Comments on: uTest Raises $5 Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing

By: Peter M

Peter M — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:36:10 +0000

You can get to the demo wihout filling out the form, but it’s definitely something they should make easier.

http://www.utes...ch_our_demo.htm

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Branding, Innovation, Technology Key takeaways from BRITE conference — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:04:18 +0000

[...] will add uTest, a company in which Longworth Venture Partners has recently invested. uTest brings together a community of QA professionals, and allows companies in need of [...]

By: links for 2008-12-18 | grant watson

links for 2008-12-18 | grant watson — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:00:36 +0000

[...] uTest For Crowdsourced Bug Testing uTest, the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs. The site offers customers a web based platform and tools for monitoring testing and QA cycles, which are available to them free of charge (they only pay for the testing completed by the crowdsourced community). (tags: web2.0 software development programming innovation crowdsourcing ideas) [...]

By: Stephen King

Stephen King — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:25:45 +0000

Love the article … crowd sourcing rules and is a extremely viable solution to many testing situations.
“The true undiscovered frontier of crowdsourcing will likely be the mobile platform.”

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By: CrowdSourcing Blog » Crowdsourcing: Now With a Real Business Model!

CrowdSourcing Blog » Crowdsourcing: Now With a Real Business Model! — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:25:18 +0000

[...] than half of their community members resided inside the United States. One of the comments on the TechCrunch post about uTest Tuesday was telling: “It was just too hard to compete with countries like India [...]

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Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:05:47 +0000

[...] Mr. Whittaker refers to this as "crowdsourcing" the testing process. BTW, uTest just got $5 Million in VC money. Someone thinks this idea is [...]

By: UTest Customer

UTest Customer — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:17:58 +0000

Why does utest require a $2000 minimum starting credit???

By: links for 2008-12-03 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog

links for 2008-12-03 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:01:03 +0000

[...] uTest Raises $5 Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing Community members are paid depending on the number and type of bugs they find, and the marketprice for bug finds fluctuates depending on the number of bugs left to find, the demand for testers, and other criteria. Since launching in Febuary, the uTest community has grown to 11,000 users. (tags: testing crowdsourcing) [...]

By: uTest Raises $5M in Series B Funding Round | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:16:12 +0000

[...] a software testing community identifying bugs for companies and working as a Quality Assurance startup, raised $5 million in a Series B funding [...]

By: Matt Johnston

Matt Johnston — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:38:37 +0000

You’re definitely right that it’s a highly responsive community and bugs do get found quickly. We have nearly 12,000 testers from 148 different countries, covering the full spectrum of nationalities, languages and technical environments.

It’s important to note that each customer chooses the profile of testers with whom they want to engage, and can build their virtual QA team to fit their needs.

By: Matt Johnston

Matt Johnston — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:31:49 +0000

For behavioral testing (OS / browser / language / antivirus compatibility, etc), you don’t need to share your source. For more in-depth testing, you could choose to share source code within the uTest platform and only to those testers you have selected.

So uTest gives you complete control over the type & depth of testing you want, as well as which individual testers can review your app. You can view the profiles (location, language skills, technical environment, etc), as well as the past performance ratings of these testers.

By: Steve Bomber

Steve Bomber — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:38:18 +0000

But I have to open up my source code to the entire world to make this possible, right?

By: Aaron Dragushan

Aaron Dragushan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:56:18 +0000

Neat concept, but as a potential customer I was turned off when I wanted to watch their video demo and it was hidden behind a form requiring among other things email address and my phone number. fail.

By: acai berry diet

acai berry diet — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:30:04 +0000

utest is doing the test

By: Can Crowdsourcing Reduce QA Costs? at Fragmental.tw

Can Crowdsourcing Reduce QA Costs? at Fragmental.tw — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:37:49 +0000

[...] has an article on how uTest, a crowdsourcing test startup, just got another round of funding. Given that funding is something hard to get these days, the fact that the company got another [...]

By: Denis Altudov

Denis Altudov — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:11:19 +0000

Caution: you get what you pay for. In this case you pay for bugs (according to their FAQ), and you will probably get bugs. I would prefer to get user scenarios tested from start to finish.

By: uTest consigue 5M en Serie B

uTest consigue 5M en Serie B — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:41:22 +0000

[...] a las compañías depender de desarrolladores externos para arreglar sus problemas de sistema, ha recibido una ronda de financiación Serie B de 5 millones de [...]

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By: hthomsen

hthomsen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:57:03 +0000

its a good idea, i see they have 12k testers if just a 1/4 of those hammer loose on a site its like dos attack?
ofcourse its a great stress-test aswell.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:33:46 +0000

Eventually, everything u do will be in competition. You better become smart with your finance because retailing, manufacturing, software design, software programming, business management, etc. are subjected to severe competition that is neither in your control or there’s. People will always seek what is best for them and they will compete against you whatever market you will be in.

Deal with it!

By: TechAviv

TechAviv — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:21:51 +0000

Brilliant concept. Congrats Doron and Roy.

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ユーザ参加型デバッグ/試験サイトuTestが$5Mを調達 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:02:51 +0000

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By: besidethat

besidethat — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:52:46 +0000

couldn’t agree more with you..to clear my point

By: BG

BG — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:50:18 +0000

uTest is a good idea.
And I have also been a uTest tester….but not anymore.

The problem was that it was just too hard to compete with countries like India who organize groups to test the available products. This means that you as an individual have to be super quick to find the bugs before they do. It is just too stressful compared to the reward.

By: besidethat

besidethat — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:44:36 +0000

kinda interesting the company idea , but you all know we can find guys from india to find bugs or whatever for $2 per hour.
anyway good for the company finding someone to fund