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Visitaqua vs Kualitee
What both publish
| Fact | aqua | Kualitee |
|---|---|---|
| AI features | aqua says its AI can generate requirements, test cases, and test data from user input. | Kualitee promotes Hootie AI for generating test cases, including from uploaded interface screenshots. |
| Company | LinkedIn lists aqua cloud as a privately held software-development company founded in 2016 with 11–50 employees and headquarters in Cologne, Germany. | Kualitee identifies Kualitatem as its parent company and says Kualitee was spun out of Kualitatem. |
| Deployment | aqua is offered as public cloud, private cloud or on-premise software. | Kualitee offers cloud and on-premise options; its on-premise plan can be installed on Windows or Linux. |
| Headquarters | Cologne, Germany | 48 Wall Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA |
| Integrations | Documented integrations include Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Selenium, JMeter, Ranorex, SoapUI and other testing tools. | The maker lists integrations including Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Selenium, Playwright, Slack, and Trello. |
| Product | aqua is an AI-powered requirements, test and defect management system for regulated industries, agencies and SaaS companies. | Kualitee describes itself as test case management software connecting requirements, test execution, and defects in a release confidence platform. |
| Security | The maker states that aqua is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, and describes it as DORA ready. | The pricing page lists military-grade encryption and single sign-on support among plan features. |
| Support | The pricing FAQ says subscriptions include continuous support. | The pricing page lists 24/7/365 customer support for cloud plans and 24/7 support for the on-premise plan. |
| Test management | Users can create, parameterize, execute and reuse manual or automated test cases and runs. | The platform supports creating test plans and cases, running multiple test cycles, and tracking defects during testing. |
aqua plans
- GuestFree
- Test Runner DEV — Full TR license, billed annually€19 a month
- Test Runner DEV — Full TR license, billed monthly€29 a month
- Test Runner DEV€29 a month
- Requirement Management — Full RM license, billed annually€89 a month
- aqua Suite€99 a month
Kualitee plans
- Growth (cloud, monthly)Free
- Light Speed (on-premise)$292 a year
- Viewer License (cloud)$784 a month
- Hypergrowth (cloud, monthly)$1,512 a month
- Hypergrowth (cloud, yearly)—
Pick aqua if…
aqua suits teams managing requirements and manual or automated testing across projects. Its cloud and on-premise deployment options and integrations may fit teams with varied testing and authentication needs.
Pick Kualitee if…
Kualitee suits software and testing teams that need to connect requirements, test runs, and defect tracking. Its cloud and on-premise options address teams with different deployment needs.