# Probara vs. BrowserStack Test Management

> An honest comparison of Probara and BrowserStack Test Management: feature by feature, published pricing, and which team each one fits. Checked against BrowserStack’s own pricing and documentation.

Test management that stands on its own, billed per person instead of in user bundles. Probara has no seat minimum, keeps read-only users free on Pro, lets you query your whole test record, and opens its MCP server to AI agents on every plan.

[Probara vs. BrowserStack Test Management](https://probara.net/compare/browserstack/)

## Feature by feature

What each product offers, as published by its vendor. Probara’s column covers every plan, with the plan noted where a feature needs one.

### Platform

| Feature | Probara | BrowserStack Test Management |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud (SaaS) | Included | Included (Region restriction on Enterprise) |
| Self-hosted option | Not available | Not available |
| Works without Jira | Included (No Jira license needed) | Included (Also offered as a Jira app) |
| Free plan | Included (Up to 3 users and 3 projects) | Included (Up to 5 users, unlimited projects) |
| Interface in Spanish | Included (English and Spanish) | Not available (Not documented) |
| Billing in local currencies | Included (USD, EUR, MXN, BRL and COP) | Not available (USD) |

### Test design

| Feature | Probara | BrowserStack Test Management |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Suites and folders | Included (Nested suites) | Included (Folders and tags) |
| Shared steps | Included (Shared across projects from Pro) | Included |
| Parameterized test cases | Included (Shared parameters across projects from Pro) | On some plans (Test datasets from Team Pro) |
| Custom fields | On some plans (Pro) | Included |
| Test case version history | On some plans (Compare and restore, Pro) | On some plans (Team Pro) |
| Test case review and approval | On some plans (Pro) | On some plans (Team Pro) |

### Execution

| Feature | Probara | BrowserStack Test Management |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Test runs | Included | Included |
| Test plans | Included | Included (With sub-test plans) |
| Configurations (browsers, devices, environments) | Included (Configuration matrix on test plans) | Included (Configurations on cases and runs) |
| Milestones and releases | Included | Not available (Not documented; test plans instead) |
| Exploratory testing sessions | Not available | Included (Exploratory sessions) |

### Tracking and reporting

| Feature | Probara | BrowserStack Test Management |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Built-in defect tracking | Included (Linked to results and cases) | Partial (Logged to external trackers) |
| Requirements traceability | On some plans (Coverage reports from Jira and GitHub issues, Pro) | Included (Against tracker items; native module upcoming) |
| Dashboards | On some plans (Pro) | Included (Custom dashboards on Team Ultimate) |
| Query language | On some plans (PQL tables and charts, Pro) | Not available (Advanced filters only) |

### Automation and AI

| Feature | Probara | BrowserStack Test Management |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Test automation reporting | On some plans (Playwright, Jest, Cypress, Vitest, and JUnit XML through the CLI, Pro) | Included (JUnit XML and BDD JSON upload) |
| REST API | Included (Every plan) | Partial (Core workflows; full API on Team Ultimate) |
| Webhooks | On some plans (Pro) | Partial (Documented; pricing lists it as upcoming) |
| MCP server for AI agents | Included (270+ tools and operations, every plan) | Included (BrowserStack MCP server, paid plans) |
| Built-in AI test generation | Not available (Bring your own agent through MCP) | On some plans (AI agents on Team Ultimate) |

### Integrations

| Feature | Probara | BrowserStack Test Management |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jira integration | On some plans (Jira Cloud, Pro) | Included (Two-way binding and bug reporting) |
| GitHub integration | On some plans (Issues, Actions workflows and PR comments, Pro) | Partial (Links GitHub Issues) |

### Security and administration

| Feature | Probara | BrowserStack Test Management |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Single sign-on | On some plans (Google Workspace, OpenID Connect and SAML, Pro) | On some plans (Enterprise) |
| Two-factor sign-in | Included (Authenticator app, every plan; owners can require it) | Not available (Not documented) |
| Audit log | Included (Export on Enterprise) | Not available (Listed as upcoming) |
| SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report | Not available | Included (SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001) |

## Pricing

BrowserStack prices Test Management per bundle: 5, 10 or 25 users per month, cheaper on yearly billing, with a free plan for up to five users and quotes for Team Ultimate and Enterprise. Probara is priced per user from the first seat, with a free plan and no bundles.

### Probara

- **Free**: $0 up to 3 users
- **Pro**: $24 per user per month, billed annually. $30 billed monthly
- **Enterprise**: Custom pricing and terms for advanced procurement, security or support needs

Every new organization starts with a 14-day Pro trial, no credit card required.

[Compare Probara plans](https://probara.net/pricing/)

### BrowserStack Test Management

- **Free**: $0 up to 5 users. Unlimited projects, cases and runs; 30 days of run history.
- **Team**: $99 per month for 5 users, billed yearly. About $19.80 per user. $149 monthly; 10- and 25-user bundles too.
- **Team Pro**: $199 per month for 5 users, billed yearly. About $39.80 per user. Adds version history and case review.
- **Team Ultimate and Enterprise**: Quote contact sales. Team Ultimate adds AI agents and the full REST API; Enterprise adds SSO.

[See BrowserStack Test Management’s pricing page](https://www.browserstack.com/pricing)

## Frequently asked questions

### How does Probara’s pricing compare with BrowserStack Test Management?

BrowserStack sells Team and Team Pro in bundles of 5, 10 or 25 users: Team costs $99 per month for 5 users billed yearly, about $19.80 per user, and Team Pro $199, about $39.80 per user. Probara’s Pro costs $24 per user per month billed annually per user per month billed annually, with no seat minimum and no bundles: you pay per user from the first seat, so a team of six pays for six. On Pro, read-only viewers are free and never take a seat. BrowserStack’s Free plan covers up to five users, more than Probara’s Free plan, which covers 3.

### Can we move our test cases from BrowserStack Test Management to Probara?

Yes. Probara imports test cases from CSV and XLSX files laid out in its import template, with their suites and steps, so a spreadsheet of your test cases moves them today: arrange the columns to match the template described in the CSV import guide and import the file into a project. If you would rather have Probara read BrowserStack’s export directly, or bring over anything else, ask for it with Send feedback in your profile menu in the app, or through the contact page before you sign up, and the team adds support for it.

### Can we keep running our tests on the BrowserStack device cloud?

Yes. Probara does not run browsers or devices; it records what your test runner reports. Its reporters live in your test config, so your tests keep running wherever they run today and their results still land in a Probara run.

### How do automated test results get into Probara?

On Pro, Probara’s reporters for Playwright, Jest, Cypress and Vitest send each CI run into a test run with its attachments and create the cases the report names that do not exist yet. JUnit XML from any other framework goes in through the open-source Probara CLI, and on GitHub you can launch Actions workflows from a run and get one results comment on each pull request.

### Does Probara work with Jira?

Yes, with Jira Cloud on the Pro plan: create Jira issues from defects and failed results with their steps and evidence, keep their status in sync both ways, link issues to the test cases that cover them, and build coverage reports from them.

### Do AI agents need a higher plan in Probara?

No. Probara’s MCP server, with 270+ tools and operations, reached through up to 14 tools listed by default, is included on every plan, Free included. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients write test cases, start runs, record results and file defects with the same permissions as the person who connected them. Probara has no built-in AI agents of its own; BrowserStack includes its AI agents and full REST API on Team Ultimate, which is quoted.

[All comparisons](https://probara.net/compare/)

Prices and features as published by BrowserStack Test Management, checked on October 17, 2026. BrowserStack Test Management is a trademark of its owner.