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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Zephyr Scale

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ATM4j is a test management application for Jira, developed by Jira solutions specialist Adaptavist, acquired and now supported by SmartBear since March 2020.

    $4.55

    per month per user

    Pricing
    SeleniumZephyr Scale
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SeleniumZephyr Scale
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Free up to 10 users, $4.55/user/month after that. It gets cheaper as you scale.
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    Community Pulse
    SeleniumZephyr Scale
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
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    Features
    SeleniumZephyr Scale
    Automation Testing
    Comparison of Automation Testing features of Selenium and Zephyr Scale
    Feature
    Selenium
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Zephyr Scale
    -
    Ratings
    Record and Automate10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Browser Testing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Test Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrated Version Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Object Recognition10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data-Driven Testing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing Reports & Analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Test Management
    Comparison of Test Management features of Selenium and Zephyr Scale
    Feature
    Selenium
    -
    Ratings
    Zephyr Scale
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Centralized test management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Map tests to user stories00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Test execution reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Defect management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    SeleniumZephyr Scale
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    BrowserStack
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    Enterprises
    Tricentis Tosca
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SeleniumZephyr Scale
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (55 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.3
    (11 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    SeleniumZephyr Scale
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SmartBear
    Jira and Confluence are widely implemented in organizations of various industries so incorporating Zephyr Scale is a very seamless method of adding scalable testing management. Testing visibility and end to end traceability is possible and integrates in Jira. Developers and engineers are able to take advantage of the built-in reports and statistics and even automate testing. The value is greatly reduced for organizations that do not already implement Jira and Confluence as the native integrated compatibility is much of the value
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    Pros
    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.
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    • Scalable and compatible with Jira & Confluence
    • Improves testing visibility, data analysis, collaboration with reports & gadgets
    • Easy to retrospectively trace testing with change history
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    Cons
    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.
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    SmartBear
    • Not as valuable if not already using Jira or Confluence
    • Can be overlooked if the user does not set automation
    • Needs better first time tutorials
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
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    SmartBear
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    Usability
    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.
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    SmartBear
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    Support Rating
    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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    SmartBear
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    Implementation Rating
    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.
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    SmartBear
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    SmartBear
    Zephyr scale is easier to work with and more seamlessly used because it is natively integrated with Jira and Confluence. TestRail cannot provide the same scalable experience and is rather dated and limited in capability. Developers rather use tools that are compatible with each other, and Zephyr scale offers that
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    Return on Investment
    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
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    SmartBear
    • Dozens of added testing capability via integrated gadgets
    • Reduced testing and tracking time
    • Faster and clearer testing operations awareness
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