Automation testing can really level-up your QA game if you know how to properly use it. According to the State of Software Quality Report, 51% of QA practitioners and leaders saw higher quality of software upon adopting automation, while another 49% were able to test more often and thoroughly.

However, there is a wide range automation testing tools available on the marketing. Selecting the right one can be daunting. That's why we have compiled this comprehensive list of top 16 automation testing tools for 2025 to help you make informed decisions tailored to your project’s needs.

How to choose an automation testing tool?

Usually, when choosing an automation testing tool, here are some of the criteria you should consider:

1. Application Type Support – Web, mobile, desktop, or API?

2. Language Compatibility – Does it support the programming languages your team uses?

3. Ease of Use – Is it beginner-friendly or requires deep technical expertise?

4. Cross-Browser & Cross-Platform Testing – Can it run tests on multiple browsers and devices?

5. Integration – Can it integrate with CI/CD tools, version control, and test management systems?

6. Reporting – Does it provide clear, useful test reports?

7. Community & Support – Is there active documentation, forums, or vendor support?

8. Scalability – Can it handle growing test suites and parallel execution?

9. Cost – Is it open-source or commercial? Does it fit your budget?

10. Test Maintenance – How easy is it to update tests when the app changes?

Let's meet @Coty Rosenblath, ex-Mailchimp Director of Data Systems, who's going to share his thoughts on the trade-offs between using open-source tools and a commercial solutions: 

Top automation testing tools for 2025 (updated)

1. Katalon (Best for automation testing of all AUTs)

Katalon is an all-in-one automation testing tool. With a Katalon license, you can:

• Write UI and API test cases for web, desktop, and mobile apps using Katalon's pre-built automation testing frameworks.
• A library (called Object Repository) to centralize all of your UI elements to access quickly while writing tests. There is also an Object Capture utility to quickly capture the locator of any web elements.
• Built-in test data management, data-driven testing, and BDD testing
• Run tests on your local machine, remotely, on-cloud, with emulators/simulators, or on a private device that you have. The choice is yours! 3K+ environment combos is in your hand.
• Run tests in parallel from the Command Line Interface (CLI) with Katalon Runtime Engine. This significantly speeds up the test execution process.
• Integrate Katalon tests into your existing top CI/CD tools to automatically trigger tests when code is merged.
• Schedule test execution, manage their status, and generate detailed test reports (screenshots, videos, HTML Snapshot, and Test Suite report email).
  

Not just that, Katalon is one of the first AI-powered automation testing tools. Some notable features include:

• Automatic test maintenance

• AI-powered regression testing with TrueTest. TrueTest analyzes user behavior in your production environment and then autonomously generates test cases based on the insights.

📝 If you want a more customized automation testing tool for your team, you can request a demo from Katalon in this form.

2. Selenium

Selenium is one of the most established and widely adopted open-source web automation frameworks, originally released in 2004. It remains a foundational tool in the UI testing ecosystem, powering automation across browsers, platforms, and programming languages.

The Selenium suite includes three core components:

• Selenium WebDriver: the most commonly used component for script-based test automation

• Selenium Grid: distributed parallel execution across browsers and machines

• Selenium IDE: a record-and-playback browser extension for quick prototyping and learning

Feature highlights:

• Supported programming languages: Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, etc.

• Supported browsers: Chrome, Firefox, IE, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari, etc.

• Testing on local or remote machines via the Selenium server

• Parallel and cross-browser executions to reduce execution time and increase test coverage

• Integrations with other testing frameworks (e.g., TestNG for reporting) and CI/CD tools

3. Appium

Like Selenium, Appium is also an open-source automation testing tool, but for mobile applications. Using mobile JSON wire protocol, Appium allows users to write automated UI tests for native, web-based, and hybrid mobile applications on both Android and iOS.

Feature highlights:

• Supported programming languages: Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, Perl

• Cross-platform testing with reusable test scripts and the same APIs

• Execution across real devices, simulators, and emulators

• Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI/CD tools

4. BugBug

BugBug is a no-code test automation tool for testing web apps and websites, focusing on ease of use and effectiveness. It is tailored for technical and non-technical users, featuring a user-friendly interface for creating, editing, and running automated tests without requiring extensive coding skills.

