# Probara vs. Xray

> An honest comparison of Probara and Xray: feature by feature, published pricing, and which team each one fits. Checked against Xray’s Marketplace listing and documentation.

Test management that doesn’t bill you for your whole Jira site. Probara charges only the people who write and run tests, read-only users are free, and Jira Cloud stays linked: issues from defects, status in sync both ways and coverage reports.

[Probara vs. Xray](https://probara.net/compare/xray/)

## 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 | Xray |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud (SaaS) | Included | Included (Jira Cloud; US, EU or AU residency) |
| Self-hosted option | Not available | Included (On Jira Data Center) |
| Works without Jira | Included (No Jira license needed) | Not available (Requires Jira) |
| Free plan | Included (Up to 3 users and 3 projects) | Not available (30-day trial only) |
| Interface in Spanish | Included (English and Spanish) | Included (English, German, French and Spanish) |
| Billing in local currencies | Included (USD, EUR, MXN, BRL and COP) | Not available (USD) |

### Test design

| Feature | Probara | Xray |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Suites and folders | Included (Nested suites) | Included (Folders and Test Sets) |
| Shared steps | Included (Shared across projects from Pro) | Partial (Step library capped at 10 steps) |
| Parameterized test cases | Included (Shared parameters across projects from Pro) | Included (Datasets, one iteration per row) |
| Custom fields | On some plans (Pro) | Included (Jira custom fields) |
| Test case version history | On some plans (Compare and restore, Pro) | On some plans (Enterprise edition only) |
| Test case review and approval | On some plans (Pro) | Partial (Through Jira workflows) |

### Execution

| Feature | Probara | Xray |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Test runs | Included | Included (Test Executions) |
| Test plans | Included | Included (Dynamic JQL plans on Enterprise) |
| Configurations (browsers, devices, environments) | Included (Configuration matrix on test plans) | Partial (Test environments, no matrix) |
| Milestones and releases | Included | Partial (Jira fix versions) |
| Exploratory testing sessions | Not available | Included (Xray Exploratory App) |

### Tracking and reporting

| Feature | Probara | Xray |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 (Cross-project, requirement to defect) |
| Dashboards | On some plans (Pro) | Included |
| Query language | On some plans (PQL tables and charts, Pro) | Included (JQL with Xray functions) |

### Automation and AI

| Feature | Probara | Xray |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Test automation reporting | On some plans (Playwright, Jest, Cypress, Vitest, and JUnit XML through the CLI, Pro) | Included (JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Robot and Xray JSON) |
| REST API | Included (Every plan) | Included (REST and GraphQL, 60 requests per minute) |
| Webhooks | On some plans (Pro) | Partial (Through Jira Automation) |
| MCP server for AI agents | Included (270+ tools and operations, every plan) | Partial (Closed beta) |
| Built-in AI test generation | Not available (Bring your own agent through MCP) | Included (Test case generation and prioritization) |

### Integrations

| Feature | Probara | Xray |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 (CI result import) |

### Security and administration

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

## Pricing

Xray is sold on the Atlassian Marketplace by Jira user tier: the tier must match every user on your Jira site, and 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/)

### Xray

- **Standard**: $10 per month for up to 10 Jira users. $100 a year for up to 10 users; $3,640 a year for 26 to 50 users.
- **Advanced**: $12 per month for up to 10 Jira users. $4,370 a year for 26 to 50 users. Adds AI script generation and a 100-step library.
- **Enterprise**: $27.50 per month for up to 10 Jira users. $6,600 a year for 26 to 50 users. A separate app that adds test case versioning and dynamic plans.

[See Xray’s pricing page](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211769/xray-test-management-for-jira)

## Frequently asked questions

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

Xray is a Jira app, so its license tier has to match every user on your Jira site, and Jira itself is billed on top. For a Jira site of up to 10 users, Xray Standard costs $10 a month, less than a paid Probara plan for the same team. As the site grows, so does the bill, however few people test: Xray Standard is $3,640 a year for 26 to 50 Jira users. 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 Xray?

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 Xray export arranged in that template moves your cases today. If you would rather have Probara read Xray’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. Xray imports result files such as JUnit XML and Cucumber JSON.

### Can AI agents work in Probara as they would with Xray MCP?

Yes, and on every plan, Free included. Probara’s 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, with the same permissions as the person who connected them. Xray’s MCP server is a closed beta at the time of writing.

### Do our testers need a Jira license?

Not for Probara. In Xray, tests are Jira issues, 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 Xray 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 Xray, checked on October 17, 2026. Xray is a trademark of its owner.