Cloud Testing:

In Cloud Testing we uses virtual environment on cloud. There are many companies which provide cloud testing environments in the market. In cloud testing we can use different virtual testing environments on single machine like Windows XP + IE , Windows XP + FF, Windows XP + Chrome+ Windows XP + Safari, Windows 7 + IE, Windows 7 + FF, Windows 7 + Chrome, Windows 7 + Safari, Windows 8 + IE, Windows 8 + FF, Windows 8 + Chrome, Windows 8 + Safari etc. and different types of mobile OS and screen resolutions etc.

Day by day Cloud testing is becoming very popular in the modern world as it is very cost effective method in the software testing industry to use cloud testing service you dont need to buy extra hardware, software and user can test application on different testing environment using cloud service on same machine.

Advantage of cloud testing:

1. Less hardware and software cost
2. Less maintenance cost
3. Accessibility

Disadvantage of cloud testing:

1. Always need a network connection
2. Difference in Real response time since response coming through network.
3. Bandwidth Issues