Selenium HQ Reviews

• It's open source tool (cost effective)
• More Test Coverage through Multiple browser support(Chrome,FF,IE9,10,11,Opera,Safari and Edge(recently)
• Scalable to extend and integrate with other Automation tools like Jmeter & OWASP ZAP, thus enable team to perform Fuctional, NonFunctional test(Performance, Security)
• Can be integrated with CI tools like Jenkins
• Can be integrated with builder tools like Maven & ANT

• Can be extended to cloud environments (sauce labs)
• Multiple platform support like windows, Linux and MAC
• Can be used with different Automation frameworks like TDD,BDD and Hybrid 
• Remote script execution possible with Grid & node setup
• Less Turnaround time with Parallel Executions 
• Easy to Learn & Mastering
• Huge user community base and support
• Support for version control tools like SVN and Git
• Headless Browser support using HTMLUnit & PhantomJS drivers

It is an awesome tool to use with great ROI, we have been using this tool extensively in most of our projects to reduce the manual regression efforts and to prevent production defects. Another beauty of this tool is to extend and integrate with other functional & non functional tools(Jmeter, OWASP ZAP, Appium ..etc.)

Recently we have implemented the Extended Reporting to support rich reporting structure with Charts,Dashboards that would be easy for stakeholders to Analyze and arrive at decisions. 

Compatibility issues with newer versions of browsers (IE & Firefox) and latest server versions, but this can be addressed with some workarounds.

Handling Windows based dialogs (or) performaning Non browser action can bit challenging, so far we are using AutoIT tool to perform this.

Rather QTP or any other Commercial tools, Selenium expects more Techinical(Prograaming) expertise, but other end this feature makes selenium more flexible

We had compatibility issues with some newer versions of browsers.

We've had no issues with stability.

We've had no issues with scalability.

• Videos of test cases
• Scalable multi threading test execution

We are now able to execute 3000 test cases in less than one hour. This is a great milestone for us.

It needs more support for mobile devices and also on testing web services.

I've used it for four years.Videos of test cases + Scalable multi threading test execution.

We've had no issues with deployment.

We've had no issues with stability.

We've had no issues with scalability.

It's open source and therefore there is no customer support.

We used a different product that was not open source. We wanted to use open source.

It was not too complex, however, it would be complex for someone who doesn't know much about automation.

I implemented it through an in-house team. My advice would be to foresee all the problems that you might run in to in the future and design the framework based on that.

Make sure you get the set-up right initially.

Selenuim helps us during testing. We are able to reduce the number and frequency of manual efforts by using scripts.

I would like for the next release to support parallel testing.

We were using Micro Focus UFT which is for Windows application and used Selenium for web use. The two solutions are not comparable in my opinion because they both have their advantages and disadvantages.

The initial setup was straightforward. I was able to add the packages that I wanted and quickly get started with development in a day.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

• Browser
• Language and environment compatible
• Opensource

We designed the Omani-channel automation framework, and achieved the maximum testing coverage includes localization (approximately 19), environment (web and mobile [iOS and Android]), and browser.

I would like to see an improvement in the iOS automation for hybrid app's and try to comparable for desktop app automation.

I've used it for six years.

There were no issues with the deployment.

I observed like batch execution issues and comparability issues like AngularJS app's etc.

There were no issues with the scalability.

8/10 - they need to improve their in-office blog.

Used other is solutions for my assignments, and more opensource ones.

It's simple to set-up.

We did it in-house.

It's open-source so it's free.

You'll be good to go with this.

We use it for test automation. We are also using Cypress for some of our automated tests. We've tried Selenium a little bit, but it depends on the project we are doing.

It is more stable in comparison to other solutions because they have quite some experience in the market.

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 have been using this solution for one year.

It is stable.

We have five people on the team, but not all of us are using it. We have plans to increase its usage.

It is not complex. I don't remember the time it took, but I do have development and testing experience. So, for me, it was an easy ramp-up.

I would recommend this solution to others. I would rate it a seven out of 10.

The system is SaaS, and we use it for web-based regression tests that are being done locally at an in-home office or in the company office.

What I like about Selenium HQ is that we wrote it ourselves. I think it's perfect. It's a framework that you can use to devise your own products, which is nice.

Selenium HQ could have better interaction with SAP products.

I've been using Selenium for about a year now.

Selenium's stability is good.

Scalability has not been a problem for us.

We haven't really needed support. We write our own code, so if anything goes wrong, we can fix it.

Phil Ward:
Well, we set it up ourselves, so we knew what we were doing. Basically, the installation is ava-based, so you have to write Java code to get it working.

I would rate Selenium HQ nine out of 10. If someone is thinking about adopting Selenium HQ, I would encourage them to use it. However, you do need to be reasonably proficient in Java, C#, or C++.

• Simple objects recognition
• It's easy to use
• Multi-language support
• Open source with good support
• A lot of information and help online

Selenium IDE needs to be improved not like just an record / play back tool, but as effective web elements spy. TestNG has more support, and also has ntegration with Appium and Jmeter which Selenium misses.

I've been using it for 10 years, since 2005.

Throughout the last five years, I have not had any difficulty to install or set-up Webdriver.

This is an open source, so some issues are always pop[ing up , but compared to other open source automation tools web driver is much much better.

It covers all regression testing with 20,000 test cases run during 24 hours and easy maintenance.

Customer support is very good for a non-commercial tool.

I used Silk Test and Win Runner previously. Borland SilkTest is an excellent tool, but it costs.

 It very straight forward and easy. Of course it’s required basic programming skills.

We have in house automation framework and it works great with continuous integration. I do not see reasons to pay for third party services.

It's a free tool.

Just use web driver and enjoy.

• It supports many programming languages like Java, and Ruby etc.
• It can be plugged with Junit, TestNG and other Java frameworks for reporting
• CI can be achieved with tools like Jenkins

Cost effective solution for automation test.

Dynamic Debugging needs to be improved. Like QTP, there should be an option to run the test from a point or state of application. Currently the test should be run from the beginning to debug or test the new scenario which has been added.

I've used it for three years.

There were no issues with the deployment.

There are stability issues, especially when Mozilla Firefox updates.

There's no scalability issues.

It wasn't very difficult.

We did it in-house.

It's free and there's no licence needed.

An engineer from any background can learn and build automation easily.