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OpenText Silk Test vs Selenium HQ comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

OpenText Silk Test
Ranking in Functional Testing Tools
19th
Ranking in Regression Testing Tools
8th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Test Automation Tools (18th)
Selenium HQ
Ranking in Functional Testing Tools
5th
Ranking in Regression Testing Tools
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
113
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Silk Test is 1.9%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Selenium HQ is 4.0%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Functional Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Selenium HQ4.0%
OpenText Silk Test1.9%
Other94.1%
Functional Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

JG
Manager of Central Excellence at Alpura
Easy to set up with good documentation and easy management of testing cycles
The solution allows for a complete test cycle. The management of testing cycles are easy. We have good control over test cases. We can capture functional testing very easily. We're actually able to accelerate testing now and have end-to-end cycles for testing. We didn't used to have these capabilities. It's easy to automate and accelerate testing. The product offers very good cross-browser testing capabilities. We can do continuous testing and regression testing.
NK
DevOps Lead at Illumifin India LLP
Automation revolutionizes testing efficiency and cost savings while ensuring smooth deployment
The challenges I faced while integrating Selenium HQ into my existing systems relate to historical data, which requires going back six years. I have to traverse if there were any challenges because I am sure if there were any, they must have been documented in our ALM documents. The multi-browser support of Selenium HQ impacts my testing process primarily since it is being used in Edge and Chrome browsers. It all depends on our customers. I haven't heard of any challenges with other browsers such as Opera or Mozilla Firefox, as these two browsers are what we primarily use. When we were doing these tests manually, it took several hours of effort, and those hours, when counted on the basis of person days, used to be maybe six or seven months of effort, which we can now do every day by running the pipeline. This has definitely saved a lot of money for us.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The feature I like most is the ease of reporting, as you get a single frame of reporting across all the various tests and the program is very user-friendly."
"Scripting is the most valuable. We are able to record and then go in and modify the script that it creates. It has a lot of generative scripts."
"The OCR recognition is great, way over Sikulix or Robot Framework."
"The Silk4J feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The ability to develop scripts in Visual Studio, Visual Studio integration, is the most valuable feature."
"The ability to develop scripts in Visual Studio, Visual Studio integration, is the most valuable feature."
"Using this DLL functionality we were able to automate our product."
"The feature I like most is the ease of reporting."
"It saves us lot of time and cost once implemented."
"What I like best about it is that it can automate everything on the front end with the help of other frameworks. The community worldwide provides support for any issues. Plus, it’s open-source, which is a big advantage."
"I like that it is a robust and free open source, there is a lot of community support available, and there are a lot of developers using them."
"Selenium HQ lets you create your customized functions with whatever language you want to use, like Python, Java, .NET, etc., and you can also connect to a database using your JVC to read and write the data, so it's scalable and you can make any custom function."
"There is nothing I cannot do with Selenium."
"Selenium is an open-source tool that has significantly reduced the cost for the company."
"If working on multiple browsers and on multiple platforms is the goal, then Selenium is definitely the right tool because it works on Windows as well as on Linux and also supports multiple browsers."
"Selenium is an open-source tool."
 

Cons

"Need to improve online documentation, community and forums to share issues encountered and solutions."
"The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive."
"I've seen a lot of potential users upset with the SilkTest due to broken installation."
"The support for automation with iOS applications can be better."
"Implementing a better integration with Git. It was extremely painful to implement the link from Silk Central to Git."
"The browser based testing needs to be improved."
"The support for automation with iOS applications can be better."
"The pricing could be improved."
"We can only use Selenium HQ for desktop applications which would be helpful. We are only able to do online based applications."
"Selenium IDE needs to be improved not like just a record / play back tool, but as an effective web elements spy."
"For Selenium, I have to work on it and develop some additional things, configurations, integrations, etc."
"Selenium Grid set-up is bit complex."
"The solution needs to offer much more information in regard to performance testing using Selenium."
"There are some synchronization issues"
"The solution can be improved by providing better reporting logs."
"It takes such a long time to use this solution that it may be worth looking into other free solutions such as TestProject or Katalon Studio, or paid solutions to replace it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We paid annually. There is a purchase cost, and then there is an ongoing maintenance fee."
"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and while I think that the price is quite reasonable I am not allowed to share those details."
"Selenium HQ is open source and our use of it in our company is provided for free."
"The product is open-source and free."
"It is an open-source tool."
"Selenium HQ is a free solution."
"It is free."
"Selenium HQ is a free solution."
"The setup cost is open source or free."
"This product is open source and free. That was a huge deciding factor for us getting into it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business41
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise51
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Silk Test?
The pricing depends on the license used. The pricing is similar to others in the market.
What is your primary use case for Silk Test?
The product is used for manual, functional, and performance testing. I'm using the tool for loading data into ERP systems.
How do I choose between Selenium HQ and Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence?
Selenium HQ’s biggest advantage is that it is customizable. Its other most valuable feature is that the driver interface is really helpful and user-friendly; Selenium HQ makes it easy to navigate t...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Selenium HQ?
I will give an eight for my satisfaction with the pricing and licensing costs of Selenium HQ.
What needs improvement with Selenium HQ?
Some improvements can be implemented as compared to Playwright, which is why I rate it seven out of ten.
 

Also Known As

Segue, SilkTest, Micro Focus Silk Test
SeleniumHQ
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Krung Thai Computer Services, Quality Kiosk, Mªller, AVG Technologies
BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, experitest, Tricentis GmbH, SmartBear Software
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText Silk Test vs. Selenium HQ and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
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