Is there any usable Test management system on Jira cloud?

[Johan Johansson]

Hi all

we have used a test management system on JIRA Server for many years (not needed to say which one, I'm not here to slag anyone off) but after the move to the cloud it went from blazingly fast to slow like God knows what.

I have tried a few of the ones available (e.g. xRay) and found the same slowness there, so I think a root cause is the new data model could be the reason, i.e. the fact that plugins store data outside of the JIRA database, so the data have to travel back and forward.

So, to my question, is there anyone out there that have successfully (no, not you, sales guys) implemented a Test management plugin on Jira cloud? I haven't tried Zephyr for example.

We use it mainly for manual testing and IQ execution so just a few thousand test plans with 10-20 test cases each with 5-30 test steps.

Thankful for any advise

best regards

Johan

[John Price · Accepted solution]

Hey @Johan Johansson -

The one I know best is Zephyr , There are several tiers and my teams haven't had performance issues. I did find a few complaints but they were probably resolved by dealing with the vendor:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Zephyr-integration-very-slow/qaq-p/2581059 for example.

Also it may be a longshot, but does your work run any laptop security software like ZScaler? If so, try testing from a non-work laptop for comparison. In the past, I have found that looking at HAR files / Chrome debugger shows URLs used by some plugins being blocked or having other problems. 

[Johan Johansson]

Thanks, I will try Zephyr. This is on cloud you are using it right, not DataCenter or Server?

We are not using any zscaler. With the current solution, updating a step on a test case can take 1-2 minutes which is as you get, unworkable.

[John Price]

Yes, cloud. Until recently I was a global dev tools director at a large firm and we had one 1600-user Cloud site using Zephyr for a number of years with no problems.

[Johan Johansson]

Thanks John this is really helpful. We'll look into it.

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Johan,

X-Ray and Zephyr seem to be the most popular. And both are very capable tools. 

[Johan Johansson]

HI John, thanks, I tried xRay but found it was really slow on cloud and had barely any reporting, but I will try Zephyr. 

[Ewa Grabowska-Ptak_SolDevelo_]

Hi!

I am Ewa and I am Customer Care Specialist in SolDevelo. I know that you requested to avoid sales guys, however, I still want to try to recommend you our QAlity Plus - Test Management for Jira. We built this app based on a feedback of testers from our company and aim to create more user friendly solution for manual tests in Jira. 

In QAlity Plus, you can perform manual tests, link and display tests under requirements in Jira, create folders and test cycles. During the execution of the Test Case, you can also rely on a features such as automatic bug description based on the test script and insights into previous executions of the test. 

I will be happy to demo our product for you and hear your thoughts on it. If you are interested, please feel free to book a time slot from the calendar here.

[Noopur Varshney _AIO Tests_]

Hi @Johan Johansson 

Do checkout AIO Tests as well. I know you said no sales folks, I am in support :)

~Cheers 
Noopur