07 Jan
Before we start alpha vs beta testing, We should know what is alpha testing and what is beta testing.
What is Alpha Testing?
Alpha Testing is conducted to determine defects before releasing the final product to end-users or to the public. Then the main goal of alpha is to identify the tasks that a typical user might perform and test them.
What is Beta Testing?
Beta Testing is a type of software testing that is performed by real users of the software in a real environment. Beta testing is also one type of user acceptance testing. This testing helps the tester to test products in the customer’s environment.
Difference: Alpha Vs Beta Testing
The difference between alpha vs beta testing is as below:
| Alpha Testing | Beta Testing |
| Alpha testing needs a testing atmosphere or a lab for testing. | Beta testing doesn’t need a testing atmosphere or lab for testing. |
| Alpha testing may need a lengthy execution cycle. | Beta testing needs only a few weeks of execution. |
| In alpha testing, developers can directly address the critical bugs or fixes. | Most of the bugs or feedback collected from the beta testing will be executed in future versions of the product. |
| Test Goals | |
|---|---|
| The goal of alpha testing is to estimate the quality of the product. | The goal of beta testing is to estimate customer satisfaction. |
| To confirm Beta’s eagerness | To confirm Release eagerness |
| Concentrate on finding defects or error | Concentrate on gathering recommendations/feedback and consider them effectively |
| Confirm that, Does the product works properly without any bugs. | Confirm that, Do clients like the released product? |
| Test Duration | |
| Multiple test cycles performed | Only performed 1 or 2 test cycles |
| Separately each test cycle stays for 1 – 2 weeks | Separately each test cycle stays for 4 – 6 weeks |
| The duration of the cycle also depends on how many bugs are found and how many new features are added during alpha testing. | The duration of the cycle may expand based on the end user’s feedback/recommendation. |
| Expectations | |
| An acceptable number of bugs were missed in earlier testing activities. | Major finished product with a much smaller number of defects and crashes. |
| Incomplete components and documentation. | Almost finished components and documentation. |
Conclusion:
Alpha and Beta testing are equally meaningful in any organization and both testing types play an important role in the success of a product. We expect that the above blog related to “Alpha Testing” and “Beta Testing” would be useful to improve your knowledge and an easily understandable manner.
Twisa works as a Software Tester at QACraft. She is a Computer Engineer with a degree and she has 7+ years of experience in the QA field(Manual as well as Automation Testing). As an automation tester, she has good knowledge about Automation testing of web-based applications using selenium Webdriver. In her free time, she loves to explore new technologies.
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