Best open source test automation tool for regression testing
December 08, 2018

Best open source test automation tool for regression testing

Om Prakash Sheshappa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Selenium

Selenium as an open source test platform/ framework is used by the whole organization. It is used as automation testing framework and widely used for UI testing.

Pros

  • One of the best user communities.
  • Easy to learn and bring new folks who are new to test automation up to speed.
  • Works well with many new plugins and test frameworks.
  • Open source is a better alternative to HP UFT when it comes to UI testing.

Cons

  • Best suited for UI testing - would be nice if this could be developed/ tweaked for unit testing as well.
  • Support for mobile testing.
  • Performance testing.
  • Since this is open source and easily adaptable, it is well suited for small to large organizations' testing needs.
  • Limited only to functional / UI testing - means organizations will have to use the tool only at the end of the testing cycle for regression testing only.
  • Tons of resources available in the market to support the testing efforts on Selenium and easy to learn and adapt.
Screenster, Watir and Appium

- Well suited for end-to-end functional testing of web applications.

- Not so good with mobile web applications testing.

- Not suited for unit testing.

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