Applause

Managed software testing with a global community, AI, and automation

Applause is a managed software testing provider that combines a global crowdtesting community with AI and automation to help enterprises validate digital products across mobile, web, desktop, IoT, wearables, automotive, AR/VR and other platforms. Its services address functional testing, test automation, payment testing, accessibility, user experience, localization, security and AI evaluation, including AI safety and risk testing, AI data collection, and testing for AI apps and agents.

The enterprise SaaS platform centralizes test case management, bug reporting, tester engagement, in-sprint testing and reporting, with bi-directional integrations for tools such as Jira, TestRail, GitHub, Azure, Linear, Xray and identity providers like Okta and Ping Identity. AI features powered by IBM watsonx.ai support test case rewriting, issue prioritization and optimization, and can be enabled or disabled as needed. The platform is provided at no extra cost with Applause's managed services, and the company offers a pilot-based onboarding model.

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Key facts

Starts at: Contact sales
Free plan: No
Free trial: No
Open source: No

What it does

Integrations
Api access
AI assistant
Automations
Dashboards
Collaboration
Search
Monitoring
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AI agent
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Security
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