# Forge QA vs Reflect

Reflect, now part of SmartBear, is a capable no-code testing tool that covers web, API, mobile, email and SMS. Forge QA focuses on testing the journeys on your website in every browser, with published prices and a security check on every run.

## The verdict

- **Price you can see**: Forge QA plans are €19, €49 and €149 a month, and every feature is listed upfront. Reflect publishes no prices; every plan is "Contact Sales".
- **Every browser, every plan**: Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari (WebKit) on every plan, with nothing to request. Reflect's pricing table shows four browsers on every plan, but its sign-up page lists cross-browser as a Premium feature.
- **Security check and proof**: Every run checks the page for redirects, skimmers and injected scripts, and keeps a Playwright trace and a screenshot after every step.
- **When Reflect fits better**: You need API, email, SMS or native mobile app tests in the same tool, already use SmartBear tools like Zephyr or QMetry, or want 3 parallel web runs on the first plan (up to 5 on Enterprise).

## Side by side

From Reflect's public pricing page and docs, checked October 2026.

Forge QA compared with Reflect

| Feature | Forge QA | Reflect by SmartBear |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pricing | €19, €49, €149 a month | Not published¹ |
| What you buy | Runs: one test in one browser | Credits² |
| Free trial | 7 days, no card | 14 days, no card |
| Seats | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Browsers | Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari (WebKit); every plan | Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari³ |
| Recorder | Cloud browser in the app, nothing to install | Cloud browser, screen-shared |
| AI test creation | Whole tests from a description⁴ | AI prompt steps, in-app agent |
| Self-healing | Fallback selectors, then AI⁵ | Recorded selectors, then AI Assistant |
| Per-step settings | Timeout, failure mode, scroll into view, AI assist, cookie banners | Timeout, failure mode, scroll into view |
| Schedules | Every minute (cron, UTC) | Hourly to monthly |
| CI/CD | Scoped key per trigger (Professional+)⁶ | REST API, CI guides, GitHub PR checks |
| Visual regression | Baseline per test and browser (Professional+) | Element baselines, pixel comparison |
| Run evidence | Step screenshots, video, trace, logs⁷ | Video, console and network logs |
| Evidence retention | 14–60 days by plan⁸ | Not found |
| Page security scan | On every run, every plan | Not found in public docs |
| Integrations | Slack, email (Professional+); signed webhooks, Jira Cloud (Agency) | Slack, email, Jira and 9 more⁹ |
| API, email, SMS testing | No | API included; email and SMS paid add-ons |
| Native mobile apps | No, web only | Real devices, 5 credits a run |
| Fixed outbound IP | Shared; dedicated on request (Agency) | Static IP on some plans¹⁰ |

1. Reflect: Premium, Advanced and Enterprise are "Contact Sales".
2. Reflect: 5,000, 20,000 or 40,000 credits a month (Premium, Advanced, Enterprise). A web run costs 1 credit, mobile 5, API 0.1. Whether each browser counts separately was not found.
3. Reflect: the pricing table shows these four browsers on every plan; the sign-up page lists cross-browser as a Premium feature. Non-Chrome browsers run desktop tests only. Whether Reflect runs Apple's Safari app or WebKit was not found. Forge QA's Safari (WebKit) is Safari's engine, not Apple's Safari app.
4. Forge QA: to change a test, ask in plain words; every field the AI changes is highlighted for your review.
5. Forge QA: fallback selectors, then AI on the live page; one-click fix. Reflect: recorded selectors in order, then the AI Assistant.
6. Forge QA: GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, Bitbucket, curl. Reflect: REST API with many CI guides.
7. Forge QA: step screenshots, video, Playwright trace, console and network logs.
8. Forge QA: 14, 30 or 60 days on Starter, Professional and Agency (7 in the trial). Run results and history stay after that.
9. Reflect: Slack, email, Jira, Azure DevOps, Linear, GitHub, TestRail, Xray, Zephyr, Zephyr Squad, QMetry, SAP Cloud ALM.
10. Forge QA: shared runner IPs. Reflect: static IP at no extra cost on Premium and Enterprise (and Zephyr Advanced), enabled by support.

As of October 2026. In our own Reflect account, cross-browser testing, email testing, SMS testing and static IP were listed as add-ons behind a "Request Access" button. Plans and features change. Sources: [pricing](https://smartbear.com/product/reflect/pricing/), [credits](https://support.smartbear.com/reflect/docs/en/how-to-track-usage.html), [resilient tests](https://support.smartbear.com/reflect/docs/en/recording/create-resilient-tests.html), [email and SMS](https://support.smartbear.com/reflect/docs/en/recording/email---sms-testing.html), [integrations](https://support.smartbear.com/reflect/docs/en/integrations.html).

## When to choose Reflect instead

- You need API, email, SMS or native mobile app tests in the same tool as your web tests.
- You already use SmartBear tools like Zephyr or QMetry, or track bugs in Azure DevOps or Linear.
- You want suite workflows with decisions, emails and waits between test runs.
- You want parallel web runs included: 3 on the first plan, up to 5 on Enterprise.

## Where Forge QA is different

- **You can see the price** before you sign up, and every feature is listed upfront.
- **Five browsers on every plan,** with nothing to request.
- **A page security scan on every run** that looks for redirects, skimmers and injected scripts.
- **A Playwright trace** and a screenshot after every step, alongside video and logs.
- **Your own AI key** and model on Agency, through OpenRouter.

## More comparisons

The same facts for the other tools, or [all of them side by side](https://forgeqa.io/compare/).

- [vs Ghost Inspector](https://forgeqa.io/compare/ghost-inspector): Published prices and big run allowances. Cheaper per run at very high volume.
- [vs BugBug](https://forgeqa.io/compare/bugbug): Unlimited runs and free local runs, on Chromium-based browsers only.
- [vs mabl](https://forgeqa.io/compare/mabl): An enterprise platform on custom quotes, with API and mobile testing.
- [Forge QA pricing](https://forgeqa.io/pricing): Plans from €19 a month with unlimited seats and all five browsers.

## Compare it on your own site.

7 days, 100 runs, five browsers, no credit card.

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Source: https://forgeqa.io/compare/reflect · Start a free trial: https://app.forgeqa.io/#signup

Summary: Forge QA vs Reflect (SmartBear): published prices against contact-sales plans, five browsers, self-healing, evidence and page security scanning. Checked October 2026.