We performed a comparison between k6 Open Source and Selenium HQ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Tricentis, OpenText, Katalon Studio and others in Regression Testing Tools."The standout feature of k6 is its strong focus on API performance testing."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its flexibility, being open source, and it has close to no limits when it comes to integrating with any language, or browser you are using."
"All the features in Selenium to automate the UI."
"The grids, as well as the selectors, are the most valuable features."
"Selenium is the fastest tool compared to other competitors. It can run on any language, like Java, Python, C++, and .NET. So we can test any application on Selenium, whether it's mobile or desktop."
"The plugins, the components, and the method of the library with Selenium is very user defined."
"I like the record and playback features. We also appreciate that it's not just writing on a script that we create. While we were browsing our web application, it automatically records all the clicks and movements of points. We also appreciate the fact that it provides screenshots of everything in the output."
"What I like the most about this product is that it gives us a lot of freedom to code anything, there is no restriction on the type of function you can do."
"My customer previously validated every file and it would take almost 15-20 minutes for a document. They used to randomly select and test only 100 out of the thousands, maybe 85,000, files, to pick up sampling. Each file would take around 20 to 25 minutes, so we were not able to do it manually, but with the help of Selenium, we were able to test all the files in two days. It saves a lot of time."
"One area where k6 could improve is by introducing a GUI similar to JMeter."
"I have found that at times the tool does not catch the class features of website content correctly. The product's AWS configuration is also hard."
"Could have additional readability and abstraction."
"The solution does not offer up enough information in regards to personality testing."
"Coding skills are required to use Selenium, so it could be made more user-friendly for non-programmers."
"Selenium HQ doesn't support Windows-based applications, so we need to integrate with the third-party vendor. It would be great if Selenium could include Windows-based automation. You need to integrate it with a third-party tool if you want to upload any files. When we interact with a Windows application, we usually use Tosca."
"The stop control needs to be improved with a configuration tool to enable desktop support."
"The reporting part can be better."
"There are some tiny issues with SeleniumHQ. For example, with respect to the scraping tests. Sometimes, a website will have some hidden items or blockages that inhibit us from extracting data directly. It would be beneficial if Selenium could extract that information."
k6 Open Source is ranked 14th in Regression Testing Tools with 1 review while Selenium HQ is ranked 4th in Regression Testing Tools with 102 reviews. k6 Open Source is rated 7.0, while Selenium HQ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of k6 Open Source writes "Offers good scalability and has the ability to integrate with various systems and services". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Selenium HQ writes "Easy to use with great pricing and lots of documentation". k6 Open Source is most compared with Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, RadView WebLOAD, Akamai CloudTest and BlazeMeter, whereas Selenium HQ is most compared with Eggplant Test, Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft Certify, Telerik Test Studio and OpenText Silk Test.
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