# Composal vs Xray

Xray provides a test repository and lifecycle inside Jira, while Composal provides managed browser execution for Scenarios and exploratory QA.

## 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](https://composal.com/docs/verify)

## Xray

Jira-based test management and traceability

Xray is a test-management application for Jira that lets teams create and organize tests, preconditions, test sets, plans, and executions. Its product materials emphasize traceability between requirements, tests, runs, and defects, with support for manual and automated testing.

## What each tool does

| Workflow | Composal | Xray |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Run browser journeys](https://composal.com/product/scenarios) | ✓ Yes: Run saved browser Scenarios and return recordings and reproducible Findings. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Map application workflows](https://composal.com/product/discovery) | ✓ 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](https://composal.com/product/deep-scan) | ✓ 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](https://composal.com/product/scenarios) | ✓ Yes: Author Scenarios around the intended user outcome, then review the steps and expected results. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Run or inspect from a terminal](https://composal.com/product/cli) | ✓ Yes: Use the CLI to start and inspect verification runs and their Findings. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| Test portfolio management | × No: Use a dedicated tool for this specialist workflow alongside Composal’s browser verification. | ✓ Yes: Xray is a test-management application for Jira that lets teams create and organize tests, preconditions, test sets, plans, and executions. Its product materials emphasize traceability between requirements, tests, runs, and defects, with support for manual and automated testing. |

With setup means you supply code or configuration. Not confirmed means support for this workflow needs checking with the vendor.

## Where each fits

Choose Xray when Jira-native traceability, reusable test assets, and execution status are important across projects or regulated releases.

## Try this evaluation

Use one Jira requirement with a known user journey and a documented risk.

### 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?

## Related comparisons

- [Composal vs PractiTest](https://composal.com/compare/composal-vs-practitest.md)
- [Composal vs Tricentis qTest](https://composal.com/compare/composal-vs-qtest.md)
- [Composal vs axe DevTools](https://composal.com/compare/composal-vs-axe-devtools.md)

[All comparisons](https://composal.com/compare.md)