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Selenium HQ pros and cons

Vendor: SeleniumHQ
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Selenium HQ supports multiple programming languages and integrates with various frameworks and tools.
The community support for Selenium HQ is comprehensive and easily accessible.
Selenium HQ is open-source, offering flexibility and customization without licensing restrictions.
Selenium HQ efficiently automates UI tests, reducing the time and effort of manual testing.
Selenium HQ is stable and widely used in the industry, making it a reliable choice for web testing.

CONS

Selenium HQ setup is complex and requires programming skills, making it less accessible for non-technical users.
Integration and support for Windows desktop applications is lacking, leading to reliance on third-party tools.
Selenium HQ does not have a robust test management or reporting framework, necessitating external solutions for advanced reporting and test management.
Locator management is challenging, with difficulties in adapting to changing elements, making test maintenance burdensome.
There are stability and compatibility issues, particularly with Internet Explorer, and coordination with multiple browsers can be problematic.
 

Selenium HQ Pros review quotes

it_user323916 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 18, 2015
Automation testing improves the quality we deliver and reduce the time for regression testing.
it_user203841 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineering Senior Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 22, 2015
A lot of time and cost has been saved by using Selenium automation because now we don’t need all browsers to be tested by manual testers, as just one automation script is required which can be run across different browsers and we only need one person to kick off the script execution.
it_user324075 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Oct 8, 2015
If you don’t have a budget, go with Selenium because it has a huge community and the versions are constantly updated.
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it_user347715 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Automation Specialist with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 29, 2015
It's open source, free, stable, and easy to use.
DV
Test Automation Lead/Consultant at Aspire Systems
Jan 2, 2018
Web-based application automation are mostly done using Selenium, and it's the right automation tool as a replacement for manual regression testing that indispensably reduces the testing time due to its cross-browser, parallel, and remote executions.
it_user360078 - PeerSpot reviewer
Selenium Automation Engineer at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees
Aug 24, 2017
All the features in Selenium to automate the UI.
SC
Project Engineer at Mathworks India Pvt Ltd
Aug 25, 2017
Selenium web driver - Java.
it_user373965 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 24, 2017
Language support - since it supports Java and other programming languages it is easy to integrate with other systems.
it_user376134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Automation Test Developer/Automation Test Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Nov 9, 2017
It supports most of the mainstream browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, IE and etc.
AE
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 29, 2017
It supports most of the actions that a user would do on a website.
 

Selenium HQ Cons review quotes

it_user323916 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 18, 2015
As it’s a free product there is no customer support but there is a community that takes in consideration all found bugs for further improvement.
it_user203841 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineering Senior Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 22, 2015
We have seen latency issues with Internet Explorer. I would like to see better support for Internet Explorer.
it_user324075 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Oct 8, 2015
Integrating test reporting with WebDriver directly Support for major browsers directly.
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it_user347715 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Automation Specialist with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 29, 2015
The webdriver communication with the browser is not perfect, especially IE. The longer the test is the higher the chance it will break down.
DV
Test Automation Lead/Consultant at Aspire Systems
Jan 2, 2018
To some extent it is unstable while executing against different versions of IE browser, but that could be overcome through some work-around and framework design.
it_user360078 - PeerSpot reviewer
Selenium Automation Engineer at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees
Aug 24, 2017
Selenium Grid set-up is bit complex.
SC
Project Engineer at Mathworks India Pvt Ltd
Aug 25, 2017
Handling frames and windows needs to be improved.
it_user373965 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 24, 2017
There is no good tool to find the Xpath. They should provide a good tool to find Xpath for dynamic elements and integrate API (REST/ SOAP) testing support.
it_user376134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Automation Test Developer/Automation Test Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Nov 9, 2017
It is not easy to make IE plus Selenium work good as other browsers. Firefox and Chrome are the best ones to work with Selenium.
AE
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 29, 2017
There are stability issues with Internet Explorer only.