Perforce’s 2025 State of Continuous Testing Report

Over 75% of survey respondents identified AI-driven testing as a pivotal component of their strategy for 2025. This growing momentum reflects a clear shift toward embracing AI’s transformative potential, with teams actively exploring how to integrate it into their workflows for maximum impact. 

At Perforce, BlazeMeter and Perfecto lead the charge in AI-driven testing innovation, delivering solutions powered by four foundational pillars:  

• Effortless Test Creation: Simplify even the most complex tests with AI-driven templates and auto-generated test cases.  

• Seamless Test Execution: Execute large-scale tests with unprecedented consistency and reliability, minimizing bottlenecks.  

• Instant Issue Analysis: Harness real-time insights to pinpoint defects and determine root causes within seconds.  

• Self-Sustaining Maintenance: Reduce maintenance efforts with adaptive AI functionality that evolves alongside your applications.  

AI isn’t just advancing testing — it’s redefining it. By leveraging the AI capabilities of BlazeMeter and Perfecto, QA teams can position themselves as industry leaders, driving innovation and ensuring excellence in an ever-changing landscape. 

Security Rises as a Priority

As organizations integrate AI-driven testing into their strategies, security has become a defining priority for QA teams. The adoption of shift-left testing methods has brought security testing to the forefront, embedding it as a critical step in identifying vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle.  

Nearly 50% of respondents cited evaluating software systems or network security to uncover vulnerabilities as a top priority for the next six to twelve months. This underscores the growing recognition of proactive security measures as a cornerstone of effective testing strategies. 

Security is no longer an afterthought. It is the foundation of trust, reliability, and success in today’s fast-evolving digital landscape. To stay ahead, organizations must embed robust security testing into every stage of development and leverage innovative solutions like synthetic test data to safeguard their processes. 

Test Data Management Poses a Major Hurdle

Test data is the critical fuel that powers the testing engine—its quality directly impacts the stability, reliability, and success of test execution. Without high-quality test data, testing efforts risk inefficiency, errors, and compromised results.  

For many QA teams, test data management remains a significant challenge. Manual test data management, cited as the biggest hurdle by respondents, is resource-intensive, error-prone, and time-consuming. Additionally, issues like incomplete and poor-quality test data, coupled with security concerns, create further obstacles that hinder testing effectiveness and compliance. 

To overcome these challenges, solutions like Delphix combine test data masking with advanced data virtualization to transform how teams manage sensitive data. By discovering data subject to privacy laws, replacing it with realistic yet fictitious values, and instantly delivering masked, virtual data copies into testing environments, Delphix ensures compliance, safeguards data, and quickly provisions reliable, high-quality test data for QA teams.  

Effective test data management is no longer optional—it is a critical foundation for driving efficiency, maintaining compliance, and achieving testing excellence. With the right tools and strategies, QA teams can turn test data challenges into opportunities for innovation and growth. 

Accessibility and Inclusivity: Expanding Digital Boundaries

Accessibility testing has emerged as a strategic priority for QA teams, with 32% of respondents identifying it as a key focus. This trend reflects not only increasing regulatory demands but also a broader commitment to creating inclusive digital experiences that serve all users, including those relying on assistive technologies.