SmartBear Acquires QMetry: Pioneering the Future of AI-Augmented Test Management
SmartBear is thrilled to announce our acquisition of QMetry, a leader in AI-enhanced test management solutions, into the family. This merger is not merely about expanding our already robust solutions—it’s about revolutionizing the delivery of software quality across industries. In today’s fast-paced tech landscape, addressing software quality issues is critical; they can significantly impact customer satisfaction and financial growth, while flattening the quality cost curve. Ensuring high-quality software is no longer a luxury but a necessity, as software increasingly drives major aspects of most businesses. We’re excited about the value this acquisition brings to SmartBear Test Hub . Together, we’re revolutionizing software quality, empowering our customers to innovate faster and more effectively than ever.
The Power of QMetry Within SmartBear
QMetry stands out within SmartBear’s comprehensive test management and automation portfolio due to its unique capabilities. Serving over 2,500 global customers, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, QMetry is celebrated for its robust test management features and AI-driven functionalities that support continuous testing. This ensures that enterprises can deploy high-quality software more efficiently. QMetry’s flagship products, QMetry Test Management (QTM) and QMetry Test Management for Jira (QTM4J), exemplify its innovative approach to software testing. QTM offers seamless integrations with popular Agile and DevOps tools, enhancing collaboration across development teams. Meanwhile, QTM4J brings sophisticated test management capabilities directly into the Jira environment, enabling teams to create, manage, and execute test cases without leaving Jira. By integrating QMetry’s cutting-edge GenAI capabilities into our portfolio, we are set to transform how software teams expedite software development—enhancing feature delivery without compromising on quality. Lastly, QMetry offers robust migration capabilities, enabling seamless transitions from legacy test management tools like ALM to their modern platform.
Meeting the High Standards of Regulated Industries
One of the key strengths of the QMetry platform is its compliance-driven test management that aligns with industry standards such as ISO and SOC-2, making it invaluable in regulated sectors like healthcare, finance, and government. Advanced features such as e-signature capabilities, approval workflows, and flexible deployment options will significantly enhance SmartBear’s engagements in these areas. Moreover, post-acquisition, the QMetry platform will complement SmartBear’s existing suite of Zephyr test management products, consolidating our majority market in Atlassian Marketplace-led test management.
AI Revolution in Testing: SmartBear and QMetry
Earlier this summer, SmartBear launched HaloAI , integrating GenAI capabilities into our products, including the game-changing Zephyr Scale Automate. The AI-driven features that QMetry brings, such as auto test case generation and flaky test detection, focus on significantly reducing manual testing tasks. This not only streamlines the testing process but also improves the accuracy and efficiency of test results, leading to faster releases and higher quality software. With QMetry’s capabilities becoming a part of HaloAI, SmartBear is well-equipped to lead the transformation in AI-augmented test management.
Enhancing SmartBear’s Ecosystem and Looking Forward
SmartBear is combining QMetry’s strength with tools like TestComplete, VisualTest, LoadNinja, BitBar, and Reflect, with a focus on simplifying the testing experience. SmartBear Test Hub, a central facet of SmartBear’s integrated solutions, unites these tools into a cohesive testing suite. With QMetry now part of the lineup, Test Hub’s capabilities are substantially bolstered, ensuring faster value delivery to both SmartBear and QMetry customers. This strategic integration empowers teams managing complex applications to streamline their testing processes, achieve deeper insights into application health, and reduce the total cost of ownership.
The enhancement of SmartBear Test Hub with QMetry’s AI capabilities positions us to offer a more robust, efficient, and user-focused solution, crucial for navigating today’s fast-paced software development environments. This integration ensures that software teams looking to leverage the combined strengths of SmartBear and QMetry will experience more streamlined processes, a comprehensive and easy-to-use solution, and a steadfast commitment to quality. As the software industry evolves, partnerships like these will play a pivotal role in shaping the tools and technologies that lead the charge in software quality and innovation.