users, SSO, API testing, dedicated support, and advanced security features. Pricing is available upon request.

All plans are built to provide tangible ROI by accelerating execution time, increasing authoring speed, and reducing maintenance costs.