In addition to the following general FAQs, answers to technical questions can be found in the QF-Test manual.
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We offer consulting and often combine this with a workshop
QF-Test training for beginners and advanced users in German and English takes place regularly
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No, not necessarily
QF-Test handles multi-user license management for local networks by itself, provided that IP multicast is available. For floating licenses across multiple sites and in restricted networks, a license server is available.
product description and technical details in the license server manual
Download the trial version without registration and request a trial license now.
You can request a free trial license valid for 4 weeks
Request it using the trial request form. With this license you can evaluate QF-Test for your application without restrictions.
Yes. You can download the trial version without registration.
Get QF-Test on our Download page. You can start your application with QF-Test and get a first impression of the tool and to check out the tutorials. To save your work you’ll need a license.
Thanks to the great usablity of QF-Test, testers can get off the ground quickly and efficiently. Combined with the low licensing fees, you can expect a quick return on investment
Just compare the cost of QF-Test licenses with the cost of developers’ or testers’ wages and the cost of bugs detected after release – not to mention the damage to your company’s reputation.
If your boss is still on the fence, you can send them a link to our page Benefits for decision-makers.
Automated software testing reduces the time and money spent on quality assurance
Comprehensive automated tests, executed regularly during software development, will help to find bugs at an early stage. The reproducible security achieved this way ensures higher quality and shorter time to market at lower maintenance expense.
Though indispensable, unit tests can only test small parts of a system in isolation (“steering wheel OK, motor OK”)
GUI based testing exercises an application as a whole, because a working steering wheel and motor in isolation don’t guarantee roadworthiness. For more, see our page Benefits for developers.
SmartID is a technology first introduced in QF-Test 6.0. With it, referencing your application’s components in QF-Test becomes much simpler than before
Instead of recording a component and referencing it via its “QF-Test ID”, with a SmartID you can reference the GUI-Element directy by its properties. For example, the SmartID ”#Button:label=OK” references a button with the label “OK”.
Thanks to this technology it becomes possible to reference components much more precisely and intuitively, regardless of the SUT.
We are always working on improving component recognition in QF-Test. With QF-Test 6.0 we introduced a completely new paradigm: SmartID
SmartID – The next generation of component recognition
Yes! QF-Test is designed as low-code software so that you can develop, run and maintain your tests without programming knowledge using “capture and replay”.
However, experienced developers can also interact with QF-Test and your SUT at the script level at any time to develop even more powerful automations.
License types and prices for QF-Test are listed on our Prices page
You can choose between purchasing a persistent license or a subscription license. All QF-Test licenses are “floating” within a network.
More than 1,400 companies in over 60 countries rely on QF-Test. More than 8,500 licenses are in use from small companies up to the largest IT service providers
For examples, see our References page.
Yes. QF-Test offers flexible integration with other tools. It uses XML as primary data format and offers multiple interfaces: batch execution via command line, daemon mode, scripting, REST, and XML reporting. This enables integrations in the following areas
QF-Test is distributed with OpenJDK version 17
Applications under test may use any version of Java 8 or newer.
QF-Test supports the following operating systems
Read more about support for specific JDK/SWT/Browser versions in the “Installation” chapter of the manual.
Easy question: QF-Test is easy to use, highly flexible, powerful, and extensively documented
Easy to use
Highly flexible
Powerful
Well-documented
For detailed information on QF-Test versions, please refer to the releases page.
QF-Test supports the following UI Frameworks and platforms
Java applications
Hybrid applications
Use QF-Test to test applications combining Java and Web using technologies like JxBrowser, SWT-Browser, JavaFX WebView components, but also Java In Browser applications using JPro or Webswing.
Web applications
Progressive Web Applications
Mobile websites and web applications are testable via the dedicated mobile emulation mode.
Mobile applications
Android and iOS applications with support of both real devices and the Android Studio emulator
Native Windows applications
QF-Test supports native Windows desktop applications built with Win32, .Net (often written in C#), Windows Forms, WPF, Windows Apps, and Qt (often written in C++)
PDF documents
PDF documents can also be tested by QF-Test. See our introduction video to testing PDF documents:
Often PDF documents are the final result of a business process that you can check easily with QF-Test, too.
QF-Test is a software tool for creating, executing and administrating automated GUI tests for Web, Java, Windows, Android and iOS applications
We – Quality First Software (QFS) – have been the independent developer and distributor behind QF-Test since 2001. Detailed information about QF-Test is available on our product page.
Would you to renew your maintenance contract, support contract or license agreement?
Your QF-Test license knows your maintenance period and you can always download and use the latest version from our homepage…
The QF-Test version numbers consist of three parts, major~, medium~ and minor version.
QF-Test licenses are generally valid for all minor versions within the same major.medium version, plus all older QF-Test versions.
If you have an old QF-Test version and want to upgrade it, please contact us directly.
Major upgrade
A major upgrade refers to the “first” version number, e.g. from 6.4.3 to 7.0.0.
Medium upgrade
Amediumupgrade refers to the version number in the “middle” , e.g. from 7.0.0 to 7.1.0.
Minor upgrade
Minor upgrades (=Updates) e.g. from 7.0.1 to 7.0.2 are in general free of charge as they mainly contain bug fixes and are part of the product warranty.
When purchasing the maintenance contract you have access to our professional support team and all new versions of our software…
Your license knows your maintenance period and gives you permission to use the latest software version downloaded from our homepage.
Yes of course…
You can run several automated tests in different environments and platforms remotely.
You need a license server when you want to use your floating licenses across multiple sites or in restricted networks.
QF-Test handles multi user license management for local networks by itself, provided that IP multicast works.
product description and technical details in the license server manual
QF-Test licenses can be purchased specifically for the GUI technologies actually needed. In order to determine the GUI technologies for your application,…
open your test-suite(s) and run all your client(s) via QF-Test. After having executed your tests, please open the ‘Clients’ menu. There you can see the GUI technologies used in [] brackets. In the example there are two clients running using [Swing] and [Web]; all combinations out of [Swing], [Swt], [FX], [Web], [Win] and [Android / iOS] are possible.
Alternatively contact our Sales team: +49 8171 38648-0 or sales@qftest.com.
Purchase: You purchase the licenses (permanent) once and only renew the maintenance contract yearly…
Subscription licensing: You subscribe for the required period. This price includes software maintenance and support.
With a developer license you can create tests and during the time you don’t develop new tests, you can use the license for test execution…
With a runtime license you can execute tests (even remotely and via command line in batch mode). You can even do short-term changes (“fast debugging”), which however cannot be saved, since the runtime license is meant for executing tests.