QA-as-a-Service, Rainforest QA, launches Rainforest Mobile
San Francisco startup, Rainforest QA, wants to change the way app and web developers look at quality assurance. What is typically done in-house, or outsourced to dedicated teams, can be time consuming, expensive, and resource intensive. Today, Rainforest QA launches Rainforest Mobile, with a focus on iOS and Android app testing.
"Exploratory and manual QA models are super slow, with painful management, turning QA into the bottleneck of development and shipping," said Fred Stevens-Smith, CEO of Rainforest QA. "Instead, we give you the framework to write test cases - and the execution engine to get results - from real devices, tested by real humans."
Rainforest Mobile is powered by the Amazon Device Farm, a service that allows testing and interaction across multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, and web apps, and is hosted by Amazon Web Services. Thanks to a crowdsourced pool of over 50k testers through Amazon Device Farm, developers can test for bugs in as little as 30 minutes, helping reduce the bottleneck typically associated with quality assurance. With Rainforest Mobile, development teams will not have to write or maintain automation scripts, and it will fit right in with existing workflows, saving time and money. The subscription model allows for increased bandwidth and scalability, delivering fast results without a huge jump in pricing.
Rainforest was founded in 2012 and has received $16 million in funding to date. Find about more about Rainforest here.
