--- title: 'Maestro Cloud Alternative: Real Devices from €50/mo | TestingBot' description: Run your Maestro flows on real iPhones and Android devices from €50/month, unlimited runs €90. EU-hosted, with Appium, XCUITest and Espresso included. source_url: html: https://testingbot.com/maestro-cloud-alternative md: https://testingbot.com/maestro-cloud-alternative.md --- TestingBot vs Maestro Cloud # The real-device Maestro Cloud alternative Run your existing Maestro flow files on real iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets, plus simulators and emulators. Flat monthly pricing instead of negotiated quotes. EU data residency for procurement. Switching from Maestro Cloud? Maestro users get a **30-day free trial** , no credit card required. [Start your free trial](https://testingbot.com/users/sign_up) [Request a demo](https://testingbot.com/demo) - **Real devices & sims:** 200+ - **EU hosted since:** 2012 - **Frameworks:** 8+ Trusted by some of the world's most innovative companies At a glance ## Why teams pick TestingBot over Maestro Cloud Six concrete differences that show up in the first sprint after switching. - ### Real iPhones and Android devices Run flows on actual hardware with biometrics, push, camera and sensors. Maestro Cloud's public offering is configurable models, not your real device matrix. - ### Every framework, one place Same account runs Maestro, Appium, XCUITest, Espresso, Playwright and Selenium. Maestro Cloud is Maestro-only by design. - ### Published flat pricing Public monthly tiers by concurrent sessions. No per-test meter, no sales-led negotiation. Maestro Cloud pricing is quote-only. - ### EU hosted, GDPR ready Test data, video and logs stay in Europe (EU and Switzerland). GDPR, STAR L1, ISO 27001 datacenters and SAML SSO included. Maestro Cloud is US-hosted. - ### Tunnel to internal backends TestingBot Tunnel exposes staging and pre-prod backends to the cloud devices over a secure connection. Maestro Cloud has no documented equivalent. - ### Drop-in CLI swap Same flow files, same YAML, same arguments. Replace maestro cloud with testingbot maestro and your suite runs on TestingBot in minutes. Compare ## TestingBot vs Maestro Cloud, feature by feature Capabilities side by side, based on publicly documented Maestro Cloud features as of August 2026. TestingBot vs Maestro Cloud, feature comparison.| Capability | Real devices TestingBot | Maestro Cloud | | --- | --- | --- | | Starting price | Published tiers See [pricing](https://testingbot.com/pricing) | Not published Sales-led quote | | Real iPhones and iPads | | Not publicly offered | | Real Android phones and tablets | | Limited | | iOS simulators and Android emulators | | | | Appium, XCUITest, Espresso | | – | | Playwright and Selenium for web | | – | | Local tunnel to internal backends | TestingBot Tunnel | – | | Biometrics, camera, push, sensors | Real device support | Not on simulators | | CI/CD integrations | GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, Bitbucket | GitHub Actions, Bitrise | | Pricing transparency | Published monthly tiers | Sales-led quote | | Free trial | 30 days, no card | 7 days | | EU data residency | | – | | Compliance | GDPR, STAR L1, ISO 27001 datacenters, SAML SSO | SOC 2 (per public claims) | Pricing ## What Maestro testing costs on each platform List prices as published by each vendor, checked on 19 August 2026. Shown in the currency each vendor publishes, without conversion. ### TestingBot Billed per plan, every framework included. - €50 / month, billed annually, for 1 parallel test and 1,000 automated minutes - €90 / month, billed annually, for **unlimited** automated minutes - Higher parallelism on the same plans: 2, 4, 8, 16 or 24 parallel tests - Appium, XCUITest, Espresso and Selenium included, not priced separately See the [full pricing page](https://testingbot.com/pricing) for month-to-month rates. ### Maestro Cloud Billed per concurrent device. - Free for the Local tier, running on your own devices with the open-source CLI - $250 / device / month for Cloud, priced on maximum concurrent executions, with unlimited hosted runs - Enterprise Cloud is listed as custom pricing with no public figure - Pricing for web and Chromium devices is not published Source: [maestro.dev/pricing](https://maestro.dev/pricing), 19 August 2026. The closest like-for-like comparison is a single concurrent slot with unlimited runs: **€90 per month on TestingBot Automated Pro** against **$250 per device per month on Maestro Cloud**. The two are priced in different currencies and structured differently, so compare the tier that matches your concurrency rather than the headline number. Maestro's Local tier remains free if you are happy running on hardware you own and maintain. Migrate in under an hour ## Switch from Maestro Cloud in four steps Your flow files do not change. The migration is a CLI swap and a credentials update. The [Maestro Cloud migration guide](https://testingbot.com/support/app-automate/maestro/migrate-from-maestro-cloud) maps every `maestro cloud` flag to its TestingBot equivalent. 