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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Automation Anywhere

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAutomation Anywhere, headquartered in San Jose, California, offers their robotic process automation (RPA) software.

    $750

    per month

    Selenium

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASelenium is open source software for browser automation, primarily used for functional, load, or performance testing of applications.N/A
    Pricing
    Automation AnywhereSelenium
    Editions & Modules
    Cloud-Only Starter Pack
    $750
    per month
    Advanced Pack (Cloud or On-Premises)
    Contact for quote
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Automation AnywhereSelenium
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Automation AnywhereSelenium
    Considered Both Products
    Automation Anywhere
    Chose Automation Anywhere
    I have not used any other alternative to Automation Anywhere.
    Incentivized
    Open Source
    Chose Selenium
    I have used Winium, Sikuli, and Auto IT to do the automation with windows-based applications. Mostly, I will use Selenium only.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Automation AnywhereSelenium
    Automation Testing
    Comparison of Automation Testing features of Automation Anywhere and Selenium
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    Automation Anywhere
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    Ratings
    Selenium
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Record and Automate00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-Browser Testing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Test Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Integrated Version Control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Object Recognition00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Data-Driven Testing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Testing Reports & Analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Automation AnywhereSelenium
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    BrowserStack
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Robotic Process Automation
    Score8.4 out of 10
    BlazeMeter
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    UiPath Automation Platform
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Tricentis Tosca
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Automation AnywhereSelenium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (48 ratings)
    9.2
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    8.3
    (11 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    Automation AnywhereSelenium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Automation Anywhere
    Automation Anywhere is well suited for automating repetitive or complex tasks that can be performed on a timeline such as data processing, data extraction, and file transfers. Automation Anywhere also has capabilities for integration with legacy applications and APIs to automate more complex data flows. Automation Anywhere is also ideal for automating document processing, form filling and other web activities since it has both image recognition and image-based automation capabilities.

    On the other hand, Automation Anywhere is less appropriate for tasks requiring high levels of system intelligence such as machine learning or natural language processing as these require different types of technology. Additionally, if a task requires manual elements such as validations or reviews then Automation Anywhere may not be the most suitable solution either. It can be possible to set up automated validations but that might not always result in an ideal solution due to its limitations.
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    Open Source
    When you have to test the UI and how it behaves when certain actions are performed, you need something that can automate the browsers. This is where Selenium comes to the rescue. If you have to test APIs and not the frontend (UI), I would recommend going with other libraries that support HTTP Requests. Selenium is good only when you have no choice but to run the steps on a browser.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Automation Anywhere
    • Now I easily generate the invoices and quotation generation is an easy task now. Previously it was very time consuming as we have to drag the data from the excel sheets.
    • I will praise its integration with other software that has facilitated us to make amendments in the data across those platforms.
    • Its interface is very easy and user friendly.
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    • For any web based UI automation, Selenium is the best tool out there to automate your tests.
    • It supports multiple coding languages like Java, Python, Ruby, C# etc.. to choose from.
    • There is a huge community of users and can get many answers on StackOverFlow.
    • It has lot of other plugins to make your tests even more efficient.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Automation Anywhere
    • Automation Anywhere doesn't come with easy installation, We need to install Java, IDEs and Databases in an orderly fashion which we are not able to do.
    • Automation Anywhere has no workflow design which is not making us to understand the process.
    • Automation Anywhere has no fit to size object cloning.
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    • Selenium is pretty user-friendly but sometimes tests tend to flake out. I'd say roughly one out of twenty tests yields a false positive.
    • Selenium software cannot read images. This is a minor negative because a free plug-in is available from alternate sources.
    • Slowness may be a minor factor with Selenium, though this is an issue with basically any testing software since waiting on a site to execute JavaScript requires the browser to wait for a particular action.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Automation Anywhere
    To continue enjoying the benefits of our productivity improvements and efficiency focus.
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    Open Source
    We love this product mainly because of its high customization abilities and the ease of use. Moreover, its free and can be learned easily through online communities and videos. The tests are more consistent and reliable as compared to Manual tests. It has enabled us to test a large number of features all in one go, which would have impossible through manual tests. The reports generated at the end of the tests are really helpful for the QA and the development teams to get a fair view of the application.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Automation Anywhere
    On more complex use cases, Automation Anywhere requires technical background like knowledge on network protocols and database language on task creation, and even people with technical background might have some trouble in the beginning because of the product particularities on how variable manipulation works, or how to get the object cloning (a more resilient screen manipulation command) to work as intended. The scheduling of tasks on the Control Room and the autologin feature isn't intuitive as they should, so much of this works requires documentation analysis to get it done on the first time.
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    For those who are unfamiliar with coding, there is a bit of a learning curve. There is plenty of helpful documentation and resources but it can take a little time to get the software up and running. Once you get the hang of how Selenium works, and what it can do, you realize how many things you can use it for, and how many processes you can automate.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Automation Anywhere
    Automation Anywhere is a great tool for a low cost, fairly easily scalable, and quickly learned. The company is growing by leaps and bounds and continually pushing the automation boundaries. The problem with fast expansion is that sometimes you can grow more quickly than you can appropriately support your products. While Automation Anywhere has an excellent support structure in place, every company and situation is different, and they often struggle with why problems arise in the system and how to fix them.
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    The Selenium app has a pretty fat community of users. For the problems we are experiencing, we are primarily receiving support from these communities. In addition, there is widespread service support. Instant support is given to the problems we experience when we need Online support. We and our team are happy to provide this support, especially before important deployment processes
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    Online Training
    Automation Anywhere
    Perfect training from the online academy the software offers it for free
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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Automation Anywhere
    Nothing in particular
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    Open Source
    We did everything we needed to use it. Now we can execute our tests on different operational systems and browsers running few tests simultaneously. We also implemented Appium framework to execute our tests on mobile devices, such as iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets. We use SauceLabs for our test execution and Jenkins for continuous integration.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Automation Anywhere
    Automation anywhere scores well with respect to other solutions when we look at bot implementation, bot management, and basic automation. From a security perspective as well, AA fares well as compared to other solutions. UIpath is better suited when we operate using VPN systems and integrating with homegrown solutions.
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    Open Source
    At the time of adoption, there were not many other alternatives that were even close to being competitive when it comes to browser testing. As far as I know now to this day, there is still little competition to Selenium for what it does. Any other browser-based testing still utilises Selenium to interact with the browser.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Automation Anywhere
    Highly reliable once you start experiencing the results. It helps you to have a clear cut results with better productivity numbers and financial savings
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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Automation Anywhere
    • Customer satisfaction has increased. They are pleased with faster development and execution.
    • Cost internally for our company is heavy and the client doesn't bear the full cost for it.
    • We didn't need to train our staff a lot for this. Just a week of overview was enough to get started.
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    • There hasn’t been a downside to using it yet other than we’ve got to update the programs we create for each change.
    • This has saved us hundreds of hours of manpower by allowing our automation engineer to rapid fire tests.
    • We are able to screenshot and save entire sites before and after launch with a program the automation engineer created
    • We can compare large volumes of data against data in excel docs with a program created using Selenium
    Incentivized
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