[**The new rules of QA for AI-driven finserv**](/content/blog/financial-services-software-testing/index.html) AI accelerates software development for finserv companies. But acceleration without strong QA increases risk For financial services organizations, it’s can't just be about faster releases. It must be about better, faster releases. Lauren Harold March 17, 2026 ### Recent articles [**The top 11 AI-assisted automated testing tools for QA in 2026**](/content/blog/automated-testing/index.html) In this comparison, we’re looking at AI-assisted automated testing tools for QA. These are platforms that use AI to speed up test creation, reduce maintenance, and improve signal when things change. Lauren Harold March 11, 2026 [**Mabl alternatives: What you need to know about Mabl to decide if it’s right for your team**](/content/blog/mabl-alternatives/index.html) Rainforest QA and Mabl both promise to make testing easier, but they take fundamentally different approaches to get there. Mabl is a low-code platform built around DOM-based test recording and ML-driven maintenance. Rainforest believes AI should work with you — handling the busywork of test creation and upkeep while keeping humans in the loop where it matters. Lauren Harold March 10, 2026 [**Rainforest QA vs. Cypress: How to add no-code QA automation to your open source stack**](/content/blog/cypress-alternative/index.html) Are you considering Cypress or a similar open source code-based QA tool? Or perhaps looking for a codeless companion to round out coverage? We can help. Lauren Harold March 5, 2026 [**7 things engineering teams get wrong about AI-powered QA**](/content/blog/ai-powered-qa/index.html) When engineering teams evaluate AI-powered QA tools, the same questions come up again and again. Some are rooted in genuine technical curiosity. Others stem from experiences with earlier-generation tools that earned a healthy dose of skepticism. After hundreds of these conversations, I’ve identified the seven most common misconceptions. Fred Stevens-Smith March 3, 2026 [**Software Testing**](/content/blog/software-testing/index.html) Key principles and insights on the software testing industry. [**AI software testing tools: What actually works**](/content/blog/ai-software-testing-tools/index.html) AI has officially entered every corner of software testing. The hard part now is figuring out which tools and features actually save time, speed releases, and (most importantly) improve quality outcomes. Here's what you need to know about AI software testing tools. [**Top 5 UI testing services for faster, more reliable releases**](/content/blog/ui-testing-services/index.html) We highlight the top 5 UI testing tools and break down key factors for choosing the right service, like real UI interaction and deployment speed. [**QA Strategy**](/content/blog/qa-strategy/index.html) How to run an effective quality assurance process. [**Report: The state of software test automation in the age of AI — promising updates for 2026**](/content/blog/ai-in-software-testing-report-2025/index.html) [**Watch: Using generative AI for test automation in Rainforest [Video]**](/content/blog/ai-test-automation/index.html) See how Rainforest uses generative AI for automated test creation and maintenance. [**The top 9 AI testing tools (and what you should know)**](/content/blog/ai-testing-tools/index.html) Learn how the top 9 AI testing tools use AI to accelerate the automated testing workflow. [**Now available: AI Test Planner — Rainforest crawls your app to deliver a ready-to-use test plan**](/content/blog/ai-test-planner-launch-ai-testing-tools/index.html) With AI Test Planner, Rainforest now does the heavy lifting of mapping potential coverage for you. [**Self-Healing Tests Are Here: AI That Actually Fixes Your QA**](/content/blog/qa-doesnt-have-to-suck/index.html) Our goal has always been to fix QA. With today’s release, we’re closer than anyone else to doing it. Tests in Rainforest now fix themselves, creating more reliable results while allowing your team to focus on what matters — shipping code. [**We’re making software test automation accessible to everyone**](/content/blog/accessible-test-automation/index.html) Today, we’re launching our no-code QA platform with a free-forever plan, making software test automation accessible to any product contributor in any company. [**From meeting transcript to production-ready code in 40 minutes: Building the future of AI testing**](/content/blog/ai-assisted-software-development-lessons/index.html) Rainforest QA has a deep culture of experimentation and iteration. Recently, we decided to test out taking an idea from meeting transcript to production code. It took us 40 minutes. Here's how we did it. [**5 Lessons learned building a web application crawler**](/content/blog/web-application-crawler/index.html) How we built a custom web crawler to solve QA test planning. Learn about handling authentication, SPAs, interactive elements, and the unexpected challenges of crawling modern web applications. [**Your QA environment needs ‘cattle’, not ‘pets’**](/content/blog/your-qa-environment-needs-cattle-not-pets/index.html) It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a team of human QA testers or you’re using one of the many automated testing solutions out there, the truth is this: if you have poor data seeding your QA strategy is going to suffer tremendously. [**Surprise, your data warehouse can RAG**](/content/blog/data-warehouse-can-rag/index.html) How to use your data warehouse's built-in features to simplify and potentially improve your RAG pipeline. [**Manual Testing**](/content/blog/manual-testing/index.html) Best practices for manually testing software. [**What is exploratory testing?**](/content/blog/exploratory-testing/index.html)