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The Difference Between Testkube Pro & Open Source
Deploying the Testkube Agent in Connected Mode vs Standalone Mode
Connected Mode
For organizations who desire more test orchestration features, adding the Control Plane to the Testkube open source agent makes sense from a speed of delivery, quality and cost standpoint. The control plane allows for multiple agents, to run in multiple Kubernetes clusters, with multiple users—all managed through a centralized dashboard.
- Teams can decide what test workflows to run, when, and by whom.
- Results and artifacts can be debugged, analyzed with advanced reporting.
Deploying your Testkube agents through the control plane is running Testkube in Connected Mode.
Standalone Mode
The Testkube open source agent is a powerful test execution tool that allows individuals to schedule and run any test inside their Kubernetes clusters. Using CLI, you can run one agent in one cluster for free.
This is running Testkube in Standalone Mode.
On its own, the open source agent provides immense value. Organizations considering creating a test orchestration system should consider making the open-source agent a key component of that system. It is a far superior solution than attempting to script test executions in a CI/CD pipeline tool.
You can still add the Commercial Control Plane at any time as your testing needs to scale.
Which Mode Should I Use?
Orgs with multiple teams and multiple clusters.
Testkube Pro
(Connnected Control Plane)
- If you have more than a few hundred tests,
- if you want a central place from where to manage all testing workflows across clusters, namespaces, and ephemeral environments,
- if you care about empowering Dev/Test teams to run what they want, when they want, where they want,
- if you want a centralized place to collect test results and artifacts for efficient debugging, analysis, and reporting,
- if you need speed and execution efficiency such as parallel execution, sharding, retries, flakiness detection, Test AI Assistant, etc.,
- with more great features here,
...then Testkube Pro is built for you.
Testkube Pro takes everything great about the open source engine and layers on the control plane, scale, and team features that real-world engineering orgs need. No hacks. No duct tape. Just testing done right.
Individuals and DIY scripting
Testkube Open Source Agent
(Standalone Execution Engine)
- If you're a small team or work alone,
- if you're running tests in a single Kubernetes cluster,
- If you're comfortable writing and maintaining scripts to connect the Agent to your CI/CD tools,
- if you're comfortable sending test results and artifacts to a third-party dashboard,
- If you don’t need a Centralized Control Plane, Test Orchestration across multiple clusters, Quality-centric Dashboard, Roles Based Access Control, Advances Scalability functionality, etc.,
...then Testkube Open Source Agent is a great place to start. You'll get a powerful execution engine that is free to use and easy to adopt. It is built for hands-on engineers who like control.
With Testkube Open Source Agent you get a powerful execution engine. Free to use and easy to adopt, it is built for hands-on engineers who like control.
** You can always add the Commercial Control Plane later, as your testing needs scale.**
Quick Feature Comparison
| Open-Source | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Test execution in Kubernetes | ||
| CLI/API access | ||
| Integration with any CI/CD and Testing automation tool cution in K8s | ||
| Control Plane for Agents management | ||
| On Prem or SaaS Hosted | ||
| Dashboard (Web UI) | ||
| On Prem or SaaS Hosted | ||
| Insights, Analytics, Reporting | ||
| Parallel Test Executions, Sharding, etc. | ||
| Advanced Triggering & Scheduling | ||
| RBAC, Teams Collaboration Features, SSO | ||
| AI Test Co-Pilot | ||
| Support | Community / Best Effort | Premium/Enterprise/ SLA |
Deployment Options
Stand-alone Agent
OPEN SOURCE CORE
On-Prem Control Plane
COMMERCIAL
POPULAR
Cloud Control Plane
COMMERCIAL
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