One of its most notable features is the test recorder, which provides a simple method for users to automate test scenarios for web applications.

Advantages: 

1. Intuitive Record and Playback: records user interactions as test steps, allowing users to replay these steps to identify bugs and ensure functionality. 

2. Easy Test Maintenance: BugBug simplifies test creation and maintenance with reusable components, custom variables and test steps re-recording. 

3. Automatic Selector Validation and Correction: verifies selector accuracy automatically and allows users to re-record or manually edit invalid selectors. 

4. Waiting Conditions and Active Waiting: uses active waiting conditions to ensure elements are ready before proceeding, reducing flaky tests caused by timing issues. 

5. Cloud Execution and Local Testing: run tests locally or use BugBug’s cloud infrastructure for parallel testing across different environments, speeding up the process. 

6. Collaboration and Integration: allows team collaboration with unlimited users for free and integrates with CI/CD pipelines for seamless continuous integration and deployment.

Price: Free or from $99/month for Cloud Testing Plan

5. TestComplete

TestComplete can automate functional UI testing for desktop, mobile, and web applications. With built-in support for 500+ controls and third-party frameworks, TestComplete can handle and identify dynamic UI elements in most available technologies.

Feature highlights:

• Supported programming languages: JavaScript, Python, VBScript, JScript, Delphi, C++, C#

• Flexible methods for test design: record & playback, manual and scripting modes with built-in keywords

• Object identification with property-based and AI visual recognition

• Parallel, cross-browser, and cross-device testing

• Integrations with other testing frameworks, CI/CD tools, and SmartBear ecosystem

Pricing tiers: TestComplete Base, TestComplete Pro, and Custom Pricing

6. Cypress

Purely supporting JavaScript frameworks, Cypress is a developer-centric automation tool for end-to-end web testing. Built upon a new architecture, Cypress can directly operate within a browser in the same run-loop as your application, enabling native access to elements and faster executions.

Feature highlights:

• Supported programming language: JavaScript
• Snapshots of test step execution and debuggability from familiar developer tools
• Control over function behavior, server response, timers, and network traffic
• Connection to Cypress Cloud for test performance and optimization
• Integrations with popular CI/CD tools

Price: Free or from $75/month for Cypress Cloud

7. Ranorex Studio

Ranorex Studio can automate GUI testing for web, mobile, and desktop applications. Equipped with both low-code automation and full IDE, Ranorex’s framework is easy to start for beginners and productive to use for experienced testers.

Feature highlights:

• Supported programming languages: VB.Net and C#
• Broad support for web, mobile, and desktop technologies
• Ranorex Spy tool and RanoreXPath for reliable recognition of GUI elements
• Flexible methods for test design: record & playback and scripting mode
• Distributed or parallel testing with Selenium Grid
• Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI/CD tools

Price: From €2,890/year

8. Perfecto

Perfecto is a cloud-based and automated testing platform for web and mobile applications. From automated cross-environment executions, custom capabilities, test analysis, and broad integrations, Perfecto makes continuous testing more achievable for DevOps teams.

Feature highlights:

• Scriptless test creation for UI web applications
• Real-user stimulation for mobile testing: network visualization and other environmental conditions
• Parallel and cross-platform executions
• Advanced test analytics with centralized dashboard and AI noise filtering
• Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI/CD tools

Price: From $125/month

9. LambdaTest

LambdaTest provides automated testing on the cloud. Its cloud service allows teams to scale up their test coverage with speedy parallel, cross-browser, and cross-device testing.

Feature highlights:

• Online Selenium Grid on the cloud of over 2,000 devices, browsers, and OSs
• Support for Cypress test scripts parallel and cross-browser executions
• Geolocation web testing across over 27 countries
• Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI/CD tools

Price: From $99/month

10. Postman

Postman is one of the most widely used API automation testing tool. It allows users to write different kinds of tests, from functional and integration to regression tests, and execute them automatically in CI/CD pipelines via the command line.

