mabl locks QA learning inside its platform. agent-qa keeps the memory in your repo.

Yes, and the reason is structural rather than a feature count. mabl is a broad low-code enterprise quality platform covering web, mobile, API, and accessibility testing behind quote-based pricing, which means the asset you are building lives on their side of the line. agent-qa is a source-available QA agent with no paid tier, governed by FSL-1.1-ALv2: tests are plain-English YAML in your repository, runs execute on your laptop, in your CI, or from your coding agent, and every run writes back into memory committed beside the tests. The suite gets better at your app whether or not you renew anything.

mabl is priced on quote-based annual enterprise contracts, so the bill tracks how much you test. agent-qa has no paid tier, no seats and no platform fee; FSL-1.1-ALv2 governs permitted use. You pay for the model tokens and infrastructure you already control, on the provider you choose, and the validated action cache takes roughly 60% of the tokens off a matched rerun. Adding coverage does not add a line item.

You are re-describing intent, not porting code, which is why this is far smaller than a normal test migration. mabl's low-code tests map to user journeys, and user journeys are exactly what agent-qa's natural-language tests describe. Run npx agent-qa init, write each critical flow as a plain-English YAML test, and let the runtime work out the selectors and the recovery. Most teams move a smoke suite in an afternoon, and there is nothing to un-pick later because the output is files in your own repository.

Yes, and from the same file. agent-qa runs end-to-end tests on web, Android and iOS with one natural-language format, one memory store and one evidence model, so a flow written once survives being pointed at another surface. mabl also covers mobile in its platform tier; the difference is that agent-qa's mobile tests are files in your repo, not records in a vendor workspace.

Because the test suite outlives the contract. mabl's tests, results, and learned behavior live in its platform and stop being useful when the subscription ends. agent-qa's tests, memory, and artifacts are repo files that survive vendor changes, budget cuts, and re-orgs.