Surfmeter product feature comparison
Compare	Surfmeter Automator Continuous, active testing from dedicated probes	Surfmeter Mobile Quality SDK Active field testing on real Android devices	Surfmeter Player SDK Passive monitoring inside your video apps
Measurement approach How measurements are initiated	Active, scheduled tests Headless and unattended	Active tests in your Android app Field, drive, or crowd testing	Passive session monitoring Runs in the background
Platforms Where the client runs	Linux Docker Virtual machines Raspberry Pi	Android phones and tablets (no root needed) iOS (roadmap)	Web Android and Android TV iOS and tvOS Chromecast … and many more
Services and content What can be measured	OTT and social video services Any website Video conferencing Speed and network tests	OTT and social video services Custom HLS/DASH streams Any website	Your own streaming service Supported web and native players
KPI groups The main measurement outputs	Video QoE Web performance Network performance CDN performance	Video QoE Web performance Cellular and location context	Video QoE Playback details Device and session context
Video MOS score Standardized perceptual quality scoring	Yes ITU-T P.1203	Yes ITU-T P.1203	Yes ITU-T P.1203
Works with Dashboard Analyze and compare results in Surfmeter	Yes Also works standalone	Yes Also works standalone	Yes Including API access
Explore the product	View Automator	View Mobile Quality SDK	View Player SDK

Compare each capability across all three products.

Measurement approach

How measurements are initiated

Surfmeter Automator

Active, scheduled tests
Headless and unattended

Surfmeter Mobile Quality SDK

Active tests in your Android app
Field, drive, or crowd testing

Surfmeter Player SDK

Passive session monitoring
Runs in the background

Platforms

Where the client runs

Surfmeter Automator

Linux
Docker
Virtual machines
Raspberry Pi

Surfmeter Mobile Quality SDK

Android phones and tablets (no root needed)
iOS (roadmap)

Surfmeter Player SDK

Web
Android and Android TV
iOS and tvOS
Chromecast
… and many more

Services and content

What can be measured

Surfmeter Automator

OTT and social video services
Any website
Video conferencing
Speed and network tests

Surfmeter Mobile Quality SDK

OTT and social video services
Custom HLS/DASH streams
Any website

Surfmeter Player SDK

Your own streaming service
Supported web and native players

KPI groups

The main measurement outputs

Surfmeter Automator

Video QoE
Web performance
Network performance
CDN performance

Surfmeter Mobile Quality SDK

Video QoE
Web performance
Cellular and location context

Surfmeter Player SDK

Video QoE
Playback details
Device and session context

Video MOS score

Standardized perceptual quality scoring

Surfmeter Automator

Yes

ITU-T P.1203

Surfmeter Mobile Quality SDK

Yes

ITU-T P.1203

Surfmeter Player SDK

Yes

ITU-T P.1203

Works with Dashboard

Analyze and compare results in Surfmeter

Surfmeter Automator

Yes

Also works standalone

Surfmeter Mobile Quality SDK

Yes

Also works standalone

Surfmeter Player SDK

Yes

Including API access

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