Report
2024 Beta Testing Industry Report
Dive into the 2024 Industry Report by Centercode for an in-depth look at expert perspectives, key industry research, testing benchmarks, and evolving trends in beta.
PDF · 32 pages · December 19, 2023
How long should a beta test be? How many testers do you need? Little data on beta is shared, so questions like these are hard to answer and hard to benchmark.
Centercode's 2024 report brings together an industry survey, an analysis of over 100 tests and 6,500+ testers, a look at 10,000+ pieces of tester feedback, views from a community of hundreds of thousands of testers, and takeaways from 100+ web posts on beta, so you can set benchmarks for your own tests.
What’s inside
Key trends from surveyed professionals
Where beta stands today, including how common customer beta and dogfooding are, and that finding and recruiting testers is still the top challenge.
Benchmarks from over 100 tests
How long tests run, how many testers take part, and how ratings and satisfaction scores hold up as tests target more diverse audiences.
How feedback arrives over time
Analysis of more than 10,000 pieces of feedback, showing when testers are most engaged and why more testers does not always mean more feedback.
What testers think about beta
Tester views on communication, instructions, and how beta shapes a company's image, along with the trend toward more connected products.
