BugBug Reviews & Product Details

1 YEAR LATER REVIEW UPDATE (2025): 4/5 -> 5/5

- So a bit more than one year later, our testsuite has grown and expanded greatly, and it's quite easy to manage and maintain it

- Onboarding new QA colleagues (with and without automation experience,) with the tool is a smooth process

- Customer support is constantly improving and being very prompt (at least on a paid subscription plan)

INITIAL POINTS (2024):

- Most comprehensive no-code QA automation tool, comes as a "kit" ready to use "out of the box": no need to bother with setting up virtual machines of your own, you can run tests locally on your machine or in the cloud on BugBug infrastracture

- Ease of use for both QA and managers

- Easy to ramp-up and understand for manual testers looking to dip their feet in automation

- A decent number of implemented features and more incoming

- We use it non-stop for smoketests and E2E tests foro ur web based product

- Comprehensive and easy to follow documentation

- Quite quick and easy to set up

- Useful list of integrations (Slack, Zapier, GitHub)

- Active and helpful customer support

- Good enough transparency on upcoming features

- Dedicated place to gather user feedback, improvements or feature ideas

- Quick solution for cutting down on execution time as project grows: option to buy extended infrastracture to run multiple tests in "parallel" (which is tempting especially for QA testers without automation experience, throwing more resources at the thing is an option, but so is optimising the test automation strategy and mindset of recording steps) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1 YEAR LATER REVIEW UPDATE (2025):

My biggest gripe as seen in my initial points was the ability to control recording functionality, which is now completely solved thanks to a revamped flow which allows me to start a recording session, and use it continuously by pausing recording mode and manipulate steps at any moment, with ability to resume the test at any location. This has reduced the time spent on test writting and fixing by half at least, since I don't need to keep running a test from scratch after each small update. I think this is a unique and intuitive function that I haven't seen on any other established automation framework before, and really sets BugBug appart from them.

Points that are still there at present time:

- Lack of conditional steps, still need to fallback to custom javascript steps for this

- Over the last year, our variables number has increased, and the dedicated section for them is still difficult to maintain and organize (for example in folders or categories)

- I got used to reporting issues with the software using their support email, but I still wished there was a dedicated place to report issues from inside their webpage

- Ability to use a component multiple times in a test is currently a work in progress and hopefully should be launched soon

INITIAL POINTS (2024):

- Wish I could have more control during recording of a test, such as where to record a step

- The pause/resume during recording is a bit hit or miss and not very smooth

- A bit cumbersome to check if a fix for a long test is working, because there is no way to specificy the location from where the test can start execution (if a test takes 7 minutes, and something fails around minute 6, after fixing you have to run the test from the beginning, instead of clicking "execute from here" from a certain section of the test for example)

- Lack of conditional steps (if, when, while)

- I see the difficulty of keeping track of test variables (and not project variables) increasing the more tests you implement: and this is a downside compared to code-based automation tools (such as Cypress or Playwright)

- The tool does not have an equivalent to a "function" in programming: the closest is the concept of a test "component" aka a block of tests, but it can only be used once per test (at the moment)

- Lack of a place to report bugs with the tool (handled by emailing bugbug support)

- More control over parallel runs: as it is, it's a setting toggle that can be true or false at a testsuite level Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I evaluated 10+ solutions for E2E testing automation, and BugBug came out on top for ease of use, documentation, intuitive user interface, support and of course value for money. I was able to implement tests for core functionality in the space of a few hours, to schedule these suites to run, and to trigger a webhook to our on call solution when these failed. I've struggled on a couple of occasions to test certain scenarios, and BugBug support have come back to me in under a day with a solution (no back and forth). So far there is nothing we haven't been able to achieve as an organisation, and we're all really excited to improve our test coverage with BugBug. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CI could be better - we almost went with Ghost Inspector because they have a Netlify plugin, but ultimately BugBug came out on top in too many other areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1.BugBug's interface is intuitive and easy to navigate, making it accessible even for those new to automated testing.

2.No Coding Required for BugBug it Allows non-developers to create and run tests without needing to write any code.

3.Quick Setup,Tests can be set up quickly, which is ideal for smaller projects or teams with limited time.

