Azure Test Plans
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VisitAzure Test Plans vs Zuul
What both publish
| Fact | Azure Test Plans | Zuul |
|---|---|---|
| API | Public REST endpoints use dev.azure.com organization URLs and versioned _apis paths; the Test Plans API includes plan listing and requires the vso.test scope for read access. | Zuul provides a REST API, and its documentation describes the OpenAPI specification as a work in progress. |
| Integrations | Azure DevOps exposes integrations with GitHub, Docker, Slack, Sentry and more through its Marketplace extension ecosystem. | Built-in source drivers include Gerrit, Git, GitHub, GitLab, and Pagure; provider drivers include AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, OpenStack, and static nodes. |
| Purpose | Azure Test Plans provides planned manual and exploratory testing tools for apps. | Zuul is a project gating system that tests proposed future states of code repositories and their changes before they merge. |
| Security | Azure DevOps states that project data is protected in transit and at rest, uses the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle and undergoes security penetration testing. | Zuul runs playbooks in isolated bubblewrap namespaces and supports encrypted data secrets and dynamically generated OpenID Connect tokens for jobs. |
Azure Test Plans plans
- Basic + Test Plans$52 a month
- StakeholdersFree
- Stakeholders (Free)Free
- Basic$6 a month
Zuul plans
- ZuulFree
Pick Azure Test Plans if…
Azure DevOps teams needing connected test traceability; Teams conducting manual, exploratory and UAT workflows; Organizations requiring hosted or self-hosted deployment
Pick Zuul if…
It suits development organizations that need self-hosted merge gating across repositories, branches, projects, and infrastructure providers.