1. 1 ### Create a free account Sign up at testingbot.com and grab your TB\_KEY and TB\_SECRET from the account dashboard. 2. 2 ### Install the CLI `npm install -g @testingbot/cli`. Works alongside your existing Maestro CLI install. 3. 3 ### Swap the run command Replace `maestro cloud` with `testingbot maestro`. Add `--real-device --device "iPhone 15"` to target physical hardware. 4. 4 ### Run your suite Trigger a smoke test, watch the live video, fetch results via the [REST API](https://testingbot.com/support/app-automate/maestro/api) or dashboard. Coverage ## Real iPhones, Pixels and Galaxys ready for your flows A grid of physical iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets sits behind every `testingbot maestro --real-device` command. Pin a specific model or use a regex like `".*Pixel.*"` to allocate any available match. Simulators and emulators are included on the same account for fast pre-merge smoke runs. Drop `--real-device` and the same flow runs in seconds on a clean simulator. [See supported devices](https://testingbot.com/support/app-automate/devices) - **Real iOS devices:** iPhone 6 → 17 Pro Max - **Real Android devices:** Pixel, Galaxy, Huawei - **iOS simulators:** iOS 12 → 26 - **Android emulators:** API 24 → 36 Frameworks ## Maestro is one of many on TestingBot Engineering managers consolidate Maestro, Appium, XCUITest, Espresso, Playwright and Selenium in one place. Maestro Cloud is Maestro-only by design. [![Maestro Testing](https://testingbot.com/assets/integrations/maestro-9d782f30f13fb4efaf9928b704c7a787eb14cb9e5b20c650137bb65892334b8b.svg)](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/maestro) ### [Maestro](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/maestro) YAML-driven mobile UI testing. Run flows on real devices, simulators and emulators. [![Appium Testing](https://testingbot.com/assets/support/appium-4b35a8bb56bae236bd84c539cee9b8bbb489a55ddf48e32d059c86685d230354.svg)](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/appium) ### [Appium](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/appium) Mobile automation on real iOS and Android devices for deeper white-box scenarios. [![XCUITest Testing](https://testingbot.com/assets/integrations/xcuitest-4a935f2368661d89d3559b3c5af3377236029478ae76bb43253f3c3bee712096.svg)](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/xcuitest) ### [XCUITest](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/xcuitest) Apple's native iOS UI testing framework. Runs against real iPhones and iPads. [![Espresso Testing](https://testingbot.com/assets/integrations/espresso-a8ff30da0c385f89f4e694bb29fc4779ad132e8e3f4a777a38e608e0492ff610.svg)](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/espresso) ### [Espresso](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/espresso) Google's instrumentation framework for native Android apps. Same device fleet. [![Playwright Testing](https://testingbot.com/assets/support/playwright-2dcb4e75b55ac0d1135cfa47be6137b13f46a2047ce78b96a34f51b0e2cc0d96.svg)](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/playwright) ### [Playwright](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/playwright) Cross-browser automation with auto-waits, network interception and trace viewer. [![Selenium Testing](https://testingbot.com/assets/support/selenium-266ecc0599068fc6eca0bcd9174fb46053c95cebe1c66f7a50c480f3f1a52929.svg)](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/selenium) ### [Selenium](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/selenium) Industry-standard browser automation. Java, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, C# and more. [![Cypress Testing](https://testingbot.com/assets/support/cypress-409c9fd3f79115ed7676aa1df4f6a217dc4402b3366a61984924aec7b4fefa97.svg)](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/cypress) ### [Cypress](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/cypress) Modern JavaScript end-to-end testing on Chrome, Firefox and Edge in parallel. [![Puppeteer Testing](https://testingbot.com/assets/support/puppeteer-0a8cdd38af69dabd46638afbb3bffc8a372902949aa599663ec379f3e875263c.svg)](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/puppeteer) ### [Puppeteer](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/puppeteer) Headless Chrome and Edge automation, ideal for fast scripted browser tasks. Speed ## Parallel Maestro runs by concurrent sessions Cut total Maestro suite duration by sharding flows across concurrent sessions. Each shard runs on its own device or simulator, fully isolated. The TestingBot CLI handles `--shard-split` and `--shard-all` identically to the Maestro CLI. Predictable