Appium Reviews & Product Details

Name: Appium
Rating: 4.4 (63 reviews)

Appium is an open-source automation framework designed for testing native, hybrid, and mobile web applications across various platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS. It enables developers and testers to write and execute automated UI tests using a single API, regardless of the platform or programming language. Appium's architecture is built on the WebDriver protocol, allowing seamless integration with existing testing tools and workflows. Key Features and Functionality: - Cross-Platform Support: Appium facilitates automation across multiple platforms, enabling testers to use a single tool and API for various application types, thereby reducing the need for platform-specific testing frameworks. - Open-Source Ecosystem: As an open-source project, Appium boasts a rich ecosystem of drivers, clients, and plugins, allowing users to extend support for new platforms or customize existing functionalities to meet specific testing requirements. - Language-Agnostic: Utilizing the WebDriver protocol, Appium allows testers to write tests in their preferred programming languages, such as Java, Python, Ruby, or C#, facilitating integration into existing development workflows. - Native and Hybrid App Support: Appium can automate both native mobile applications and hybrid apps (web apps wrapped in a native container), making it suitable for a wide range of mobile applications regardless of their underlying technology. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Appium addresses the challenge of automating UI testing across diverse platforms and application types without requiring platform-specific tools or programming languages. By providing a unified framework, it streamlines the testing process, enhances test coverage, and reduces the complexity associated with maintaining multiple testing tools. This leads to more efficient development cycles, improved application quality, and faster time-to-market for mobile and desktop applications.

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Darko V.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/18/2021

"Appium is the right tool for mobile automation testing"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Appium?

Appium is great for IOS and Android, supports Selenium webdriver and is open source, and the possibility to use it with multiple languages is great (Java, C#, JavaScript with Node.js, PHP, Python....) supports hybrid app as well as native and web apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

Appium configuration can be a bit complex usually you will need to have someone that will help and guide you through the process. Simplifying the initial process will be a big bonus Documentation can be confusing and not very helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Appium:

Highly recommended for mobile automation testing for both IOS and Android with one tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Appium solving and how is that benefiting you?

The biggest challenge is cross platform testing so instead of searching for different tools you can go with Appium as the best way to test on both IOS and android. With Appium you can use the language that you're comfortable with (Java, C#, JavaScript with Node.js, PHP, Python....). With time you will have reusable and maintainable script that will save time on the long run Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akhilesh R.

Test Automation Specialist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/17/2021

"Best Automation tool for Android and IOS application testing"

5/5

What do you like best about Appium?

It can be used across multiple mobile platforms, languages like Java, python. It is open-source and is based on Selenium. Appium is configurable with Github Actions to perform CICD of automated test cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

Sometimes the server does not respond, and the automation test case gets failed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Entertainment

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/14/2021

"Good tool to have in your arsenal"

4/5

What do you like best about Appium?

Mobile automation emulation for mobile app development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

Not so easy to setup, there might be a bit of a learning curve to get set up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/18/2021

"Appium is the best open source for mobile app automation"

5/5

What do you like best about Appium?

Appium is the only open source tool that can be used for testing Android and iOS apps. Appium can also be used for testing TV apps, smart watches, and car plays. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

Nothing to dislike...................... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/20/2021

"A good tool to automating Android/iOS applications"

4/5

What do you like best about Appium?

Appium is good tools to execute your test scripts, we do not need to include any additional agents in your app to make Appium compatible with automation. It tests the same app, which is going to upload in App Store. Multi platform support makes it better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

There was no testing labs, where we can run scripts on multiple emulators, I think now sauce lab provides it. Sometime, finding locators of ui elements is a tedious task, where nested hierarchical order found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Norayr S.

QA Automation Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/9/2021

"Is very usable for testing mobile applications, and now we can use it for desktop applications too"

5/5

What do you like best about Appium?

Appium team working on new updates and give us new possibilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

It's working a little bit slow, so I think they should fix this problem Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/11/2021

"It is an open source tool, time savior, that helps us in automating the mobile applications.. thnku"

5/5

What do you like best about Appium?

Automating the applications, overcome repetitive manual test cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

A little bit difficult to install and understand for beginners Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/9/2021

"Best for Mobile Web application, Android or IOS"

5/5

What do you like best about Appium?

Open source tool which supports cross platform testing and support multiple languages such as Java, javascript, Python, C# etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

Image comparison should be supported in appium Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Appium:

Appium is highly recommended for mobile application, android or IOS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Appium solving and how is that benefiting you?

Appium supports a number of WebDriver-compatible languages including Java, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, C# and Objective-C. Hence, a tester has option to write test scripts in his preferred programming language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pritam C.

Programmer Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/30/2020

"Excellent"

5/5

What do you like best about Appium?

I gained a very good knowledge regarding maven, testNG, MySQL connection and Appium. As far from my knowledge I can say it’s 20% Appium , 40% maven testNG and DB, 30% java and 10% defect management tool. I request to add more tricky Appium concepts in this or any upcoming course rather than including extra stuffs. Hats off to you and thank you I gained a lot from this course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

I request to add more tricky Appium concepts in this or any upcoming course rather than including extra stuffs. Hats off to you and thank you I gained a lot from this course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What problems is Appium solving and how is that benefiting you?

It’s improved my basic core knowledge. Every Time I am facing problems that time I am learning new things with the help of that problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shahzeb I.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/30/2020

"Reliable and useful tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Appium?

Appium support for multiple languages and tools cross platform test cases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Appium?

Appium don't have support of older Android versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Appium:

I have worked on Appium and found it pretty straight forward tool to use, if you are looking for multiple languages support and cross-platform test cases then this is the right tool to go ahead. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Appium solving and how is that benefiting you?

Appium is straight forward tool for mobile application automation. I am using it for automation of native mobile applications. well i can say advantages are: support for multiple languages and tools like while you are using appium you are not limited in choosing technology stack, cross-platform test cases and similarity with selenium. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.