It's available open-source and free. To install it, I just have to download it. It also doesn't require too many hardware resources compared to Micro Focus.
Senior Software Developer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
May 4, 2022
It's easy for new people to get trained on this solution. If we are hiring new people, the resource pool in the market in test automation is largely around Selenium.
Automation Tester at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Nov 3, 2021
For me, the most valuable feature of Selenium lies in its ability to help us find elements quickly. Apart from that, the driver interface is really useful, too. When we implement the Selenium driver interface, we can easily navigate through all of the pages and sections of an app, including performing things like clicking, putting through SendKeys, scrolling down, tagging, and all the other actions we need to test for in an application.
Senior Project Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 3, 2021
There are many useful features in Selenium that I like, and of the new features I particularly enjoy the Selenium Grid. With this, we can run many test cases in one go, and in one suite we can extract multiple results.
Software engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 5, 2021
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.
QMS Lead at a pharma/biotech company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Aug 4, 2021
I like the record and playback features. We also appreciate that it's not just writing on a script that we create. While we were browsing our web application, it automatically records all the clicks and movements of points. We also appreciate the fact that it provides screenshots of everything in the output.
Automation Lead - Robotic Process Automation at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Jul 29, 2020
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.
Director Technology at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Jul 22, 2020
What I like the most about this product is that it gives us a lot of freedom to code anything, there is no restriction on the type of function you can do.
You can build your own framework. I think that's the most powerful feature. You can connect with a lot of other tools that use frameworks, or keywords, etc. That helps make it a stronger solution.
Integration Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
Nov 14, 2019
The most valuable aspect of Selenium is that it gives you the flexibility to customize or write your own code, your own features, etc. It's not restricted by licensing.
Principal Consultant at Digital Web Advisors Pvt Ltd
Consultant
May 11, 2018
Our platform runs into several thousand screens and a few thousand test cases, something which would typically take months to test manually. As of today, the entire process takes a little over two days to run.
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Selenium's open-source nature is a key advantage. Its extensive support for diverse web technologies.
Since Selenium HQ has multiple plug-ins, we can use it with multiple tools and multiple languages.
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.
I am impressed with the product's ability to catch content from website.
It is a scalable solution.
The most valuable feature of Selenium HQ is it provides support for third-party tools, such as screenshots, and automates Windows-based applications.
I have found using IDE and Cucumber framework is good.
It is very stable.
The most valuable feature of Selenium HQ is the ability to configure a lot of automated processes.
The plugins, the components, and the method of the library with Selenium is very user defined.
It supports many external plugins, and because it's a Java-based platform, it's language-independent. You can use Java, C#, Python, etc.
There is a supportive community around it.
Selenium HQ's most valuable feature is its online community support, which is comprehensive and easy to access.
It's not too complicated to implement.
It's available open-source and free. To install it, I just have to download it. It also doesn't require too many hardware resources compared to Micro Focus.
It's easy for new people to get trained on this solution. If we are hiring new people, the resource pool in the market in test automation is largely around Selenium.
It is more stable in comparison to other solutions because they have quite some experience in the market.
Selenuim helps us during testing. We are able to reduce the number and frequency of manual efforts by using scripts.
The solution is very easy to use. Once you learn how to do things, it becomes very intuitive and simple.
The most valuable features are ExpectedConditions, actions, assertions, verifications, flexible rates, and third-party integrations.
For me, the most valuable feature of Selenium lies in its ability to help us find elements quickly. Apart from that, the driver interface is really useful, too. When we implement the Selenium driver interface, we can easily navigate through all of the pages and sections of an app, including performing things like clicking, putting through SendKeys, scrolling down, tagging, and all the other actions we need to test for in an application.
There are many useful features in Selenium that I like, and of the new features I particularly enjoy the Selenium Grid. With this, we can run many test cases in one go, and in one suite we can extract multiple results.
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.
Data parametrization and parallelization are the most important features in any automation tool.
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 the record and playback features. We also appreciate that it's not just writing on a script that we create. While we were browsing our web application, it automatically records all the clicks and movements of points. We also appreciate the fact that it provides screenshots of everything in the output.
The stability of the solution has been good, it is reliable we have not had any bugs.
The solution is very easy to implement.
I like its simplicity.
The solution is free to use.
In general, I would say that the API set is the most valuable feature.
It is compatible with and supports multiple languages, such as Java and Python. It is open source, and it is widely used.
It supports multiple processes, which is great.
The testing solution produces the best web applications.
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.
What I like the most about this product is that it gives us a lot of freedom to code anything, there is no restriction on the type of function you can do.
Ability to integrate with every other tool.
The most valuable feature is the Selenium grid, which allows us to run tests in parallel.
You can build your own framework. I think that's the most powerful feature. You can connect with a lot of other tools that use frameworks, or keywords, etc. That helps make it a stronger solution.
The solution is very flexible; there are different ways of using it. It's open-source and has a lot of support on offer.
The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment took about seven months.
The most valuable aspect of Selenium is that it gives you the flexibility to customize or write your own code, your own features, etc. It's not restricted by licensing.
The primary benefit is its cost and the ability to use the cloud.
Our platform runs into several thousand screens and a few thousand test cases, something which would typically take months to test manually. As of today, the entire process takes a little over two days to run.