Browserling
Browserling - Live interactive cross-browser testing.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
$55.0k | Seed | ||
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
Based in Oakland, California, Browserling provides a cloud-based platform for interactive cross-browser testing. The company was started in 2010 and formally co-founded in 2011 by Peteris Krumins and James Halliday. Krumins, who serves as CEO, is a programmer and author known for his popular programming blog, catonmat.net. The company was the first startup accepted into the Hackers & Founders accelerator program and also participated in Microsoft's BizSpark program. In March 2011, Browserling secured $55,000 in a seed funding round.
Browserling's core business revolves around providing web developers, designers, and quality assurance testers with the ability to test websites and web applications across a multitude of web browsers and operating systems. The platform eliminates the need for maintaining numerous local browser installations or virtual machines, saving clients time and costs associated with hardware and software licensing. The service operates on a freemium model; it offers a free plan with limited session times and a restricted selection of browsers, while paid subscription plans for individual developers and teams provide unlimited access and additional features. Its client base is diverse, ranging from individual developers and small businesses to large corporations and government entities like the UK's National Health Service.
The service grants users live, interactive access to real desktop browsers running on the company's virtual machines, differentiating itself from solutions that rely on emulators. Key features include the ability to capture and annotate screenshots for bug reporting, change screen resolutions for responsive design testing, and conduct secure testing of local or internal websites via SSH tunnels. The platform is built on HTML5 and JavaScript, requiring no client-side installation of plugins like Flash or Java. Browserling also offers browser extensions and an API for embedding browsers into other applications, which facilitates automated testing and integration into existing development workflows.
Keywords: cross-browser testing, web testing, live browser testing, interactive testing, browser compatibility, responsive testing, website testing tool, QA testing, frontend testing, automated testing, browser virtualization, secure browsing, developer tools, browser emulator, browser sandbox, screenshot testing, web development, web application testing, quality assurance, Internet Explorer testing, virtual browser