4.BugBug had Record and Playback feature to simplifies the test creation process by allowing users to record their actions and replay them.

5. It is a cloud-based tool, BugBug doesn't require any local setup or installation, which can save time and resources.

6.Integration with CI/CD, BugBug can be integrated into CI/CD pipelines, automating tests as part of the deployment process.

7.Fast Execution,Tests execute quickly, allowing for rapid feedback during the development process.

8.Browser Extension,The BugBug browser extension enhances usability by enabling test recording directly within the browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1.Limited support for complex test scenarios.

2.No cross-browser testing capabilities.

3.Dynamic content handling is unreliable.

4.Lacks advanced customization options.

5.Limited integrations with other tools.

6.Assertions are not flexible enough.

7.Test data reuse is challenging.

8.Limited community support for troubleshooting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is so simple to set up new tests, and the UI is incredibly intuitive and easy to use - makes creating new swaths of testing really easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there were a way to do visual regression testing on different elements to make sure they aren't affected by changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like this tool because of its simplicity and the ability to create automated tests without a lot of work, which is often needed when you want to build your testing framework.

BugBug has a lot of really useful features. Many benefits can be gained by using the built-in variables as well as creating your own.

And the real game changer are the components, which you can use in as many tests as you need. If you need to edit just one or a few steps of a test, you do it in a component and the changes will be visible in all tests that use it. This is a huge time saver.

Our entire team is notified every day of the results of the test sets performed and receives an accurate report. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes there are problems when frame tests are performed, but the great support team solves them very quickly! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We love it's User-Friendly Interface. The play and record feature is very helpful. Not much technical knowledge is required to use the product. Automating test flow is simple to understand and customize, helps keep things organized and straightforward. We can record flows as per our requirement, share results and keep a track of test case progress all at one place and the process to do this is pretty smooth and easily adaptable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integration capabilities are limited and reporting tools and mediums can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

After having maintained growing codebases for other browser testing tools, I finally found a no-code tool that strikes the right balance between being quick and easy to do most things, but still flexible enough that you can express quite complicated testing scenarios with it.

It's very simple to get up and running, install a browser extension, then just create tests by browsing as usual. This is also a risk-free and very generous way of getting started - as long as you run the tests locally, BugBug is completely free.

The backend interface, where you keep track of the tests, is not at all complicated despite its breadth. They have thought of basically everything, from handling large test suites to setting breakpoints in individual tests. Custom variables and profiles makes it easy to configure for different environments, as well as creating values and timestamps that varies between test runs, not to mention using custom JavaScript for extra-special test criteria.

Integrations exist for many project management tools. Customer support has always been quick to respond. In short, I cannot recommend this product enough if you want to avoid having to maintain a growing and unavoidably complicated codebase for browser testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The free version, as it runs locally in your browser, will have a browser window open, so your browser can be kind of locked when the tests are running. A Pro account runs in the cloud though, so I guess that's one reason to upgrade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is honestly a good alternative to Selenium, Cypress or any others E2E tests tools. The free version is limited tho and doesn't allow an integration with your CI/CD process.

The Support team is reactive, they answer your question within the day.

With Bugbug.io, tests can be quickly recorded, edited and ran. I've worked on automation tests for more than 10 years, I don't want to write a lot, but imo, don't spend too much times on covering all parts of your application, each time we did that, we drop the tests at the end.

Do quick and maintenable tests... That's what Bugbug.io is doing perfectly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing can quickly rise when you need parallel tests.

Test created are not versionned. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love BugBug’s Slack integration! every time when the test fails ll the team receives an instant message so QA can check the issue.

Also, the ease of adding custom logic to each test and reliable recording are the most appreciated features of BugBug. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used to dislike that sometimes it was taking too much time for some tests, but they have improve it too much and now is really fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We use bugbug for automating sanity test cases of our client website. It's extremely helpful in reducing manual efforts on straighforward test cases, so our QA's can concentrate on trickier cases. Can be easily implemented and learnt by people with non technical background. Independent test suites can be created with dedicated test cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The free plan was for a limited time, so had to but PRO plan. Prices are quite competetive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.