# Quorvex AI vs Octomind

![Quorvex UI flow from discovery to generated tests](../assets/ui/product-flow.gif)

<p class="caption">Quorvex UI flow from discovery to generated tests.</p>


## Overview

[Octomind](https://www.octomind.dev/) is a commercial AI-powered QA platform for managed Playwright E2E testing. Quorvex AI overlaps on AI-assisted Playwright generation and healing, but focuses on self-hosted operations, owned platform data, and broader testing domains beyond browser E2E.

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## Feature Comparison

| Capability | Quorvex AI | Octomind |
|---------|-----------|----------|
| Natural-language authoring | Specs, PRDs, chat, exploration | Prompt/discovery workflows |
| Output format | Standard Playwright TypeScript | Standard/portable Playwright tests |
| Self-healing | Native, hybrid, standard | Source-level healing |
| Web dashboard | Full self-hosted dashboard | Hosted QA dashboard |
| Local/private execution | Full local/self-hosted stack | Local execution and private workers advertised |
| API testing | OpenAPI import, API specs, generated tests | Not advertised as API testing |
| Load testing | K6 scenarios, workers, run results | Not advertised |
| Security testing | ZAP/Nuclei scans and findings | Not advertised |
| Database testing | Connections, schema checks, history | Not advertised |
| LLM evaluation | Providers, datasets, comparisons | Not advertised |
| Requirements/RTM/coverage | Built in | Not advertised |
| PRD to tests | Upload, feature workspace, generated specs | Not advertised |
| Autonomous missions | Scheduled and approval-gated | Not advertised |
| CI/CD | GitHub/GitLab quality gates and PR advisor | CI/CD advertised |
| Test management integrations | TestRail, Jira | TestRail on higher tiers; MCP/project integrations advertised |
| Hosting/licensing | Self-hosted, MIT | Commercial SaaS |

## Key Differences

### Self-Hosted Platform vs Managed QA SaaS

Octomind is a managed commercial platform with cloud hosting and private worker options. Quorvex AI is a full self-hosted stack: dashboard, backend, database, queues, storage, workers, credentials, and integrations all run in your environment under the MIT license.

### Product and QA Management Layer

Octomind is strong for hands-off Playwright E2E creation and maintenance. Quorvex AI adds PRD workspaces, requirements, RTM, coverage gaps, regression batches, schedules, PR advisor, memory, assistant chat, and approval-gated autonomous missions.

### Multi-Domain Testing

Octomind's public positioning centers on web E2E testing. Quorvex AI combines UI generation with OpenAPI/API tests, K6 load tests, ZAP/Nuclei scans, database checks, mobile smoke flows, and LLM evaluations.

### Cost

Octomind is commercial SaaS with tiered usage limits. Quorvex AI is open source under MIT; your infrastructure cost is yours, but there are no vendor-imposed test case or run tiers.

## When to Choose Octomind

- You prefer a managed SaaS with no infrastructure to maintain
- You want a polished hosted E2E QA product built around Playwright
- Your main need is browser E2E generation, execution, and maintenance
- Commercial hosting, SOC2, and vendor support are more important than owning the platform

## When to Choose Quorvex AI

- You need self-hosted deployment (compliance, data sovereignty, air-gapped environments)
- You want full control over the dashboard, data model, credentials, workers, and artifacts
- You need multi-domain testing beyond browser E2E
- You need PRD, requirements, RTM, coverage, schedules, PR advisor, or autonomous mission workflows
- You prefer open source with no vendor lock-in
- Vendor-imposed test case/run tiers are a concern
