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Give any four difference between alpha and beta testing. OR Give comparison between Alpha testing and Beta testing. (any four points) OR Compare alpha testing and beta testing. (Any four differences).

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written 5.8 years ago by teamques10 ★ 68k

Alpha Testing	Beta Testing (Field Testing)
1. It is always performed by the developers at the software development site.	1. It is always performed by the customers or end users at their own site.
2. Sometimes it is also performed by Independent Testing Team.	2. It is not performed by Independent Testing Team.
3. Alpha Testing is not open to the market and public	3. Beta Testing is always open to the market and public.
4. It is conducted for the software application and project.	4. It is usually conducted for software product.
5. It is always performed in Virtual Environment.	5. It is performed in Real Time Environment.
6. It is always performed within the organization.	6. It is always performed outside the organization.
8. Alpha Testing is definitely performed and carried out at the developing organizations location with the involvement of developers.	8. Beta Testing (field testing) is performed and carried out by users or you can say people at their own locations and site using customer data.
9. It comes under the category of both White Box Testing and Black Box Testing.	9. It is only a kind of Black Box Testing.
10. Alpha Testing is always performed at the time of Acceptance Testing when developers test the product and project to check whether it meets the user requirements or not.	10. Beta Testing is always performed at the time when software product and project are marketed.
11. It is always performed at the developer‘s premises in the absence of the users.	11. It is always performed at the user‘s premises in the absence of the development team.
12. Alpha Testing is not known by any other different name.	12 Beta Testing is also known by the name Field Testing means it is also known as field testing.
13. It is considered as the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) which is done at developer‘s area.	13. It is also considered as the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) which is done at customers or users area.

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Alpha Testing	Beta Testing (Field Testing)
Performed at developer‘s site	Performed at end user‘s site
Performed in controlled environment as developer is present	Performed in uncontrolled environment as developer is not present
Less probability of finding of error as it is driven by developers.	High probability of finding of error as end user can use it the way he wants.
It is not considered as live application	It is considered as live application
It is done during implementation phase of software	It is done as pre-release of software
Less time consuming as developer can make necessary changes in given time.	More time consuming. As user has to report bugs if any via appropriate channel.

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