flat tiers, not per-test credits. Add concurrency by upgrading the plan, not by buying ad-hoc credit packs. [See pricing](https://testingbot.com/pricing) parallel-shards.sh ``` $ testingbot maestro app.apk ./flows \ --real-device \ --device "Pixel 8" \ --shard-split 4 shard 1 of 4 → Pixel 8 ✓ 12 flows · 3m 24s shard 2 of 4 → Pixel 8 ✓ 12 flows · 3m 18s shard 3 of 4 → Pixel 8 ✓ 12 flows · 3m 31s shard 4 of 4 → Pixel 8 ✓ 12 flows · 3m 20s Total: 48 flows · 3m 31s wall clock ``` Why switch ## Why teams move from Maestro Cloud to TestingBot ### They need real hardware Payment, KYC, biometrics, push, camera. Simulators report synthetic results. Real iPhones and Android devices surface the bugs that ship to App Store and Play Store users. ### They need more than Maestro Legacy Appium and XCUITest suites still exist. Running them on the same vendor as Maestro flows simplifies billing, security review and SSO. ### Procurement asks for EU GDPR, CSA STAR and ISO 27001 datacenters are table stakes for European fintech, health and govtech buyers. TestingBot has been hosted in Europe since 2012. ### Pricing predictability Flat monthly tiers that scale by concurrency, not per-test credits. Finance can budget. Engineering can scale without raising a ticket. ### Tunnel to internal backends Maestro suites that need to hit staging or pre-prod backends behind the firewall use TestingBot Tunnel without exposing services publicly. ### Documentation that ships Working YAML examples for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI and Bitbucket Pipelines, plus a full REST API reference and a step-by-step Maestro guide. FAQ ## Frequently asked questions What is the difference between TestingBot and Maestro Cloud? Maestro Cloud is the cloud service operated by mobile-dev-inc, the maintainers of the Maestro framework. It executes Maestro flows in their own infrastructure with configurable device models. TestingBot is an independent cloud test platform that runs Maestro flows on real iPhones and Android devices, simulators and emulators, alongside Appium, XCUITest, Espresso and Playwright, on a flat monthly plan with EU data residency. Can I keep my Maestro .flow files when moving to TestingBot? Yes. TestingBot supports the standard Maestro YAML flow syntax. Your existing .flow files run unchanged. The migration is a CLI swap: replace maestro cloud with testingbot maestro and your suite executes on TestingBot's grid. Does TestingBot support real iPhones and iPads for Maestro? Yes. TestingBot provides physical iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets, plus iOS simulators and Android emulators, all from the same CLI. Use --real-device to target physical hardware, or omit the flag to run on a simulator or emulator. How does pricing compare to Maestro Cloud? TestingBot publishes flat monthly plans based on the number of concurrent sessions you need. There is no per-test charge and no execution-minute meter. Maestro Cloud pricing is not published publicly; teams typically negotiate per workspace. The TestingBot pricing page lists the current concurrent-session tiers. What about Appium, XCUITest and other frameworks? On TestingBot, the same account covers Maestro plus Appium, XCUITest, Espresso, Playwright and Selenium. Engineering managers running mixed mobile and web suites can consolidate on one vendor instead of one per framework. Is TestingBot hosted in the EU? Is it GDPR compliant? Yes. TestingBot is operated from Europe (EU and Switzerland) and has been hosted in Europe since 2012. We are GDPR-compliant, registered in the Cloud Security Alliance STAR Level 1 program (self-assessment), operate from ISO 27001 certified datacenters, and support SAML SSO on team plans. How long does it take to migrate from Maestro Cloud? Most teams migrate in under an hour. The Maestro .flow files do not change. Replace the CLI command, swap two environment variables, and run. Does TestingBot offer a free trial for Maestro users? Yes. TestingBot offers a 30-day free trial for teams coming from Maestro Cloud, no credit card required. Run your existing flow files immediately on real iPhones, Pixels, simulators and emulators. Can I run Maestro tests from GitHub Actions on TestingBot? Yes. TestingBot has dedicated CI/CD integration docs with working YAML examples for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI and Bitbucket Pipelines. Parallel sharding works out of the box. Does TestingBot support tunneling to internal staging backends? Yes. TestingBot Tunnel exposes your local or staging backends to the cloud devices over a secure connection. Maestro flows can hit internal services without exposing them publicly. ## Run Maestro on real devices for 30 days No credit card. Your flow files run unchanged. Real iPhones, Android devices, simulators and emulators. [Start free trial](https://testingbot.com/users/sign_up)