Test Management tool for JIRA - Xray

In an attempt to use JIRA as the test management tool with BDD  using add-ons. Here is a comparison that might help:

Exploring JIRA plugin test management tools
Xray for JIRA	Zephyr for JIRA	Behave PRO for JIRA
Cheaper	Expensive	Expensive
Supports manual test running Not in BDD format	Supports manual test running Not in BDD format	Does not support manual test running
Supports writing test cases in Gherkin with auto text formatting	Does not support Gherkin language for test cases	Supports writing test cases in Gherkin with auto text formatting
JIRA REST API to automatically import/export feature files and import/export automation results	ZAPI add-on for RESTful API to JIRA	Supports automated cucumber/specflow/behat test cases, exported to feature files
Supports automated cucumber test cases, exported to a feature file and results imported back into JIRA	Plan and execute test cycles with tracking	Does not support requirements and defect linking isn't very mature
Separate requirements and defects, can associate either or both to test cases to provide test coverage	Mature tracking of test quality metrics for every project, more focused on cycles and executions	No test sets to group test cases
Test sets to group test cases	Attachment of defects to test or test steps	Add multiple scenarios to individual user stories as Acceptance tests
Supports pre-conditions for test cases	Link JIRA issues to steps/stories	Ability to import cucumber features
Export to different formats/templates		Link JIRA issues to scenarios
Link JIRA issues to steps/scenarios		Maven integration for automated tests

Decided to go with Xray since it was more aligned with the BDD theme we had. Here are a few YouTube videos that might help:

Xray YouTube videos:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL57O7tm6D3i6zbg1-pQDmHfTRV14YrMjd

Xporter YouTube videos:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL57O7tm6D3i7JuhWN0vELmqVGvrzrD7Kg

More about Xray:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.xpandit.plugins.xray

XRAY documentation:

http://confluence.xpand-it.com/display/XRAY/Xray+for+JIRA+Plugin+Documentation+Home;jsessionid=95F826EF1CD6624C4D73D599B295E393

Here are some advantages that the team from Xray claims to have over Zephyr:

• Automated Tests: Xray supports automated Tests (Cucumber and Other) to be defined in JIRA and provides, in the same add-on, REST services for exporting Test definitions and importing execution results to JIRA.
• Editing and visualising manual Tests and steps is much more user friendly than other competitors. Xray supports the JIRA wiki notation in several fields like Test Steps, Pre-Conditions and execution comments. It also allows you to include attachments in Test step definitions.
• Xray for JIRA is aware of two common concepts in test management: requirements and defects. It can generate Requirement Coverage charts based on the Requirement - Test Issue links.
• Xray integrates seamlessly with JIRA. It takes most advantage of JIRA entities like Issue Types, Custom Fields, Issue Link Types and Screens to provide an intuitive and easy to use interface. 
• Xray for JIRA has the concept of test sets used to group test cases. 
• Xray for JIRA supports definition of pre-conditions for test cases. 
• In Xray for JIRA, changing a test definition does not affect past executions. Past executions remain with the initial test definition. 
• Xray provides integration with Xporter to export test, test sets and test executions to DOCX and PDF reports, based on customizable templates. 
• Price
• REST API included

Happy Testing!