Tesbo vs Qase
Qase and Tesbo are after the same teams: people who found the older tools slow and dated. The split is the pricing model and how each handles AI — Qase sells credits, Tesbo asks you to bring your own provider key.
Claims last checked against Qase’s own pages on Aug 22, 2026
The short answer
Qase is a well-built modern test management tool with unlimited storage and a polished interface. It charges $35 per user per month annually, with a five-seat minimum. Tesbo charges $30 per workspace per month, so twenty people cost the same as two. Pick Qase for unlimited storage and the more finished product. Pick Tesbo if per-seat pricing is the problem, or you want to self-host free.
At a glance
- Qase Teams is $35 per user per month billed annually, with a five-seat minimum. Tesbo Cloud Pro is $30 per workspace per month.
- For a team of 20, that is $8,400 a year against $360.
- Qase gives unlimited storage on Teams. Tesbo Cloud Pro gives 5 GB. Qase wins that row outright.
- Qase includes 2,000 AI credits a month that do not roll over, with overage at $0.40 a credit. Tesbo uses your own provider key with no markup.
- Qase has no self-hosted option. Tesbo Community is free forever on your own servers.
- Qase Free covers up to 4 users and 2 projects, with 30 days of history.
Where Tesbo is different
One price, any number of people
Qase’s five-seat minimum means a three-person team pays for five, and a twenty-person team pays $8,400 a year. Tesbo charges for the workspace, so you can add the developers, the product manager and the support lead who all want to read test results without thinking about it.
No AI credits to ration
Qase grants 2,000 AI credits a month on Teams. They do not carry over, and going past them costs $0.40 each. Tesbo asks for your own AI provider key, so you pay your provider directly at their rate and nobody takes a margin in the middle.
You can run it yourself
Qase is cloud only. Tesbo Community is self-hosted and free forever, which matters if your test data cannot leave your own infrastructure — or if you simply do not want a subscription.
A review step, not a generate button
Tesbo’s agent drafts the cases and a person accepts them. Nothing it writes enters the suite on its own. The point is not to produce more test cases; it is to skip the typing without losing the judgement.
Tesbo and Qase, side by side
| Capability | Tesbo | Qase |
|---|---|---|
| How it is priced | Per workspace. $30 a month billed annually, or $40 monthly. | $35 per user per month annually, $42 monthly, minimum 5 seats. |
| Cost for a team of 20Annual list prices, checked 22 August 2026. | $360 a year | $8,400 a year |
| StorageQase is clearly better here if you attach a lot of video to runs. | 5 GB on Cloud Pro, unlimited if self-hosted | Unlimited on Teams |
| What the AI costs | Your own provider key, billed by your provider | 2,000 credits a month, no rollover, $0.40 per credit over |
| Run it on your own servers | Yes, free forever | No, cloud only |
| Free tier | Community self-hosted, unlimited members. Cloud Launch: 2 projects, 3 members. | Up to 4 users, 2 projects, 500 MB, 30 days of history |
| Data retention | No published cap | 30 days on Free, 2 years on Teams, unlimited on Enterprise |
| Single sign-on | Included | Teams plan and above |
What it costs
Qase publishes three plans. Free is $0 for up to 4 users, with 2 projects, 500 MB of storage, 30 days of test history and 5,000 API calls a month. Teams is $35 per user a month billed annually or $42 billed monthly, with a five-seat minimum, and adds unlimited storage, 2,000 AI credits a month, two years of retention, SAML single sign-on and role-based access; extra collaborator seats are $10. Enterprise is quote-based. AI credits do not roll over and overage is $0.40 per credit. Tesbo Cloud Pro is $30 per workspace a month billed annually — $360 a year — for unlimited members, and Tesbo Community is free forever on your own servers. Prices read from both vendors’ own pricing pages on 22 August 2026.
What it costs at your team size
Qase Teams at its annual list price of $35 per user per month, against Tesbo Cloud Pro at $360 per workspace per year. Qase has a five-seat minimum, so the five-person row is also its floor.
| Team size | Tesbo | Qase |
|---|---|---|
| 5 people | $360 | $2,100 |
| 20 people | $360 | $8,400 |
| 50 people | $360 | $21,000 |
Two things belong next to those numbers. Qase Teams includes unlimited storage where Tesbo Cloud Pro includes 5 GB, so a team that attaches large screen recordings to every run is comparing different things. And Qase’s $10 collaborator seats are a cheaper way to give read-only access to people outside QA, which narrows the gap for teams that mostly need viewers.
Bringing your data across
Qase exports test cases to CSV and has a full API, so moving out is straightforward. Its own docs cover XML, JSON and CSV import formats, which tells you the export side is well travelled too.
- 1Export one Qase project to CSV and check how suites and sub-suites flattened.
- 2Import into a scratch Tesbo project and confirm your step and expected-result structure held.
- 3Copy any attachments you need. This is the step to do deliberately, since Qase storage is unlimited and Tesbo Cloud Pro is 5 GB.
- 4Run one full release cycle in Tesbo before you cancel the Qase subscription.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Tesbo if
Per-seat pricing is the thing blocking you, or you want people outside QA reading test results without buying them seats. Or you need to self-host, or you would rather pay your AI provider directly than buy credits.
Pick Qase if
You attach a lot of video and screenshots to runs and want unlimited storage. You want the more finished product with the longer track record and a large integration catalogue. Or you are a small team of four who fit inside Qase’s free plan, where it costs nothing at all.
Qase vs Tesbo: common questions
Can I import my test cases from Qase?
Yes. Qase exports to CSV and Tesbo imports CSV. Watch how nested suites flatten on the way out, and move attachments deliberately — Qase Teams has unlimited storage while Tesbo Cloud Pro includes 5 GB.
What does Qase do better than Tesbo?
Unlimited storage on the Teams plan, a longer list of ready-made integrations, and a more finished interface built over more years. Its free plan is also better than Tesbo’s free cloud tier if your team is four people or fewer.
How do AI costs compare?
Differently rather than cheaper or dearer on paper. Qase includes 2,000 credits a month on Teams; they do not roll over and extra credits are $0.40 each. Tesbo asks you to bring your own AI provider key and bills you nothing for AI — your provider charges you at their rate, with no markup and nothing to ration.
Can I self-host Qase?
No. Qase is a cloud product. If self-hosting is a requirement, Tesbo Community is free forever on your own servers with unlimited projects and members.
Try it against your own suite
Both have a free tier, so this one is easy to settle yourself. Put the same project in each and see which fits how your team works.
Sources
Last verified Aug 22, 2026.
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