AWS Device Farm
AWS-estate default for mobile device farms. BrowserStack if you want the bigger self-serve catalog; Cua for…
AWS-estate default for mobile device farms. BrowserStack if you want the bigger self-serve catalog; Cua for cheap Android VMs without real silicon. Strengths: IAM/VPC-native metered device minutes; Cheap desktop-browser instances at $0.005/min; Private device SKU for locked hardware.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
AWS-estate default for mobile device farms. BrowserStack if you want the bigger self-serve catalog; Cua for cheap Android VMs without real silicon.
Strengths
- · IAM/VPC-native metered device minutes
- · Cheap desktop-browser instances at $0.005/min
- · Private device SKU for locked hardware
Weaknesses
- · Device catalog and DX trail BrowserStack
- · $0.17/min blows up long computer-use sessions (a 30-min loop is $5.10/device)
- · US-centric vs BrowserStack's 21 DCs
Pricing notes
As of 2026-09-14 (aws.amazon.com/device-farm/pricing): Metered $0.17/device-minute after a one-time 1,000-minute free trial. Unmetered $250/slot/month (unlimited tests for that concurrency; Android/iOS and automated vs remote-access slots separate). Private dedicated devices from $200/mo. Desktop browser testing $0.005/instance-minute.
Sourced pricing
Contract status unavailable · no_sourced_price. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=aws-device-farm
No sourced SKU row. Notes above stay prose.
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