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FAQ: Squash AUTOM and Squash DEVOPS offre

Why develop two new products: Squash AUTOM and Squash DEVOPS?

The creation of Squash AUTOM and Squash DEVOPS is the result of a reflection on the evolution of automation practices (growth of CI/CD and DevOps practices, more and more democratized use of containerization, multiplication of integration tools) and on how the Squash software suite could be in line with them.

It emerged that Squash TF had architectural and other limitations for its adoption within the DevOps principles.

This is why we decided to develop a new tool for managing the execution of automated tests, and this tool must respect the following principles:

  • Micro-service architecture, particularly for deployment and usability reasons in DevOps environments.
  • Separation between the functionalities allowing automation (for testers and automation engineers) and those allowing the integration of automated tests (for the pipeline manager) within the DevOps plant. This gave rise to 2 products named Squash AUTOM and Squash DEVOPS.
  • Removal of the adhesion with Squash TM in order to make these two products independent of it.

What is the offer model of Squash AUTOM and Squash DEVOPS?

The model chosen is an "open core" model.
This model, which is the same as Squash TM, allows to offer two versions for each of the two products:

  • A free version composed mostly of open source code (this open source code is available as OpenTestFactory). This version is fully functional.
  • A commercial version, with annual subscription, adding or replacing some components. It brings additional features, as well as support.

What are the added features of Squash AUTOM Premium and Squash DEVOPS Premium?

The following table gives an overview of the community vs. Premium features:
(To benefit of these or to ask for more information, check our website or contact us.)

no Squash AUTOM Squash AUTOM Community Squash AUTOM Premium
component added Premium features component added Premium features component added Premium features
no Squash DEVOPS Community Result Publisher TM Plugin Premium Result Publisher TM Plugin execution history
Community Squash AUTOM TM Plugin Premium Squash AUTOM TM Plugin transfer of iteration / campaign / suite custom fields (for tests launched from Squash TM)
Git connector TM Plugin Git connector TM Plugin
Action library TM Plugin BDD action library
Jira Automation Workflow TM Plugin automatisation workflow
Squash Orchestrator Docker Image Squash Orchestrator Docker Image
Docker image of the services reserved for Squash AUTOM Premium support of Agilitest, Katalon, Ranorex, and UFT
Squash DEVOPS Community Community Result Publisher TM Plugin Community Result Publisher TM Plugin Premium Result Publisher TM Plugin execution history
Community Squash AUTOM TM Plugin Premium Squash AUTOM TM Plugin transfer of iteration / campaign / suite custom fields (for tests launched from Squash TM)
Git connector TM Plugin Git connector TM Plugin
Action library TM Plugin BDD action library
Jira Automation Workflow TM Plugin automatisation workflow
Squash Orchestrator Docker Image Squash Orchestrator Docker Image Squash Orchestrator Docker Image
Docker image of the services reserved for Squash AUTOM Premium support of Agilitest, Katalon, Ranorex, and UFT
Community Test Plan Retriever TM Plugin Community Test Plan Retriever TM Plugin Community Test Plan Retriever TM Plugin
Jenkins plugin Jenkins plugin Jenkins plugin
Squash DEVOPS Premium Community Result Publisher TM Plugin Community Result Publisher TM Plugin Premium Result Publisher TM Plugin execution history
Community Squash AUTOM TM Plugin Premium Squash AUTOM TM Plugin transfer of iteration / campaign / suite custom fields (for tests launched from Squash TM)
Git connector TM Plugin Git connector TM Plugin
Action library TM Plugin BDD action library
Jira Automation Workflow TM Plugin automatisation workflow
Squash Orchestrator Docker Image Squash Orchestrator Docker Image launched in Premium mode Squash Orchestrator Docker Image launched in Premium mode
Docker image of the services reserved for Squash AUTOM Premium support of Agilitest, Katalon, Ranorex, and UFT
Premium Test Plan Retriever TM Plugin filtering tests on iteration / campaign / suite custom fields
+ transfer of iteration / campaign / suite custom fields (for tests launched from CI/CD)
Premium Test Plan Retriever TM Plugin filtering tests on iteration / campaign / suite custom fields
+ transfer of iteration / campaign / suite custom fields (for tests launched from CI/CD)
Premium Test Plan Retriever TM Plugin filtering tests on iteration / campaign / suite custom fields
+ transfer of iteration / campaign / suite custom fields (for tests launched from CI/CD)
Jenkins plugin Jenkins plugin Jenkins plugin

What is the release frequency of Squash AUTOM and Squash DEVOPS?

A new delivery of Squash AUTOM and Squash DEVOPS is available every month (except for August). It contains a variable number of updated components, depending on the added features. It is named according to the year and the month (using the YYYY-MM format).