FitNesse
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VisitFitNesse vs Karate
What both publish
| Fact | FitNesse | Karate |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 | 2021 |
| Integrations | The plugins page lists extensions for Maven, Ivy, Gradle, Git, Selenium, and REST service testing. | The integrations directory lists more than 40 native integrations and more than 15 protocols or formats. |
| License | FitNesse is released under the Common Public License version 1.0. | The core Karate framework is MIT licensed and free forever; enterprise components use a commercial license. |
| Purpose | FitNesse is an acceptance-test wiki for specifying and verifying application acceptance criteria. | Karate combines API, UI, mock, and performance testing in one framework with readable syntax. |
| Security | Page security can separately restrict reading, writing, and testing, and all three protections are disabled by default. | Karate Labs says its products run locally or in customer infrastructure, store no customer test data, and ship with zero telemetry. |
FitNesse plans
- FitNesseFree
Karate plans
- FreeFree
- IDE Plus$100 a year
- Xplorer Premium$200 a year
- Pro$640 a year
- Karate EnterprisePriced on request
Pick FitNesse if…
FitNesse may suit software teams that want requirements expressed as runnable acceptance tests. It is aimed at setups that can run a Java application and configure the wiki's security controls as needed.
Pick Karate if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.