Selenium vs QTP
In this section, we are comparing the most frequently used automation tool –Selenium and QTP. Selenium and QTP have relative advantages over each other-
| Features | Selenium | HP QTP |
| Licensing | Selenium is an open-source testing tool. Selenium is free and not required any licensing. | QTP is a commercial tool by Micro Focus and to use QTP, requires a license, and it is expensive |
| Test Support | Selenium supports an only web-based application for automation. | QTP Support both web and desktop-based applications. |
| Resource consumption | Selenium has low resource consumption. | QTP has high resource consumption. |
| Programming Languages Support | Selenium supports multiple languages like-Java, C#, Ruby, Python, Perl, PHP, and JavaScript | QTP supports only VB Script. |
| Environments Support | Selenium supports multiple environments, like Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris. | QTP supports only Windows. |
| IDE Supports | Selenium has the option of using multiple ranges of IDEs like Visual Studio, Eclipse, Net beans. | QTP has its IDE to develop a test script |
| Browser Supports | Selenium supports multiple browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, etc. | QTP supports specific versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer. |
| Object Repository/Recovery Scenario | Selenium does not have a built-in object repository, but some time object can be managed by using UI element user extension. | QTP has Built-in object repository and recovery scenario. Object repository development and maintenance is secure in HP ALM. |
| Technical Supports | Selenium has no official support because it is an open-source. | HP QTP has excellent technical support. |
| Browser Controls | No browser control in Selenium. | Browser Controls like favorite bar, backward and forward buttons. |
| Tool Management | Selenium did not integrate with any tool. | QTP integrates with a test management tool like HP Quality Center. |
| Test Report Generation | Selenium relies on an external tool for generating test reports. | QTP Built-in tool for test report generation. |
| Parameterization | It relies on any one of the supported programming languages for parameterization. | QTP has built-in tools for parameterization. |
Drawback or Limitations of Selenium
Followings are the Drawback or limitations of Selenium:-
| Drawback /Limitations | Description |
| Desktop applications cannot be automated by Selenium. | To test the desktop application, we have tools like Test Complete, Winnium, and QTP/UFT, etc. |
| Mobile applications cannot be automated by Selenium. | For mobile applications, Appium is the best tool to automate. |
| Technical skills are required toautomate the test cases in Selenium. | Test engineers should have to know any of the programming languages like Java, Python, C#, Ruby, JavaScript, etc. to create useful automated tests script. |
| Built-in Object Repository is not there in Selenium for maintaining the objects at a centralized location. | QTP/UFT is the tool which has this feature. |
| For automating Web Services like Soap or Rest Selenium is not used. | We have other tools like Rest Assured Framework, Apache HTTP Client and, SoapUI, etc. to automate web Service. |
| The capability to test the images does not support bySelenium. | To perform Image-Base Testing , Selenium integrates with tools like Sikuli. |
| By default, selenium does not have reporting capability. | To get the reporting feature, Selenium has to integrate with TestNG, Extent Reports, etc. |
| Window Based pop-ups which appear while we are working with the Web-based application functionalities like upload File etc. cannot handle by Selenium. | To handle Window Based pop-ups, Selenium integrates with tools like AutoIt. |
| Selenium cannot automate the Captcha code. | The best way to test the captcha code is to ask the development team to disable them or make them static. |
| Video Streaming cannot be automated by Selenium. | The content which is playing inside the video can’t be tested by selenium. |
| For creating and executing the test scripts, selenium does not have its IDE. | Selenium needs other IDEs like Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ, etc. |
| There is no vendor or official support, as Selenium is an Open Source and free tool. | While other tools like QTP/UFT, HP Company provides official support. |
| In Selenium, we have to configure each and everything on our own like creating test environments or test scripts in Selenium. | While tools like QTP/UFT, Test Complete, etc. have their inbuilt features to develop everything. |
| To automate Performance testing , Selenium is not an effective solution. | We have specific tools like JMeter, Load Runner, etc. are useful in performance testing. |