Research & Development

Testing Tools that supplement our services.Built in-house by WebDepend's own testers.

WebDepend Labs is the internal workshop behind the tools our testing team relies on day to day - starting with Testing Manager, the platform we use to run every client engagement.

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The Testing Manager dashboard, showing active projects, bugs raised by project and bugs raised by month

What WebDepend Labs actually is

Not a separate company, not a marketing exercise - just the space where we get to fix the tooling gaps we run into on real projects.

Built by testers

Every tool starts with a real problem one of our own testers hit mid-project, not a roadmap meeting.

Proven on our own work

We run the tools against our own client projects to iron out the kinks and make sure they're useful.

Shared when it earns it

Nothing leaves Labs until it's held up under the same scrutiny we'd put a client's release through.

Flagship build

Testing Manager

Our own bug tracker and project delivery platform. Every WebDepend client engagement runs through it, which means every feature has been shaped by an actual testing team under deadline.

Bug trackerLog issues with severity, steps to reproduce and screenshots the moment they’re found.
IntegrationsSync bugs straight into the project management tool your dev team already lives in.
EstimatesWork out how long a project or release actually needs to be tested properly, before you scope it.
SchedulingBook experienced testers against a project timeline, no spreadsheets required.

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Also from the lab

More tools from the workshop

A11y Scanner

Internal use

Automated accessibility checks against WCAG, runs alongside our normal testing so issues get caught early.

Visit A11y Scanner ↗

HTTP Status Checker

Internal use

Bulk-checks URLs for broken links, bad redirects and unexpected status codes before a site goes live or after a migration.

Visit HTTP Status Checker ↗

Slack app

Internal use

Lets WebDepend team members search and display bugs from Testing Manager directly inside Slack.

Visit WebDepend ↗

Release Monitor

Proof of concept

Checks for new browser versions and produces briefings on the likely impact to testing.

Visit Release Monitor ↗

Testing Manager Bridge

Internal use

Drops a bug-reporting widget onto a website so visitors can send bug reports straight into a Testing Manager project. See it in action on WebDepend's website.

Visit WebDepend ↗

More is in progress

Testing Manager and the tools above are what's shipped so far, not the finish line. If you'd like early access to what we're building next, let us know at WebDepend.

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