Appium Reviews & Product Details

In my opinion, Appium is the one of very few best tools for Mobile apps test automation on the market. It provides functionality for cross-platform testing on both Web and Native mobile applications. And moreover, the tool ensures a supportive community and continuous improvement because of its open-source nature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The one issue I faced a long time ago was the initial setup of Appium. The documentation doesn’t seem to be very user-friendly, so I’ve spent a lot of time for the initial setup. Also, the documentation seems to be more focused on Java users, so I had some problems with resolving code issues since I’m using mostly WebdriverIO+JavaScript. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a tester, while mobile application automation it helps me to run my test cases on emulators. Appium is very secure & fast service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it's get connection error other wise it is smoother Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Real-device emulator/simulator support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Flakiness, need to create sessions again and again Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Appium provides a perfect platform for mobile automation.

2. We run the Appium server while executing the automation scripts for mobile testing.

3. Appium inspector allows us to define desired capabilities very quickly.

4. Appium inspector allows us to identify mobile objects most easily.

5. Both Appium Server and Appium inspector are user-friendly tools.

6. Maintenance of settings is easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Appium server performance may not be excellent all the time.

2. Memory usage by appium will be very high, which may slow the PC or Laptop.

3. Desired capabilities should be defined on their own.

4. If the session is inactive, the appium inspector should automatically change the loaded page while capturing the object properties. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium is famous for mobile application automation testing, having the feature of integrating third party library to enhance the performance. Best part is you can use any language to automate mobile application tests. Easy to implement as it's a part of selenium library. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- No customer support as an open source tool.

- No inbuilt reporting system or library. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It supports both iOS and Android platforms, making it a great option for developers and testers who need to test their apps on multiple platforms.

One of the key benefits of Appium is its ability to perform tests on real devices, which is a major advantage over other automation tools that rely on emulators.

And for the cherry on the cake, it supports all selenium commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the notable limitations, I found in Appium are

1. No built-in support for image and gesture recognition.

2. Compatibility issues with complex animation apps and games. although no issue with common utility apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium have much more features for testing mobile application more over Android or iOS. It's a part of nodejs library that helps to automate the testcases for mobile application. It uses 3rd party libraries for working with gestures and can be modified according to need as it's open source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium doesn't have any inbuilt functions to generate report for testing, 3rd party reporter is needed to be integrated with Appium to generate report. Working with mobile gestures with Appium is quite difficult to handle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium solves almost all mobile automation problems when compared to other paid software out there, this stands apart from all of them as it solves most of the automation problems we face on daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sometimes its very flaky and if we are struck into something there is no one to help, sometimes after trying all the solutions mentioned in StackOverflow also wont work, then we need to reach out to community in appium.io, and u can expect replies within a day or two, but if the paid tool there will be a support team who can help, as appium is open source we can't rely all the time. other than that appium is slow compared to native frameworks like XCUITest or Espresso. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium is an open-source program that supports various languages like java, python, ruby, and other object-oriented languages. This makes the tool valuable and efficient. The appium community has developed several sophisticated classes to manage test breakdown. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some AI technologies, such as TOSCA, KATALON, and others, are more effective at automating mobile testing. AI tools are more feature-rich than appium. Gestures are more efficient than appium. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Free to use and huge community support

2. First automation tool to begin automation career

3. Supporting multiple platforms like android, ios, android tvs

4. Can be integrate with any framework like TestNG, codeceptjs, cucumber

5. Code reusability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Unlike built-in tools like espresso appium will not provide synchronisation. User has to handle this manually, this makes suite less stable.

2. Initial setup / configuration is little tricky until we understand the appium architecture better

3. Not supporting Accessibility testing,

4. Requires more coding

5. Still no complete support for Tizenos (Samsung TV) and webos (LG TV) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.