Decide whether I need a real device cloud
Decides whether a real device cloud is worth it for your team, with the questions to ask vendors and a cheaper first step to try.
Task:
Help me decide whether my team needs a real device cloud, and what to do first.
Context:
We build [product description] for [audience]. About [share] percent of our traffic is mobile. We now test on [current devices], and bugs that only show on some devices cost us about [cost of device bugs] per month.
Rules:
- Compare three options: keep the current setup, buy a few physical devices, and rent a device cloud.
- Weigh monthly cost, setup effort, number of device models covered, and fit with our automated tests.
- Use my numbers where I gave them. Where a vendor price or device count is needed, write a placeholder for me to fill in and do not quote one from memory.
- Give a decision rule with a number, such as the monthly bug cost at which renting pays off.
Result:
A recommendation in one sentence, a table of the three options against the four criteria, and three questions to ask any device cloud vendor.