# Probara vs. QMetry

> An honest comparison of Probara and QMetry Test Management for Jira: feature by feature, published pricing, and which team each one fits. Checked against its Marketplace listing and SmartBear’s documentation.

Test management outside Jira, where you pay only for the people who test. Probara keeps defects, milestones and results in one test record, read-only users are free, and Jira Cloud stays linked without your testing depending on it.

[Probara vs. QMetry](https://probara.net/compare/qmetry/)

## 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 | QMetry |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud (SaaS) | Included | Included (US, Australia or Germany, new installs only) |
| Self-hosted option | Not available | Included (On Jira Data Center) |
| Works without Jira | Included (No Jira license needed) | Not available (Standalone QMetry is a separate product) |
| Free plan | Included (Up to 3 users and 3 projects) | Included (Up to 10 Jira users) |
| Interface in Spanish | Included (English and Spanish) | Included (English, Spanish and German) |
| Billing in local currencies | Included (USD, EUR, MXN, BRL and COP) | Not available (USD) |

### Test design

| Feature | Probara | QMetry |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Suites and folders | Included (Nested suites) | Included (Folders for cases and cycles) |
| Shared steps | Included (Shared across projects from Pro) | Included (Shareable test cases, across projects) |
| Parameterized test cases | Included (Shared parameters across projects from Pro) | Partial (Data set rows repeat the steps of one execution) |
| Custom fields | On some plans (Pro) | Included |
| Test case version history | On some plans (Compare and restore, Pro) | Included (Versions with compare) |
| Test case review and approval | On some plans (Pro) | Add-on (Approvals through the eSignature package) |

### Execution

| Feature | Probara | QMetry |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Test runs | Included | Included (Test cycles) |
| Test plans | Included | Included |
| Configurations (browsers, devices, environments) | Included (Configuration matrix on test plans) | Partial (Environments, no matrix) |
| Milestones and releases | Included | Partial (Jira sprints and versions in reports) |
| Exploratory testing sessions | Not available | Included (Chrome extension) |

### Tracking and reporting

| Feature | Probara | QMetry |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Built-in defect tracking | Included (Linked to results and cases) | Not available (Defects are Jira issues) |
| Requirements traceability | On some plans (Coverage reports from Jira and GitHub issues, Pro) | Included (Traceability and coverage reports) |
| Dashboards | On some plans (Pro) | Included (30+ reports and gadgets) |
| Query language | On some plans (PQL tables and charts, Pro) | Included (JQL with QMetry functions) |

### Automation and AI

| Feature | Probara | QMetry |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Test automation reporting | On some plans (Playwright, Jest, Cypress, Vitest, and JUnit XML through the CLI, Pro) | Included (JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber and more) |
| REST API | Included (Every plan) | Included (With call limits) |
| Webhooks | On some plans (Pro) | Not available (Not documented) |
| MCP server for AI agents | Included (270+ tools and operations, every plan) | Included (SmartBear MCP) |
| Built-in AI test generation | Not available (Bring your own agent through MCP) | Included (QMetry Intelligence test case generation) |

### Integrations

| Feature | Probara | QMetry |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jira integration | On some plans (Jira Cloud, Pro) | Included (Runs inside Jira Cloud and Data Center) |
| GitHub integration | On some plans (Issues, Actions workflows and PR comments, Pro) | Partial (GitHub Actions CI rule) |

### Security and administration

| Feature | Probara | QMetry |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Single sign-on | On some plans (Google Workspace, OpenID Connect and SAML, Pro) | Partial (Not documented by QMetry) |
| Two-factor sign-in | Included (Authenticator app, every plan; owners can require it) | Partial (Not documented by QMetry) |
| Audit log | Included (Export on Enterprise) | Included (Cases, cycles, plans and configuration) |
| SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report | Not available | Included (SOC 2 Type 2) |

## Pricing

QMetry for Jira is sold on the Atlassian Marketplace by Jira user tier: free up to 10 users, then the tier must match every user on your Jira site. Jira itself is billed on top, free for up to 10 users and from $8.48 per user per month on Jira Standard. Probara is priced per user from the first seat, with a free plan, and on Pro, viewers do not take a seat.

### 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/)

### QMetry

- **QMetry for Jira**: $0 for up to 10 Jira users. From 11 users, priced by Jira user tier: $627 a year for 11 to 15 users, $2,090 a year for 26 to 50.
- **QMetry Test Management**: Quote standalone, cloud or server. The standalone product. SmartBear publishes no prices for it.

[See QMetry’s pricing page](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215144/qmetry-test-management-for-jira-qtm4j)

## Frequently asked questions

### How does Probara’s pricing compare with QMetry?

QMetry for Jira costs $0 for a Jira site of up to 10 users, so for a team that size it is cheaper than a paid Probara plan. Past 10 users, its tier has to match every user on your Jira site, however few of them test: $627 a year for 11 to 15 users and $2,090 a year for 26 to 50, with Jira itself billed on top. Probara has no seat minimum and no packs: Pro costs $24 per user per month billed annually per user per month billed annually, and you pay only for the people who write and run tests. On Pro, read-only viewers never take a seat, so the rest of the company can follow results for free, and the Free plan covers 3 users.

### Can I bring my test cases over from QMetry?

Yes. Probara imports test cases from CSV and XLSX files laid out in its own template, or its JSON and XML formats, with suites and steps, so a QMetry export arranged in that template moves your cases today. If you would rather have Probara read QMetry’s export as it comes, or bring over something 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.

### Do we have to stop using Jira?

No. On the Pro plan, Probara works with Jira Cloud: create Jira issues from defects and failed results, with their steps and evidence, keep status in sync both ways, link issues to the test cases that cover them, and build coverage reports from Jira issues. Your test cases live in Probara rather than in Jira. Jira Data Center and Jira Server are not supported.

### Does Probara work with our automated tests and CI?

Yes, on Pro. Native reporters for Playwright, Jest, Cypress and Vitest send each CI run into a Probara test run, attachments included, and create the cases that do not exist yet. Any other framework that writes JUnit XML reports through the open-source Probara CLI. With GitHub, you can launch GitHub Actions workflows from a run and get one results comment on each pull request. QMetry for Jira takes Playwright and Cypress results through JUnit-style reporters and connects to GitHub through a GitHub Actions rule.

### How do AI agents compare?

QMetry for Jira includes QMetry Intelligence for AI test case generation, a Rovo agent and a SmartBear MCP server. Probara has no built-in AI generation; its MCP server, with 270+ tools and operations, reached through up to 14 tools listed by default, lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients write test cases, start runs, record results and file defects on every plan, Free included, with the same permissions as the person who connected them.

### Do our testers need a Jira license?

Not for Probara. In QMetry for Jira, test cases and cycles live inside Jira, so everyone who writes or runs them works in Jira, and every Jira user on the site counts toward both the Jira bill and the QMetry tier. In Probara, testers sign in to Probara itself and no one needs a Jira seat to use it; Jira Cloud stays linked on Pro. Every new organization starts with a 14-day Pro trial, with no credit card.

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

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