Generic

Installation

per DB instance

per client (developer/CI server)

Cross sessions testing

NO

YES

Cross database testing

NO

YES

Can be used for privileges testing

NO

YES

Can be used for VPD/RLS testing

NO

YES

Exception handling

Poor

Full stack trace

Test - tested code isolation

Low

High

Runs with invalid DB dependencies

NO (disappearing tests)

YES

Runs without tested DB objects / code

NO (disappearing tests)

YES

Migration across databases

Needs installation of framework and tests

Trivial. Change of connect string

Test language maturity

Low

Industry standard

Performance

Excellent (100% in database)

Sufficient
Suffers from network overhead
Suffers from Ruby startup (2-5 secs)

Cucumber support

NO

YES

Suitable for integration testing

NO

YES

Community Activity

Low

Low for ruby-plsql
High for RSpec