Quorum vs Xray
Looking for an Xray alternative?
Count who you pay for.
Xray is billed on every user of your Jira site; Quorum, per person who uses it. Designer writes the test cases of a Jira story with AI, asks about the rules the story leaves open, and creates what your QA accepts as Xray Manual tests. Reporter, coming soon, is the test management part.
One free trial per person. Card needed; cancel before day 7 and pay nothing. Works with the Xray you already have.
Side by side
Xray and Quorum,
row by row.
What each one is, what it costs and how it works with Jira. Xray’s column comes from its own pages as of October 2026; tags show which Quorum product a row is about.
What it is
- Xray
- Test management inside Jira, with tests as native Jira issue types: “not synced or duplicated data”.
- Quorum
- DesignerReporterComing soonDesigner designs the test cases of a Jira story with AI. Reporter keeps, runs and reports on them.
Pricing model
- Xray
- An Atlassian Marketplace app, billed on every user of your Jira site, not only the people who test. Xray has Standard and Advanced editions.
- Quorum
- Per person: Designer per person who designs cases, Reporter per tester. Never per user of your Jira site.
List price
- Xray
- App listing, cloud: up to 10 users $10 a month. Above that, per user a month: $7.28 up to 100 users, $3.70 up to 250, $2.12 up to 1,000. Other editions are priced separately.
- Quorum
- Designer Pro $39 a month or $390 a year (Power $79). Reporter $12 per tester a month or $120 a year.
Free plan and trial
- Xray
- A 30-day trial.
- Quorum
- No free plan. A 7-day free trial, card needed, one per person.
Jira integration
- Xray
- Runs inside Jira as a Marketplace app, with “native Jira issue types, not synced or duplicated data”. Jira Cloud, Server and Data Center.
- Quorum
- A separate web app connected to Jira Cloud with an API token: nothing to install in Jira. Jira Server and Data Center are not supported.
AI test case generation
- Xray
- AI Test Case Generation creates Manual and Cucumber tests from requirements; you review, edit or discard them before they are created (Standard, Advanced and Enterprise). AI script generation needs Advanced; test models need Xray Enterprise.
- Quorum
- DesignerDesigner reads the story, its epic and linked tickets, drafts the suite and turns each rule the story leaves open into a question instead of a guess. Every case and every change is a proposal your QA accepts.
Bugs from failed tests
- Xray
- Tests are created, managed and executed as Jira issues, so results stay in Jira.
- Quorum
- ReporterComing soonFrom a failed result, AI drafts the Jira bug (steps, expected and actual result, environment). Nothing is created until a person accepts it.
Import from other tools
- Xray
- Test Case Importer from CSV or JSON, with guides for Zephyr Scale, Zephyr Squad and qTest.
- Quorum
- No automatic import yet. Designer sends new cases to your current tool, so you can start without moving anything.
Hosting
- Xray
- Jira Cloud, Jira Server and Jira Data Center.
- Quorum
- Cloud only, for Jira Cloud.
What Quorum adds
AI-assisted.
Never autonomous.
In our view, a test case is only as good as the rule it checks, and generating first leaves the cleanup to you. That is why the AI asks, proposes and drafts, and a person decides.
AI that asks instead of guessing
When a story leaves a rule open, Designer asks, with concrete options: blocking when the answer changes what a case expects, an assumption stated out loud when it does not. Cases that rest on an open question are flagged.
DesignerProposals your QA reviews
Every new case and every change arrives as a proposal, a diff your QA accepts, edits or rejects. Nothing reaches Jira or your test tool until a person accepts it.
DesignerBug drafts, not bug spam
From a failed result, Reporter’s AI drafts the Jira bug from the case, the failed step, your note and the story. A person edits and accepts it; only then is it created and linked.
ReporterComing soon
Which to choose
Pick the tool
that fits your team.
Xray is the better choice for some teams, and we would rather say so here than lose your trust later. Or use both: Designer works with Xray.
