Open vs Closed Source Software Testing Tools
The billion dollar
question that arises; when an organization decides to use any software quality testing tool is. 'Do
we go with open source or commercial tools?'
Open source software testing tools are made available to customers, free
of cost under General Public License (GNU)
while closed source software is proprietary software and customer has to
pay to use them
Open-source software
testing tools are supported and sustained by donations and crowd funding done
mostly on internet. These cover for the cost of creating and maintaining the
software. Open-source software testing tools are developed by non-profit
organizations that have a group of volunteers who passionately create the
software. Closed source software testing tools are developed by profit making
organizations which develop the software testing tools to earn revenue from its
valued customers.
Using open and closed
source software testing tools has their own implications. Closed source
software testing tools are often quoted for
their high costs and profit making tactics while open source software are
historically regarded more derivative than innovative. Generally, the
open-source communities have improved and extended existing concepts to provide
richer open sourced software testing tools.
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Author : Knowledge Sharing Team
Knowledge Sharing Team at QA InfoTech is responsible for
research on new tools & technologies for effective Software qa testing
services across all industry verticals. QA InfoTech (an ISO 9001:2008 &
CMMI III certified) is one of the leading SoftwareQuality Assurance and Testing Companies with five testing “Centers of
Excellence” in the United States and India.
It offers end to end software quality testing services.
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