mabl or Smoketest?
Choose mabl when your QA team wants one platform for its web, mobile, API, performance, and accessibility tests. Choose Smoketest when you want each ticket tested as it reaches QA, with the proof on that ticket, from $399 a month.
mabl quotes each customer. These figures are what buyers report to Vendr, read in November 2026. Smoketest is $399 a month for 12 months.
mabl gives your QA team a platform to run.Smoketest takes each ticket as it reaches QA.
Here is one ticket,handled both ways.
mabl is a broad platform with a long record in enterprise QA, and its agents help your team build and look after tests. The difference is where the work starts and where the result ends up.
Show proration on the invoice PDF
When an Admin adds a seat mid-cycle, the invoice PDF should carry the proration line and match the invoice preview.
Test failed. Invoice PDF, in your plan.
The PDF total does not match the preview. The details are in the run.
View in mabl
Failed · 1 of 4 requirements not met · 2m 38s · Attempt 1
The invoice PDF leaves out the proration line. The preview says $312.40 and the PDF says $294.00.
Next: moved to In Progress. Move the ticket back into QA to test again.
Watch the recording · View attempt
The same eight questions, asked of both.
Some teams should pick mabl.
Here is how we would decide if we were in your seat. On a call we will tell you which side you are on.
Choose mabl when
- Your QA team wants one platform for every kind of test
- You need performance and accessibility tests in one tool
- You are buying for a large team on a custom contract
Choose Smoketest when
- You want every ticket tested the moment it reaches QA
- Your team reads results on the ticket, in Jira or Linear
- You want to start this week, from $399 a month
You can run both.
Keep mabl for the suites your QA team has built. Smoketest takes the first pass on each new ticket, before anyone has built a test for it.
Our founder sets it up with you on a real ticket.
A call with our founder
Tell us how your team ships and where tickets wait. We will tell you whether it fits.
A real ticket, same day
We set it up with you on your own board, so it can start the day of the call.
A plan shaped to you
It starts from $399 a month. Scale is designed with teams that need more runs.
It changes as you do
New flows, new tools, a new QA hire. We keep adjusting it with you as you grow.
Questions about mabl
Laying out every option? See them side by side
mabl does not publish prices, and it quotes each customer. Vendr reports a median of $36,000 a year among its buyers, in a range from $18,000 to $64,211.
It starts at $399 a month for 1,000 runs. Each run is up to 10 minutes, and a longer test counts as two runs or more, one for every 10 minutes. If your team needs more, we design a Scale plan with you, so you stop buying extra runs.
Yes. mabl's agents help create, run, analyze, and look after tests inside its platform. Smoketest starts from your ticket, decides what to test, and leaves the result on that ticket.
Not today. If those matter to your team, mabl or a dedicated tool is the better choice for that work.
Yes. Smoketest starts from your tickets, so it does not need your existing tests. You can run both for a sprint or two and compare the results.
Every result links to the recording, the steps, and the reasoning, and says what it did not test, so you can check its work the way you would check a teammate's.
A named person on your team. Smoketest gives them the evidence: what passed, what failed, the recording, and what it did not test. It never signs off a release.
Run one ticket before your next renewal.
Book a call and we will test one ticket with you. If mabl is the better fit for your team, we will say so.