Stomio

Stomio vs BetaTesting.com for hardware and IoT

These are not the same purchase. Stomio is the platform you run your own program in, with testers you already have. BetaTesting is a service: they find testers, ship your devices and run the test for you. Plenty of hardware teams need both.

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Stomio fits when

You already have the people: a waitlist, design partners, existing customers, a distributor's field techs, or your own staff. What you do not have is the program. Stomio is where the test plan, the NDA, the tasks, the tickets and the results live, and you keep the relationship with your testers instead of renting it.

BetaTesting fits when

You do not have testers. You need people who own a smart thermostat, live in three specific climates and will accept a device by mail, and you would rather buy that than build it. BetaTesting finds and screens them, ships the devices, and sends you the results. Tester rewards are included in the credit price.

Side by side

Capability
Stomio
BetaTesting
What you are buying
What you get
A platform you run yourself
A service they run for you
Main market
Purpose-built for physical and connected products; software betas too
Apps, websites and digital products; physical-product field testing is one of thirteen test types
Finds testers for you
No
Yes
Screens and shortlists applicants
Public screening form, with rules that shortlist or reject
They screen the ones they find
Handles device shipping and logistics
No
Yes
You own the tester relationship afterwards
Yes
Not found*
Run several programs at once with your own testers
Priced per beta project
Priced per completed tester
Running the program
You design the task flow yourself
Yes
Managed on your behalf
Target tasks by device version, firmware or region
Labels, set from screening answers or by a manager
You define the audience when they recruit
NDA acceptance required before access
Built in, with per-tester bypass
Not found*
Tasks that unlock over weeks
Yes
Tests run days, weeks or months
Photo, video and log-file upload as a task answer
Yes
Videos, log files, bug reports
Feedback from inside your own app or portal
Embedded widget in your own webapp or dashboard
Not found*
Two-way tickets and 1:1 chat with a named tester
Yes
Not found*
After the test
Where the results end up
A workspace you keep using
They send the results to you
Get the data into your own tools
CSV export, plus Jira, Slack, Webex and Zapier
Not found*
AI
AI inside the product
AI task builder, AI Canvas, sentiment analysis
Not found*
Connect your own AI assistant over MCP, with every action confirmed by a human
Read or read-write, 80+ tools
Not found*
Cost and commitment
Published price
$300 / mo per beta project, or $200 / mo billed annually
$23-$39 per credit; subscription from $20K a year; enterprise by quote
What makes the price go up
Concurrent beta projects; testers, managers and viewers unlimited
Completed testers
Tester rewards
You arrange them
Included in the credit price
Run it again for the next device version
Save as a template, no new cost
A new test, and new credits
Analysis delivered for you
No
Results analysis included

* Taken from BetaTesting's own site on 2026-08-28, where "Not found" means we could not find an answer there rather than that the answer is no, so tell us if anything here is out of date.

Pages checked: home, beta testing, how it works, hardware testing, pricing.

Questions people ask

No. We do not run a tester panel and we do not find testers for you. You bring testers from your own audience, and we give you a public screening form, bulk CSV invites and labels to sort and group them. If you need a panel, use a recruiting service and invite the testers they find into Stomio.

Everything else about how Stomio works, what it costs and how your data is handled is in the FAQ.

Keep reading

Why hardware beta programs failThe average program sees 10% tester engagement, and the cause is usually structure, not motivation.
Targeting specific audiences for feedbackQualify the testers you already have instead of recruiting more of the wrong ones.
Segmenting tasks with beta labelsShow a task only to the testers on a given device version, firmware build or region.
Driving engagement through micro-instructionsWhy 'test it and tell us what you think' produces silence, and what to send instead.

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