ComposalQA platforms and specialists
Composal vs Eggplant Functional
Eggplant can test user-visible interfaces through image capture and scripting across system types. Composal is a hosted browser workflow with natural-language Scenarios and separate exploratory sessions.
Two workflows, side by side
Composal
Composal sends AI browser agents to use your running web app and check the outcomes you care about. Define journeys as plain-English Scenarios, map existing flows with Discovery, or explore for bugs with Deep Scan. Runs keep recordings and reproduction steps so your team or coding agent can investigate a Finding.
Verify documentation →Eggplant Functional
Image-based functional test automation
Eggplant Functional automates tests using captured images and SenseTalk scripts. Its documentation describes connecting to systems under test, image-based interactions, script creation and result analysis across device types.
What each tool does
“With setup” means you supply code or configuration. “Not confirmed” means support for this workflow needs checking with the vendor.
| Workflow | Composal | Eggplant Functional |
|---|---|---|
| Run browser journeys | Yes Run saved browser Scenarios and return recordings and reproducible Findings. | Yes Runs browser journeys as authored tests; teams define and maintain the test flow. |
| Map application workflows | Yes Discovery maps key application areas and user journeys. | Not confirmed Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| Explore for unexpected issues | Yes Deep Scan explores the running application and reports reproducible issues. | Not confirmed Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| Describe checks in plain English | Yes Author Scenarios around the intended user outcome, then review the steps and expected results. | With setup Write executable tests, scripts, or structured keywords to define the steps and expected results. |
| Run or inspect from a terminal | Yes Use the CLI to start and inspect verification runs and their Findings. | With setup Run configured tests through the product’s supported developer tools or CI integration. |
Where each fits
Choose Eggplant when image-level interaction across desktop or mobile systems is important. Choose Composal when web requirements and exploratory browser evidence are the core quality workflow.
Try this evaluation
Pick a web journey with a custom-rendered control and one non-browser surface. Compare visual interaction, the effort to author a stable regression and whether a Composal finding helps reproduce an unexpected web behavior.
- Coverage
- Which user outcomes must this release prove, and which specialist checks must stay in your existing stack?
- Setup
- Who prepares accounts, test data, permissions and access to the deployment being tested?
- Evidence
- Can the engineer reproduce a reported failure from the recording and steps, without asking the tester to investigate again?
- Ownership
- Who updates the checks when the product changes, and can the team review what a passing result actually proves?