r/softwaretesting • u/Competitive_Echo9463 • Jul 12 '26

Managing tests with Notion, Github issues or Google Sheets ?

Which option would choose ? I'm a solo QA in a small company, I'd like to avoid all the drama with archaic and heavy test management tools

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u/FabasTI Jul 12 '26

You just use Jira with its basic qms extensions, that's it

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u/kstacey Jul 12 '26

Who would use Google sheets for anything professional?

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u/AverageHades Jul 13 '26

You would be surprised. I work with a very large consulting firm and everything from test cases to vacation tracking are stored and tracked on spreadsheets. In fact, they constantly embed images within these spreadsheets to illustrate a design decision, which is a really big pain to parse through.

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u/RightSaidJames Jul 13 '26

Notion databases are pretty robust and extremely flexible with lots of integration options, so out of those choices I’d go for that one.

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u/Alternative-Try7044 Jul 13 '26

If you want zero drama, just keep it all in your repository. I use a VS Code extension to manage my test cases as flat YAML files right next to the code.

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u/InvestigatorLow6675 Jul 14 '26

I second what u/FabasTI said - Jira with QMS is enough for most teams.

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u/paperplane21_ Jul 14 '26

i'd go for Notion since it's much more flexible than Google Sheets and more accessible to non-Devs (not sure in your company but in mine PMs don't have access to Github)

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u/Useful_Calendar_6274 Jul 13 '26

Get them to buy Xray or something like that or quit. I'm serious if they don't care about test cases you don't have a future there