Transparency Over Spin
We say what's true, even when a competitor would call it a weakness.
Honest positioning builds trust that marketing copy can't buy.
Three ways we practice radical honesty
Transparency is easy to claim and hard to practice. Here's what it actually looks like in how we run TestPlanIt.
Honest Pricing
No 'contact sales' for the real price. No hidden per-feature upsells. The number you see on our pricing page is the number you pay — and we publish what we don't charge for too.
Public Roadmap & Changelog
Every shipped feature, every bug fix, every trade-off is documented in public. You can see what we built last week and what we're working on next — no curated marketing timeline.
We Tell You What We Don't Do
If TestPlanIt isn't the right tool for your use case, we'll say so. If a competitor does something better, we'll admit it. Honest limitations build trust that marketing copy can't buy.
What honest positioning looks like
The test management space is full of vague promises and curated demos.
Here's how we try to be different.
What we'll tell you
What we won't do
TestPlanIt vs. marketing-first vendors
Where most vendors optimize for the sales funnel, we optimize for the relationship after you've signed up.
| Topic | Typical Vendor | TestPlanIt |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | 'Contact sales' for real numbers | Published rates, no negotiation needed |
| Limitations | Buried in fine print or docs | Stated upfront on feature pages |
| Roadmap | Curated marketing timeline | Public GitHub issues and milestones |
| Changelog | Quarterly 'What's new' posts | Every commit is a publicly readable change |
| Comparisons | Competitor weaknesses only | Honest trade-offs, both directions |
| Bug reports | Private support ticket silo | Public GitHub issues, open discussion |
Transparency as a habit
Honest positioning isn't a one-time post.
It's a set of ongoing practices we commit to.
Public Documentation
All docs are open and versioned in git. If something is wrong or unclear, you can file an issue — or just fix it.
Real Release Notes
We don't batch fixes into vague 'improvements.' Each release notes what changed, what broke, and what we learned.
Public Post-Mortems
When we ship a regression or an outage, we write about it publicly. Trust is built by how you handle problems, not by pretending they don't happen.
Check our work
Read our pricing. Read our GitHub issues. Read our commit history. Then decide if we're worth trusting with your team's testing workflow.