Feature highlights:

• Friendly and easy-to-use interface equipped with code snippets

• Support for multiple HTML methods, Swagger, and RAML formats

• Broad support for API schemas to generate collections and API elements

• Test suite creation, executions with parameterization, and debugging

• Integrations with popular CI/CD tools

Price: Free or from $12/user/month

11. SoapUI

This open-source API testing tool is designed for REST and SOAP web services. Key features include automated functional, performance, regression, and security testing.

Users can also choose the commercial version, ReadyAPI (formerly SoapUI Pro), for more advanced capabilities.

Feature highlights:

• Drag and drop to create tests, even with complex scenarios

• Service stimulation to reduce efforts of building production systems for testing

• Quick and easy test script reusability

• More protocol support, capabilities, and CI/CD integration with ReadyAPI

Price: Free or from $749/year for ReadyAPI

12. Eggplant Functional

As part of Eggplant’s ecosystem, Eggplant Functional is a GUI automation testing tool for mobile, desktop, and web applications. With an image-based approach, it allows a single script to automate different combinations of platforms and technologies.

Feature highlights:

• Flexible methods for test design: recording, manual mode, and assisted scripting

• Unique English-like scripting language: SenseTalk

• Connection to Eggplant ecosystem for more testing capabilities and monitoring

• Integrations with popular CI/CD tools

Price: Contact sales

13. Tricentis Tosca

Tricentis Tosca is a comprehensive automation tool for web, API, mobile, and desktop testing. It has a unique model-based testing approach, allowing users to scan an application’s UI or APIs to create a business-familiar model for test creation and maintenance.

Feature highlights:

• Codeless test creation and high reusability of test assets with the model-based approach

• Risk-based test optimization with smart test design and requirement prioritization

• Service virtualization to stimulate and build realistic testing environments

• API scanning with extensive support for API technologies

• Parallel and cross-platform testing

• Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI/CD tools

Price: Contact sales

14. Apache JMeter

This open-source tool is designed for automated performance testing, primarily for web applications. It can stimulate a heavy load of users to access web services and analyze the AUT’s performance. JMeter can also be used for functional API testing.

Feature highlights:

• Friendly and easy-to-use interface

• Test plan creation with recording feature

• Test execution in both GUI and CLI modes

• Support for many different servers, applications, and protocol types

• Integrations with popular CI/CD tools

Price: Free

15. Robot Framework

Robot Framework is a generic open-source framework for test automation, especially for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development. Built with a keyword-driven approach, it’s low-code to start and also extensible with a rich ecosystem of tools and libraries.

Feature highlights:

• Test case creation with easy tabular syntax

• Keyword-driven and data-driven testing support

• Variables for testing in different environments

• Support for plenty of external libraries and integrations with other tools

Price: Free

16. Applitools

Applitools stands out as an automated visual testing tool, revolutionizing the landscape of web and mobile application testing. The inclusion of visual testing is essential for identifying UI bugs on your web page, and Applitools excels in this regard.

Key Features:

• Smart Bug Detection: Applitools employs intelligent technology to precisely detect visual bugs and differences, ensuring accurate visual matching.

• Cross-platform Visual Testing: Ensure a consistent user experience by verifying that your website or app appears the same on various browsers and devices.

• Dynamic Content Handling: Applitools adeptly manages dynamic content, such as new data or updates, minimizing the risk of false positives in testing.

• Comprehensive Visual Analytics: Gain access to detailed reports and insights, allowing you to understand visual changes over time and enhance testing efficiency.

• Automated Issue Resolution: Applitools automatically identifies the root causes of visual differences, streamlining the process of addressing and fixing any issues.

Pricing: Applitools offers three tiers to choose from: Starter, Eye, and Ultrafast Test Cloud.

Final thoughts

As automation testing continues to evolve, keeping up-to-date with the latest advancements ensures your software remains reliable and competitive. Evaluate your testing goals thoroughly, experiment with different tools, and embrace the one that aligns closest to your testing strategy and long-term vision. With the right automation tools in place, your team will be well-equipped to deliver exceptional software experiences in 2025 and beyond.