r/softwaretesting
57k members
r/softwaretesting is a subreddit with 57k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses qa, testing, automation, career, and ai, and they frequently recommend/review automation tool, testing framework, and password manager.
Resources and discussions in English about software testing and software quality assurance (QA).
Popular Themes in r/softwaretesting
#1
Advice Requests
: "I don’t know what to do about QA career. I feel trapped"
20 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "QA tools/platforms"
8 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Senior QA Engineer with 9 years experience looking for opportunities in Germany (Automation + Selenium, Cypress, Playwright)"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "QA Tester interview bad experience"
3 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "I make $9,200/month testing mobile apps for 7 startups. my overhead is under $400. here's the breakdown."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/softwaretesting
#1
Qa
: "Spent 3 weeks doing Qa and I understand why testers look exhausted all the time"
149 posts
#2
Testing
: "Is there a future of QA Automation Testing?"
136 posts
#3
Automation
: "4 years in QA, every single role was 100% manual… just accepted my first Automation-heavy position"
78 posts
#4
Career
: "What's one QA Career move you made that gave the biggest ROI?"
65 posts
#5
Ai
: "Ai is a nightmare for QA"
48 posts
#6
Job
: "M25, Testing Engineer been looking for a Job since october2025"
41 posts
#7
Interview
: "Transitioning to SDET (Playwright + TS) after 8 years in testing — do I need “fake” experience to get Interviews?"
25 posts
#8
Tool
: "Which Tool is best for the performance testing ?"
23 posts
#9
Looking For
22 posts
#10
Experience
: "Manual software tester with 5 years of Experience is paid the same as fast food manager in Australia"
21 posts
Products Discussed in r/softwaretesting
Automation Tool
23 reviews
#1
Playwright
4.7★ from 6 reviews
#2
Selenium
3.5★ from 6 reviews
#3
Robot Framework
4.8★ from 4 reviews
Testing Framework
6 reviews
#1
Cypress
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Robot Framework
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
WebdriverIO
4.0★ from 1 review
Password Manager
6 reviews
#1
1Password
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
LastPass
4.0★ from 2 reviews
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+15k members(34.6%)
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Last updated: June 12, 2026