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.