Choose Xray if
- You want your tests to be Jira issues, inside Jira.
- Your Jira site is small: up to 10 users, the listing is a flat monthly fee.
- You run Jira Server or Data Center, or write BDD tests in Cucumber.
- You need to import from Zephyr, qTest or CSV today.
Choose Quorum if
- Most people on your Jira site never test, and you would rather pay per tester.
- Your stories leave rules open, and you want the AI to ask about them instead of guessing.
- You want to keep Xray and add AI test design in front of it: Designer creates Xray Manual tests.
- You want test cases out of your Jira backlog: Reporter links cases to stories without creating an issue per case.
Savings calculator
Do the math.
With your numbers.
Xray is preset. Enter your team size and see a year of Xray next to a year of Quorum Reporter, from published list prices with the source linked.
A year for 8 testers
Xray$100
Quorum ReporterComing soon$960
$120 per tester a year
Enter the people on your Jira site: Xray bills every one of them. Until then this counts your testers only, its lowest possible price.
At this size, Reporter does not cost less
Xray costs $860 less a year at list prices. Reporter’s case is then the workflow: cases that arrive from Designer already linked to their story, and Jira bugs drafted for your QA to accept.
Reporter is coming soon. “Get notified” opens an email to us; no mailing list.
- Billed on all 8 users of your Jira site, not only the testers.
- Yearly licence for the next user tier up, as the Marketplace sells it.
- Price of the app’s listing; other editions are priced separately, check the listing.
- US dollars, before taxes. List prices as of October 2026; they can change, so check their site. Source: Xray on the Atlassian Marketplace (opens in a new tab).
- A price comparison, not a feature one: other tools do things Reporter’s first version does not, such as importing cases or CI results, custom fields and shared steps.
Moving from Xray
No import wizard yet.
Nothing to move today.
Quorum cannot import your Xray cases automatically today, and we will not pretend it can. This is how teams start without moving anything.
- 01
Keep Xray, add Designer
Nothing moves. Designer creates the accepted cases as Xray Manual tests with their steps, linked to the story for coverage.
- 02
Switch at the next release
When Reporter launches, new cases go into a Reporter folder linked to their story. Recreate only the regression tests you still run.
- 03
Keep the history
Your Xray tests stay in Jira as issues. Keep the app until you no longer need old executions; we can plan the move with you.
Want a hand with the move?
Tell us how many Xray cases you still run. We plan the move with you, folder by folder.
FAQ
Questions about Quorum and Xray.
Is Quorum an Xray alternative?
Do I pay for every Jira user with Xray?
Does Xray have AI test case generation?
Does Quorum work with Xray?
Can I import my Xray test cases into Quorum?
Is Quorum an Atlassian Marketplace app?
Does the AI write to Jira on its own?
Sources
Where the facts about Xray come from
Read on Xray’s own public pages in October 2026. Prices and features change without notice, so check their site before you decide. Xray – Test Management for Jira is a trademark of its owner; Quorum is not affiliated with it.
More comparisons
Weighing another tool?
Same method.
Each comparison uses the other tool’s own public pages, dated and linked, and says when that tool is the better choice.
Quorum vs Qase
Per-user test management with a free plan and AI test design. Quorum adds AI that asks before it guesses, and sends to Qase too.
Read the comparisonQuorum vs TestRail
Established test management, cloud or on-premise, with AI on every plan. Quorum adds AI test design that asks first, and sends to TestRail.
Read the comparisonQuorum vs Zephyr
SmartBear’s Jira test management, billed on every Jira user, with Rovo AI. Quorum prices per tester and sends Zephyr cases from AI that asks first.
Read the comparison
Keep Xray. Add the AI that asks.
Run Designer on a real Jira story, send the accepted cases to Xray, and judge them yourself. 7 days free, one free trial per person: cancel before it ends and pay nothing.