Stomio

Stomio vs Centercode for hardware beta programs

Stomio is the platform for running your own beta program: structured tasks, NDA gating, tester segmentation, tickets and results, plus an MCP connection so your AI assistant can work inside it. The price is on the page and you can be live the same afternoon. Centercode is the long-established platform in this space, and it also sells the work around it: finding testers, getting NDAs signed and shipping your devices. If you already have your testers, that is the part you do not need to buy.

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Stomio fits when

You already have testers, and you already have a way to get devices to them, because they are your design partners, your existing customers, your field techs or your own staff. What is missing is the program, and that is all we sell.

Centercode fits when

You want one company for the program and the work around it. Their services team finds and screens testers, gets the NDAs signed, breaks down a pallet of test units and ships them worldwide, then chases the returns. They will run the whole thing for you with a dedicated program manager if you want.

Side by side

Capability
Stomio
Centercode
Getting started
Price published on the vendor's own site
Yes
No
Start without talking to sales
14-day free trial
Free Starter plan; paid tiers are 'talk to sales'
Reusable program template
Save as workspace template
Turn-Key Project Creation
The services layer around the program
Finds testers for you
No
Tester Recruitment service, 'Global Network'
Screens and shortlists applicants
Public screening form, with rules that shortlist or reject
Their experts profile and select them
Ships devices to testers
No
Test Logistics: breaks down a pallet, ships worldwide
Collects shipping details from testers
Yes, set per beta project
Handled inside their logistics service
Handles returns and unit tracking
No
Returns handled; hardware assigned per tester
Runs the whole program for you
No
Managed Testing, dedicated Program Manager
Running the program yourself
Structured, scheduled activities
Tasks with availability dates
Scheduled phases and activities
Target tasks by device version, firmware or region
Labels, from screening answers or a manager
Categorized Cohorts; profiling by device ownership
NDA accepted before access
Built in, with per-tester bypass
Digital Agreements, and their services team can get them signed for you
Photo, video and log-file upload as an answer
Yes
Data-Rich Feedback: logs, videos, screenshots
Feedback from inside your own app or portal
Embedded widget in your own webapp or dashboard
Not found*
Automatic reminder to testers who have completed nothing
Yes
Yes
One-click resend of a pending invitation
Yes
Not found*
Feedback prioritized automatically
Sentiment analysis
Impact Scoring algorithm
Headline program metrics
Completion rate and engagement rate, plus the invited-to-completed funnel
Project Health Score, Phase Health, Delta Score
Your branding for testers
Workspace logo in the portal, and a custom email sending domain
White Label Branding
Read-only access for people who only watch
Viewer role, unlimited
Permissions management
The device itself
Firmware or OTA distribution to the device
No
No
Automatic data and crash logs from the device
Tester-uploaded log files
Crash log integration, telematics data funnel
AI
AI builds the beta from a product description
AI task builder
Ted AI test plan generation
AI assistant you can ask about your beta
AI Canvas, in the manager view
Not found*
AI analysis of the feedback
Sentiment analysis, and AI Canvas over your own data
Ted AI insight analysis
Connect an external AI assistant over MCP
Read or read-write, 80+ tools
Not found*
Every AI action shown to a human before it reaches a tester
Yes
Not found*
Integrations and trust
Jira
Yes
Yes
Slack
Yes
Yes
Webex
Yes
Not found*
Zapier, 5,000+ apps
Yes
Not found*
Full public API and webhooks
Webhooks coming soon
Full API and webhooks
SOC 2 Type II
Yes
Yes
Cost and commitment
Published price
$300 / mo per beta project, or $200 / mo billed annually
None published; four tiers, 'talk to sales'
What makes the price go up
Concurrent beta projects; testers, managers and viewers unlimited
Not found*
Extra services cost extra
We do not offer services
Recruiting, shipping and managed testing are quoted separately
How you buy
Pay by card, monthly or yearly, cancel it yourself
Quote from sales; free Starter tier to try

* Taken from Centercode's own site on 2026-08-27, 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: platform overview, test planning, tester engagement, feedback, reporting, Ted AI, integrations, security, app store distribution, pricing, tester recruitment, test logistics, managed testing.

Questions people ask

For running your own program, yes: structured tasks, NDA gating, tasks targeted by device, tickets, reports and exports, at a price you can see, starting the same day. If you need testers found or devices shipped, Centercode sells both as services and we sell neither, so we are not a replacement for that half of what they do.

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.
Segmenting tasks with beta labelsShow a task only to the testers on a given device version, firmware build or region.
Using templates to cut beta setup timeSave a working program as a template and start the next device cycle from it.
Targeting specific audiences for feedbackQualify the testers you already have instead of recruiting more of the wrong ones.

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70%

average tester engagement

vs. the 10% industry average