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iceDQ vs QuerySurge

Checked Nov 15, 2026How we score

Verdict: iceDQ scores 8.6/10 against 8.5/10 for QuerySurge on our data score for ETL testing tools.

iceDQ leads on 1 check and QuerySurge on 0; 7 are even, out of 8 checks (yes/no, price and seats) where we have data for both.

Choose iceDQ for enterprise QA and data teams testing ETL pipelines, migrations and BI reports. Choose QuerySurge for enterprise QA and data teams testing data warehouses, migrations and BI reports.

Scoreboard: 8 checks

CheckiceDQQuerySurge
Free planEvenEven
Free trialEvenEven
Smaller seat minimumLeads
No-code test creationEvenEven
Source-to-target comparisonEvenEven
CI/CD integrationEvenEven
Scheduled test runsEvenEven
Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery supportEvenEven
Total10

At a glance

iceDQQuerySurge
Score8.6/10 (#1)8.5/10 (#3)
Best forEnterprise QA and data teams testing ETL pipelines, migrations and BI reportsEnterprise QA and data teams testing data warehouses, migrations and BI reports
Free planNoNo
Paid from (annual)See vendor$500.50/user/mo
Paid from (monthly)——
Free trialFree trial offered via demo request (length not stated)1-day hosted cloud trial (1 user), 15-day download trial (2 users), 45-day proof of concept
Minimum seats12
PlatformsCloud (SaaS on AWS), On-premises (self-managed)On-premises, Private cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP and others), Azure and AWS marketplace (pay-as-you-go), Private cloud, Azure (pay-as-you-go), AWS (pay-as-you-go), Public cloud, AWS and Azure pay-as-you-go

Features

ToolScoreNo-code test creationSource-to-target comparisonCI/CD integrationScheduled test runsSnowflake, Databricks and BigQuery support
iceDQ
Featured partner
8.6/10YesYesYesYesYes
QuerySurge8.5/10YesYesYesYesYes

Pros and cons

iceDQ

Pros
  • Connectors page lists 150+ native and SQL-based connectors, including Snowflake, Databricks, Google BigQuery, SAP HANA, Salesforce, Kafka and mainframe AS400
  • Tests BI reports against their source data; the BI testing page names Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense, MicroStrategy, SAP BusinessObjects and IBM Cognos, and Power BI testing supports XMLA and native DAX queries
  • File testing covers CSV, JSON, XML, Excel, fixed-width, Parquet, Avro and mainframe EBCDIC/COBOL files, read from S3, ADLS Gen2, Google Cloud Storage, FTP/SFTP and SharePoint
  • Integrations page lists 20+ pre-built integrations: Jenkins, Bamboo, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Airflow, Autosys, Control-M, Jira, ServiceNow, HP ALM, Xray and Zephyr
  • Offered as SaaS on AWS or self-managed on-premises; the vendor says the customer controls data access in both
Cons
  • No published prices; the license is described only as consumption-based per user per server or enterprise, and every page leads to 'Book a Demo'
  • No free plan; the 'Free Trial' card on the homepage links to the demo request form and gives no trial length or terms
  • Many connectors cost extra: the licensing policy lists JSON, XML, Parquet, Avro, REST API, GraphQL, Salesforce and Kafka as premium data connectors, Power BI, Tableau Cloud and Qlik Cloud as premium BI connectors, and Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions and Jira as premium integrations
  • For Tableau and Qlik, the connectors page and licensing policy list only Tableau Cloud and Qlik Cloud; Cognos is named on the BI testing page but not in the connector list
  • Aimed at data teams rather than API developers: there is no load testing or API mocking, and the vendor itself says it checks the data in API responses rather than replacing functional tools like Postman
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QuerySurge

Pros
  • List prices are published on the vendor's site, including per-user and 5/10/25-user package prices
  • Connects to 200+ data stores, including Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Excel, Parquet, JSON and XML files
  • BI Tester validates Power BI, Tableau, IBM Cognos, Strategy, Oracle BI and SAP BusinessObjects reports against source data
  • Several trial options: 1-day hosted cloud trial, 15-day download trial and 45-day proof of concept
Cons
  • Subscription per-user pricing starts at $6,006 per full user per year with a 2-user minimum
  • BI Tester, Full API and Query Import/Export are paid add-ons on the smaller packages
  • Customer-installed software (on-premises, private cloud, or pay-as-you-go Azure/AWS marketplace image) rather than a vendor-run SaaS
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Frequently asked questions

How do iceDQ and QuerySurge compare on features and price?

iceDQ leads on 1 check and QuerySurge on 0; 7 are even, out of 8 checks (yes/no, price and seats) where we have data for both.

Is iceDQ better than QuerySurge?

iceDQ scores 8.6/10 against 8.5/10 for QuerySurge on our data score for ETL testing tools. iceDQ is best for enterprise QA and data teams testing ETL pipelines, migrations and BI reports; QuerySurge is best for enterprise QA and data teams testing data warehouses, migrations and BI reports.

Which is cheaper, iceDQ or QuerySurge?

Check each vendor's pricing page; one of them does not publish an entry price.

Do iceDQ and QuerySurge have free plans?

iceDQ: no. QuerySurge: no.

See the full ETL Testing Tools ranking for other options.

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