ArcMutate vs Infection

ArcMutate9.8Visit Infection7.4Visit

Higher score ArcMutate #1 in Mutation Testing Tools 9.8/10 Free plan · paid from $8/user/mo Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit ArcMutate

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Infection #4 in Mutation Testing Tools 7.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Infection

• ArcMutate fits best

  Java teams needing broad CI mutation testing

• Infection fits best

  PHP teams with CI quality gates

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Side by side

Feature	ArcMutate 9.8/10 Visit ↗	Infection 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.8	7.4
Ranking	#1 in Mutation Testing Tools	#4 in Mutation Testing Tools
Best for	Java teams needing broad CI mutation testing	PHP teams with CI quality gates
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	10 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features ArcMutate 4/4 · Infection 4/4
Incremental analysis	✓	✓
Parallel execution	✓	✓
Surviving mutant reports	✓	✓
Mutation quality gate	✓	✓
Specs
Supported languages	Java, Kotlin, Groovy	PHP
Test frameworks	JUnit 4, JUnit 5, Spring Test, Mockito, MockK, Robolectric	PHPUnit, PhpSpec, Codeception, Testo
Mutation operators	Extended, extreme, chained calls, varargs, one-less-parameter, remove distinct/filter/limit/skip/sorted, predicate operators, field writes, parameter swaps, stream match swaps, reactive return and mapping operators, Groovy boundary and conditional operators, Spring annotation operators	Arithmetic, boolean, cast, conditional boundary, conditional negotiation, equality, function signature, nullify, number, operator, regex, removal, return value, visibility, and unwrap mutators
Our review
Pros	Extended and extreme mutation operators with subsumption analysis Pull-request workflows with surviving-mutant annotations Java, Kotlin and Groovy support across four platforms	Broad PHP mutators with configurable profiles and custom mutators Parallel execution, coverage reuse, and changed-line filtering CI thresholds with HTML, text, JSON, GitHub, and GitLab reports
Cons	Android and Robolectric support is still in beta The Base plan does not include Git or CI platform integrations Teams outside JVM development will need another tool	Supports PHP rather than multiple programming languages No AI features are included Mutation analysis is centered on supported PHP test frameworks
Our verdict	ArcMutate is mutation testing software from CloudDev for JVM development teams that want to identify weaknesses in automated test suites. It extends PIT mutation testing with support for Java, Kotlin and Groovy, while Android support is… Read the review →	Infection is an open-source mutation testing framework for PHP teams that want to measure whether their tests detect code changes. It uses AST-based source-code mutation, runs relevant test cases, and reports killed, escaped, errored, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ArcMutate — where it wins

  • Extended and extreme mutation operators with subsumption analysis
  • Pull-request workflows with surviving-mutant annotations
  • Java, Kotlin and Groovy support across four platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Android and Robolectric support is still in beta
  • The Base plan does not include Git or CI platform integrations
  • Teams outside JVM development will need another tool

• Infection — where it wins

  • Broad PHP mutators with configurable profiles and custom mutators
  • Parallel execution, coverage reuse, and changed-line filtering
  • CI thresholds with HTML, text, JSON, GitHub, and GitLab reports

  Where it doesn't

  • Supports PHP rather than multiple programming languages
  • No AI features are included
  • Mutation analysis is centered on supported PHP test frameworks

• ArcMutate9.8/10 · Free plan · paid from $8/user/mo

  A broad JVM mutation testing suite with CI workflows, quality gates and a free plan.

  Visit ArcMutateFull verdict →
• Infection7.4/10 · Free plan

  A free, open-source PHP mutation testing framework with CI quality gates.

  Visit InfectionFull verdict →