Alpha Vs Beta Testing

What Is Alpha Testing?
This is a form of internal acceptance testing performed mainly by the in-house software QA and testing teams. Alpha testing is the last testing done by the test teams at the development site after the acceptance testing and before releasing the software for the beta test.


What Is Beta Testing?

This is a testing stage followed by the internal full alpha test cycle. This is the final testing phase where the companies release the software to a few external user groups outside the company test teams or employees. This initial software version is known as the beta version. Most companies gather user feedback in this release.

For Example, Recently Microsoft corporation released Windows 10 beta and based on the feedback from thousands of users they managed to release a stable OS version.