# Probara vs. Tricentis qTest

> An honest comparison of Probara and Tricentis qTest: feature by feature, how each one is priced, and which team each one fits. Checked against Tricentis’s own pages and documentation.

Test management with published prices, no sales calls and no seat minimum. Probara starts free, bills per user from the first seat, works fully in Spanish, and sends CI results straight from your test frameworks, with no automation host to run.

[Probara vs. Tricentis qTest](https://probara.net/compare/qtest/)

## 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 | Tricentis qTest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud (SaaS) | Included | Included (US or EU data storage) |
| Self-hosted option | Not available | Included (qTest On-Premises) |
| Works without Jira | Included (No Jira license needed) | Included |
| Free plan | Included (Up to 3 users and 3 projects) | Not available (14-day trial only) |
| Interface in Spanish | Included (English and Spanish) | Not available (Not documented) |
| Billing in local currencies | Included (USD, EUR, MXN, BRL and COP) | Not available (No published prices) |

### Test design

| Feature | Probara | Tricentis qTest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Suites and folders | Included (Nested suites) | Included (Modules in Test Design) |
| Shared steps | Included (Shared across projects from Pro) | Included (Called and shared test cases) |
| Parameterized test cases | Included (Shared parameters across projects from Pro) | Included (Datasets create one run per combination) |
| Custom fields | On some plans (Pro) | Included |
| Test case version history | On some plans (Compare and restore, Pro) | Included (Version number on every save) |
| Test case review and approval | On some plans (Pro) | Included (Approval per version) |

### Execution

| Feature | Probara | Tricentis qTest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Test runs | Included | Included |
| Test plans | Included | Included (By release and build) |
| Configurations (browsers, devices, environments) | Included (Configuration matrix on test plans) | Partial (Parameterized cases generate run combinations) |
| Milestones and releases | Included | Included (Releases and builds) |
| Exploratory testing sessions | Not available | Included (qTest Explorer and Sessions) |

### Tracking and reporting

| Feature | Probara | Tricentis qTest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Built-in defect tracking | Included (Linked to results and cases) | Included (Hidden when a tracker is connected) |
| Requirements traceability | On some plans (Coverage reports from Jira and GitHub issues, Pro) | Included (Requirements module) |
| Dashboards | On some plans (Pro) | Included (60+ widgets in qTest Insights) |
| Query language | On some plans (PQL tables and charts, Pro) | Partial (Custom data queries) |

### Automation and AI

| Feature | Probara | Tricentis qTest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Test automation reporting | On some plans (Playwright, Jest, Cypress, Vitest, and JUnit XML through the CLI, Pro) | Partial (Universal Agent parsers on an automation host) |
| REST API | Included (Every plan) | Included (API v3) |
| Webhooks | On some plans (Pro) | Included (Signed, set up through the API) |
| MCP server for AI agents | Included (270+ tools and operations, every plan) | Included (SaaS only, with MCP access) |
| Built-in AI test generation | Not available (Bring your own agent through MCP) | Included (Agentic Test Creation; licensing not published) |

### Integrations

| Feature | Probara | Tricentis qTest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jira integration | On some plans (Jira Cloud, Pro) | Included (Releases, issues and defects) |
| GitHub integration | On some plans (Issues, Actions workflows and PR comments, Pro) | Not available (No native integration documented) |

### Security and administration

| Feature | Probara | Tricentis qTest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Single sign-on | On some plans (Google Workspace, OpenID Connect and SAML, Pro) | Included (ADFS, Azure AD, Okta, Ping Federate) |
| Two-factor sign-in | Included (Authenticator app, every plan; owners can require it) | Not available (No native option documented) |
| Audit log | Included (Export on Enterprise) | Included (Audit trails, per product page) |
| SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report | Not available | Included (SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001) |

## Pricing

Tricentis does not publish qTest prices: you request a quote, and a 14-day trial covers the suite. Probara publishes its price list, with a free plan and paid plans billed per user from the first 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/)

### Tricentis qTest

- **qTest**: Quote contact sales; no price list published. SaaS or on-premises. 14-day trial of Manager, Sessions, Explorer, Pulse, Launch and Insights.

[See Tricentis qTest’s pricing page](https://www.tricentis.com/products/unified-test-management-qtest/pricing)

## Frequently asked questions

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

Tricentis publishes no price for qTest: every plan is quoted by sales. Probara publishes its prices: Pro costs $24 per user per month billed annually per user per month billed annually, with no seat minimum and no packs, so you pay per user from the first seat. On Pro, read-only viewers are free and never take a seat, and the Free plan covers 3 users with no time limit.

### Can we move our test cases from qTest 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 qTest 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 qTest’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.

### 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 we need an automation host to send CI results to Probara?

No. On Pro, Probara’s reporters for Playwright, Jest, Cypress and Vitest go in your test config and send each CI run into a test run with its attachments, creating 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. qTest takes automation results through qTest Launch, with the Universal Agent running on an automation host.

### Can AI agents work in Probara?

Yes. 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, and documented for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Claude Code. Agents work with the same permissions as the person who connected them. qTest also has an MCP server, for its SaaS edition and accounts with MCP access, and adds its own AI test creation, which Probara does not have.

### Can we try Probara without talking to sales?

Yes. You sign up on your own, and every new organization starts with a 14-day Pro trial with no credit card. After it, the Free plan keeps 3 users working with no time limit, and paid plans add users one at a time. qTest offers a 14-day trial, and buying it goes through Tricentis sales.

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

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