Zephyr Scale alternative

Zephyr Scale charges you for every Jira user. Qmatrix only charges for testers.

A 100-person Jira org with 8 testers still pays Zephyr Scale’s per-seat rate on all 100 seats. Qmatrix prices per person who actually runs a test.

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Honest pricing, side by side

Qmatrix — Team $19/user/mo

Zephyr Scale Standard ~$6.81/Jira user/mo Billed on total Jira seats, not just testers — an 8-tester team on a 100-user Jira org pays for all 100

What testers actually say

“I hate zephyr with the fiery passion of a thousand dying suns.”
u/thesylvanta — Reddit

“ZE's UI looks like it was designed in the 90s and never updated. It functions OK, but it's not intuitive.”
u/mtnbike444 — Reddit

“The issue is that ZephyrScale is only used by the QA team, yet if all 250 users are included in the plan, it will cost around $1,500 per month.”
r/jira thread — Reddit

Feature by feature

	Qmatrix	Zephyr Scale
Price per active tester (not per Jira seat)	✓	✕
Works without Jira	✓	✕
AI test-case drafting	Unlimited on paid plans	Capped at 10 runs/month
File-size limit on import	✕	5 MB UI import cap
Cross-project traceability	✓	✓

Stop subsidizing seats your testers don’t use.

Bring your Zephyr Scale test suite over and pay only for the people actually running your tests — with real, uncapped AI included.

Import your Zephyr tests free