Xray licenses every Jira user on your site, whether they test or not. QA Sphere is standalone test management at $12/user/month for the testers who actually use it — with a built-in Jira integration and a 30-day free trial.
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Xray gives you the deepest possible Jira integration — because it cannot exist outside Jira. That trade-off is exactly why teams leave.
Atlassian requires Marketplace apps to match your Jira site’s user tier, so a 200-user Jira site with 8 testers pays the 200-user Xray price. QA Sphere charges $12/user/month for the people who actually manage tests — everyone else gets a free read-only seat.
In Xray, tests, runs, and traceability all live as Jira issues. You can’t use it without a Jira subscription, and changing trackers means migrating your entire test library. QA Sphere is a standalone tool that integrates with Jira and GitHub — your tests survive any tracker decision.
Configuring Xray means issue types, screens, workflows, and permission schemes — Jira-admin work before anyone writes a test. QA Sphere comes with folders, tags, and five built-in roles, so a QA team is running suites the same day, no admin ticket required.
Xray’s 2025 App Editions put 250 GB storage and higher API limits in Advanced, and keep test case versioning, remote job triggering and the new AI test model generation in the separate Enterprise app. All AI features consume metered AI credits. QA Sphere includes AI test generation, 200 GB storage, and a 1,200 requests/minute API from the $12 Standard plan.
Xray Standard caps the API at 60 requests/minute and sells higher capacity as an Advanced/Enterprise upsell — busy CI pipelines hit that ceiling fast. QA Sphere allows 1,200 requests/minute per user on every plan.
Atlassian has set end of life for Jira Data Center on March 28, 2029. New customers can no longer buy Data Center or its Marketplace apps (since March 30, 2026), existing customers lose the right to buy new subscriptions, expansions or Data Center apps after March 30, 2028, and at end of life the subscriptions and their Marketplace apps expire and become read-only. Xray for Data Center follows that schedule, so most Data Center teams have a migration ahead. QA Sphere is a standalone service that does not depend on how, or whether, you host Jira.
Pull your test cases out of Xray via its REST/GraphQL API or your preferred export path — or send us a sample export and we’ll analyze it with you on a quick call.
Our import tooling handles CSVs and API exports. We map your Xray folders and test sets to QA Sphere folders and tags, validate the test cases, and perform a secure import.
You verify everything in QA Sphere, reconnect your Jira projects through the built-in integration, run a smoke suite, and you’re live — with onboarding support at every step.
Teams have migrated libraries of 100,000+ test cases — onboarding support is included at every step.
“Migrating over 100,000 test cases sounded daunting, but with QA Sphere, it was surprisingly smooth. … Since switching, we’ve seen a real impact: costs are down, team efficiency is up, and test coverage velocity has improved by 10–12%.”
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Migrating over 100,000 test cases sounded daunting, but with QA Sphere, it was surprisingly smooth. Their onboarding support was solid, and the platform itself is intuitive - our team was up and running in no time. Since switching, we've seen a real impact: costs are down, team efficiency is up, and test coverage velocity has improved by 10–12%. AI test case creation and bug reporting help us move faster without sacrificing quality.
Artur Shevchenko
Director of Engineering @Yalantis
QA Sphere helped us bring structure to our test library and streamline daily QA routines. What stood out was how receptive the team was - some of our feature suggestions are already live and saving us hours of manual work. It's rare to see that kind of collaboration translate so quickly into real improvements.
Dr. Iryna Strubytska
QA Lead @ScanTrust
Using QA Sphere has been a smooth and productive experience. It keeps our test cases organized and makes running tests a lot easier. I appreciate how simple it is to set up and track progress.
Maria C.
QA Teamlead @Fluix
From my experience with QA Sphere, I've found it to be a real booster in test management. Loved the sleek design and efficient feature set. The organized test libraries and scheduling capabilities have helped us maintain a seamless workflow without unnecessary clutter. Definitely a valuable addition to our toolkit!
Dima Panchuk
Co-Founder @Opsenic
Great solution for process that is often overlooked! Nice and intuitive design is what differentiate QA Sphere from other tools on the market.
Oleksandr Buratynskyi
Founder @tTravel and Certified QA Manager
I like clean, minimalistic UI, even being Software Engineer I can see the state of the software clean. Most tools I've user has just unpleasant 90s interface so I avoid them – thus gap between QA and Dev departments. This is high quality product for quality assurance – I wish more such tools for the QA and Dev Engineers!
Dmytro Khainas
CTO @Customsrates
Simple, fast and exactly what we needed for QA. Helps us keep test cases structured and easy to find, reducing time spent on organizing them.
Ivan K.
Co-Founder @GNGR
A good tool for keeping our test runs structured. QA Sphere eliminates the chaos of managing test cases in spreadsheets, improving team collaboration
Lisa B.
Marketing Manager @SimpliDepo
QA Sphere is user-friendly and quite usable at a competitive price.
Maik Nogens
Test Management Expert @Diconium
Organize, tag, prioritize—and filter across projects in seconds.
Generate tests and draft bugs automatically. Bulk-create cases from requirements or specs.
Choose live updates, fixed folder structure, or locked versions—and run parameterized tests to cover diverse scenarios.
Dashboards show coverage, execution status, team performance, and full traceability.
Link test results to Jira issues, GitHub PRs, or tasks in Asana, Trello, Azure DevOps, Monday.com, ClickUp… you name it.
Bulk import via CSV, ideal for migrating from spreadsheets or other tools.
Export your tests from Xray — its REST/GraphQL API gives you full access to your test library — then import them with our tooling, or book a migration call and our team will analyze your export, map your test sets and folders with you, and perform a validated import. Teams have moved libraries of over 100,000 test cases this way.
For most teams, yes — because of how each is licensed. Xray starts at $10/month for 10 Jira users (prices as of October 2026), but Atlassian prices Marketplace apps by the Jira user tier of your whole site, so you pay for every Jira user even if only a few test; Xray Enterprise, a separate Marketplace app, costs more again. QA Sphere is $12/user/month for actual testers, with unlimited free read-only seats for everyone else.
Yes. QA Sphere has a built-in Jira integration, so you can link test cases to Jira requirements and file defects from test runs. The difference is that your test library lives in QA Sphere rather than as Jira issues, so it no longer depends on your Jira subscription or configuration.
QA Sphere goes further. Xray generates test cases from text requirements only and meters every AI action with credits. QA Sphere lets you draft individual cases, bulk-generate from requirements, and convert screenshots into test cases — included in every plan.
No. Unlike Xray, which is configured through Jira issue types, screens, and permission schemes, QA Sphere is a standalone tool with folders, tags, and five built-in roles. A QA lead can set up projects and invite the team without any Jira administration.
During migration we map your Xray folder and test set structure to QA Sphere folders and tags, validate a sample import first, and only then run the full import.
Yes — there is a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, and a free plan for up to 3 users. You can import a sample of your Xray export during the trial to see how your library looks.
Atlassian’s Data Center end of life is March 28, 2029. Data Center subscriptions and their Marketplace apps, including Xray for Data Center, expire on that date and become read-only, and existing customers can no longer buy new Data Center subscriptions, expansions or apps after March 30, 2028. Continuing to use Xray for Data Center after end of life requires both an approved Atlassian Extended Maintenance Program exception and confirmed licensing and support from Xblend for Xray; Atlassian approval alone does not guarantee third-party app support. Otherwise, teams need to move to Jira Cloud and Xray Cloud or move their test library to another tool. QA Sphere is a standalone test management service with a Jira integration, so your tests no longer depend on Jira hosting, and our team migrates Xray exports with you.
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