# Test types in Test Manager > Test types Test Manager supports across Automation Cloud and Test Cloud, from RPA and application testing to performance, accessibility, and autonomous testing. Test Manager is the hub for requirements, test cases, test sets, and results, regardless of what kind of testing you're doing. This page gives you an overview of every test type you can run, and points you to where to learn more about each one. | Test type | What it validates | Best suited for | |---|---|---| | RPA Testing | UiPath Studio automations and workflow logic | Confirming automations keep working as the underlying workflow changes | | Application Testing | Web, desktop, SAP, and mobile applications, independent of a specific automation | UI, API, data-driven, and cross-platform validation of the systems your automations interact with | | Performance Testing | Automated functional test cases under concurrent virtual users | Load testing and catching performance regressions before they reach production | | Accessibility Testing | Whether your application meets accessibility standards | Compliance checks managed and reported on from within Test Manager | | Autonomous Test Execution | Pre-written manual test cases, executed unattended by Autopilot | Regression testing, credential-dependent testing, and one-time or ad hoc tests | | Autonomous Exploration | Undefined application behavior, explored in real time with no pre-written script | Discovery-driven testing: finding unknown issues and edge cases a scripted test wouldn't catch | ## RPA Testing RPA testing validates the automations you build in UiPath Studio, so you can confirm they keep working as expected while the underlying workflow changes. It's built around: - **Data-driven testing** — exercising a workflow against varied input using test data files, auto-generated data, Data Service entities, or queues. See [Data-driven testing](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/latest/user-guide/data-driven-testing). - **Mock testing** — substituting inputs or dependencies during design, so parts of a process can be validated before every dependency is ready. See [Mock testing](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/latest/user-guide/mock-testing). - **Activity and descriptor coverage** — tracking how much of a workflow has actually been exercised by your test cases, and surfacing redundant coverage. See [Activity coverage](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/latest/user-guide/rpa-testing-activity-coverage) and [Descriptor coverage](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/latest/user-guide/descriptor-coverage). - **Profile execution** — measuring the performance of each module in a test to catch regressions early. See [Profile Execution](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/latest/user-guide/profile-execution). Test cases are designed in Studio, published to Orchestrator as packages, then linked to Test Manager for traceability, execution management, and reporting. ## Application Testing Application testing validates the systems your automations interact with — web, desktop, SAP, or mobile applications — independent of a specific automation project. It supports both low-code (drag-and-drop) and fully [coded test automations](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/latest/user-guide/coded-automations-introduction). ### UI Testing Built on the [UI Automation activities pack](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/ui-automation/about-the-ui-automation-activities-pack) and the [Object Repository](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/latest/user-guide/about-object-repository), to interact with and assert against interface elements reliably. ### API Testing Uses the [Testing activities pack](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/workflow/about-the-testing-activities-pack) to validate HTTP/API responses directly, without driving the UI. ### Data-Driven Testing The same data-driven approach used in RPA testing (test data files, auto-generated data, entities, queues) applied to application-level test cases. ### Cross-platform and mobile testing The [Mobile Automation activities pack](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/ui-automation/about-the-mobile-automation-activities-pack) connects to device farms and emulators, so tests can run against real or virtual mobile devices without manual device handling. :::note Cross-browser testing isn't a distinct feature. It's handled through how UI Automation targets a given browser, not a dedicated cross-browser test grid. ::: ## Performance Testing Load-tests your automated functional test cases under concurrent virtual users. You configure load groups, ramp-up times, and thresholds in Test Manager, run a dry run to validate, then execute at scale and monitor results, including dedicated API performance result views. See [Performance testing - overview](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/performance-testing---overview). ## Accessibility Testing Evaluates whether your application meets accessibility standards, managed and reported on from within Test Manager. See [Accessibility testing for Test Cloud](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/accessibility-testing). ## Autonomous Test Execution Runs pre-written manual test cases automatically using Autopilot. A human tester has already written the steps, and Autopilot executes them unattended, replacing the effort of converting a manual test into a fully scripted Studio automation. It's scoped to web-based test cases, and supports: - Credentials via Orchestrator assets - A choice of underlying AI models - Live streaming, remote control, and cancellation of a run in progress Best suited to: - Regression testing of stable features - Credential-dependent testing - One-time or ad hoc tests - Testing by business users who don't want to build or maintain scripts Learn more: - [Autonomous Test Execution for Test Cloud](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/autonomous-test-execution) - [Running Autonomous Test Execution](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/running-autonomous-test-execution) - [Reviewing Autonomous Test Execution results](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/reviewing-autonomous-test-execution-results) ## Autonomous Exploration An agent simultaneously learns about the application, designs tests, and executes them in real time, with no pre-defined test script. Guided by a charter, requirement, or user story, it explores the application like a curious user within a time-boxed session, with optional Human-in-the-Loop controls (pause, guide, skip, resume) and a structured findings report at the end. Best suited to discovery-driven testing, for example finding unknown issues, edge cases, and unexpected behavior that a scripted test wouldn't catch. Learn more: - [Autonomous Exploration for Test Cloud](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/autonomous-exploration) - [Running Autonomous Exploration](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/running-autonomous-exploration) - [Reviewing Autonomous Exploration results](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/reviewing-autonomous-exploration-results) ## See also - [Test Manager feature availability](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/test-manager-feature-availability-page) - [Test Manager - Getting started](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/getting-started-test-manager) - [Test Manager - Quickstart guide](https://docs.uipath.com/test-manager/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/test-manager-quickstart-guide)