We performed a comparison between k6 Open Source and Selenium HQ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Tricentis, OpenText, Katalon Studio and others in Regression Testing Tools."The standout feature of k6 is its strong focus on API performance testing."
"The tool is easy to use and log in with respect to other tools. It is open-source. We can customize the product. I also like its security."
"Selenium HQ's most valuable feature is picking up and entering values from web pages."
"All the features in Selenium to automate the UI."
"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. There's good community support."
"Selenium web driver - Java."
"Selenium is the fastest tool compared to other competitors. It can run on any language, like Java, Python, C++, and .NET. So we can test any application on Selenium, whether it's mobile or desktop."
"We can run multiple projects at the same time and we can design both types of framework, including data-driven or hybrid. We have got a lot of flexibility here."
"I like its simplicity."
"One area where k6 could improve is by introducing a GUI similar to JMeter."
"Katalon has built a UI on top of Selenium to make it more user-friendly, as well as repository options and the ability to create repositories for objects, among other things. It would be helpful if this type of information could be included in the Selenium tool itself, so people wouldn't have to do filing testing."
"Shadow DOM could be improved and the handling of single page applications. Right now, it's a bit complicated and there are a lot of additional scripts required if you want to handle a single page application in a neat way."
"The drawback is the solution is not easy to learn."
"Selenium HQ can be complex. The interface requires a QA engineer or an expert to use it."
"It would be better if it accommodated non-techy end-users. I think it's still a product for developers. That's why it's not common for end-users, and especially for RPA activities or tasks. It's hard to automate tasks for end-users. If it will be easier, more user-friendly, and so on, perhaps it can be more interesting for this kind of user."
"I don't have that much experience with it, but I know that Selenium is more used for websites. It is not for testing desktop applications, which is a downside of it. It can support desktop applications more."
"I would like to see a library of bomb files with an automated process and integration with Jenkins and Slack."
"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."
k6 Open Source is ranked 14th in Regression Testing Tools with 1 review while Selenium HQ is ranked 4th in Regression Testing Tools with 102 reviews. k6 Open Source is rated 7.0, while Selenium HQ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of k6 Open Source writes "Offers good scalability and has the ability to integrate with various systems and services". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Selenium HQ writes "Easy to use with great pricing and lots of documentation". k6 Open Source is most compared with Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, RadView WebLOAD, Akamai CloudTest and BlazeMeter, whereas Selenium HQ is most compared with Eggplant Test, Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft Certify, Telerik Test Studio and OpenText Silk Test.
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