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Huly vs Testsigma

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Huly

Project Management

Open-source all-in-one project management and collaboration platform

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Testsigma

Testing

Natural language test automation for web, mobile and API with a self hosted open source edition

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Huly cloud pricing charges separately for storage and video/audio bandwidth, which can be unpredictable.; Testsigma the natural language layer is a fixed vocabulary rather than real English, so testers spend the first weeks learning which phrasings the parser accepts, which is learning a language after all.
  • They diverge on capability: Huly covers Team Planner, Testsigma covers Natural language authoring.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Huly and Testsigma actually diverge.

Attributes where Huly and Testsigma differ
AttributeHulyTestsigma
Pricing modelfreemiumPer user per month
Platformsweb, windows, mac, linuxWeb, iOS, Android, Linux
CategoryProject ManagementTesting

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Huly

  • Team Planner
  • Project management
  • Virtual Office
  • Real-time chat
  • Document collaboration
  • GitHub sync

Only in Testsigma

  • Natural language authoring
  • Unified web, mobile and API tests
  • Self hosted community edition
  • Cloud device and browser grid
  • Data driven runs
  • Custom functions

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Huly

  • Replacing multiple SaaS tools with one self-hostable platformnot Testsigma
  • Remote team collaboration with persistent virtual officesnot Testsigma
  • Issue tracking synced with GitHubnot Testsigma
  • Combined docs and project management for small teamsnot Testsigma

Testsigma

  • A team maintaining separate Selenium and Appium suites that wants one place for web and native mobile coveragenot Huly
  • Organisations that must keep test data and execution on premises for regulatory reasonsnot Huly
  • QA groups with manual testers being asked to automate without first learning Javanot Huly
  • Evaluating low code test automation properly before committing budget, by running the free edition against the real applicationnot Huly

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Huly

  • Cloud pricing charges separately for storage and video/audio bandwidth, which can be unpredictable.
  • AI features are listed as 'TBD' rather than fully available.
  • Being a broad all-in-one tool, individual modules are less deep than dedicated best-of-breed products.
  • Self-hosting requires operational effort compared to fully managed competitors.

Testsigma

  • The natural language layer is a fixed vocabulary rather than real English, so testers spend the first weeks learning which phrasings the parser accepts, which is learning a language after all.
  • Anything conditional or arithmetic falls through to custom Java or JavaScript, and that code lives in the platform editor rather than your repository, where it gets no code review and no version history you control.
  • The community edition lags the cloud product and is not the version the vendor demonstrates, so a self hosted evaluation can understate or overstate what you would actually buy.
  • Cloud execution is billed separately from authoring seats, so a suite that grows from two hundred to two thousand tests changes the bill without anyone changing the plan.
  • Support and engineering are concentrated in Indian time zones, which slows incident turnaround for teams working in the Americas.

Pricing, plan by plan

Huly

Free
  • CommonFree
    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited Huly objects
    • 10GB storage
  • Rare$19.99/month
    • Unlimited users
    • 100GB storage
    • 100GB video/audio traffic
  • Epic$99.99/month
    • Unlimited users
    • 1TB storage
    • 500GB video/audio traffic
  • Legendary$399.99/month
    • Unlimited users
    • 10TB storage
    • 2TB video/audio traffic

Testsigma

Free
  • Community Edition$undefined/month
    • Self hosted, open source, no licence fee
    • You supply the infrastructure and the browser or device grid
  • Cloud$undefined/month
    • Priced per authoring user with additional charges for parallel cloud executions and device minutes
    • Published tiers exist but the figures that matter at team scale come from sales

Which should you pick?

Choose Huly if

  • You need team planner.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on web, windows, mac, linux.
  • You also want project management.
Huly review

Choose Testsigma if

  • You need natural language authoring.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Linux.
  • You also want unified web, mobile and api tests.
Testsigma review

Questions people ask

Is Huly or Testsigma better?
Neither clearly leads. Huly starts at Free and Testsigma at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Huly or Testsigma?
Huly starts at Free and Testsigma at Free.
Does Huly or Testsigma run on more platforms?
Huly runs on web, windows, mac, linux. Testsigma runs on Web, iOS, Android, Linux.
Can I use Huly for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Huly best used for?
Huly is most often used for replacing multiple saas tools with one self-hostable platform, remote team collaboration with persistent virtual offices, issue tracking synced with github, combined docs and project management for small teams. Of those, replacing multiple saas tools with one self-hostable platform and remote team collaboration with persistent virtual offices are not what Testsigma is typically brought in for.
What can Huly do that Testsigma cannot?
Huly covers Team Planner, Project management, Virtual Office, Real-time chat. Testsigma covers Natural language authoring, Unified web, mobile and API tests, Self hosted community edition, Cloud device and browser grid.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Huly: What does Huly cost?

Huly's cloud offering has a free Common plan plus paid Rare ($19.99/mo), Epic ($99.99/mo) and Legendary ($399.99/mo) tiers based on storage and video/audio traffic, plus a custom plan.

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Testsigma: Is the open source edition genuinely usable in production?

Yes for self hosted execution, though it trails the cloud version on newer features and you maintain the grid yourself.

Huly: Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?

The free Common plan includes unlimited users and Huly objects but caps storage at 10GB and video/audio traffic at 10GB.

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Testsigma: Do testers need to know Selenium?

Not to write ordinary steps. They will need someone who does as soon as the suite needs custom functions or awkward waits.

Huly: How is usage metered?

Huly charges cloud users based on consumed storage (for attachments and documents) and network usage for audio/video calls, while Huly objects themselves stay unlimited on every plan.

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Testsigma: Can it test native iOS and Android applications?

Yes, through Appium underneath, on the hosted device grid or your own devices.

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