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 tool's big advantage is that it is more performance-test oriented for experienced testers who know what they are doing. In a normal working setup, performance engineers frequently work with DevOps and development teams. For these teams, k6 Open Source's syntax is much simpler and easier to understand and apply in the working process."
"The standout feature of k6 is its strong focus on API performance testing."
"Selenium HQ has a lot of capabilities and is compatible with many languages."
"It supports most of the mainstream browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, IE and etc."
"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."
"The grids, as well as the selectors, are the most valuable features."
"It supports many external plugins, and because it's a Java-based platform, it's language-independent. You can use Java, C#, Python, etc."
"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The stability of the solution has been good, it is reliable we have not had any bugs."
"For me, the most valuable feature of Selenium lies in its ability to help us find elements quickly. Apart from that, the driver interface is really useful, too. When we implement the Selenium driver interface, we can easily navigate through all of the pages and sections of an app, including performing things like clicking, putting through SendKeys, scrolling down, tagging, and all the other actions we need to test for in an application."
"One area where k6 could improve is by introducing a GUI similar to JMeter."
"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."
"There's no in-built reporting available."
"Sometimes we face challenges with Selenium HQ. There are third party tools that we use, for example for reading the images, that are not easy to plug in. The third party add-ons are difficult to get good configuration and do not have good support. I would like to see better integration with other products."
"The reporting part can be better."
"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."
"We can only use Selenium HQ for desktop applications which would be helpful. We are only able to do online based applications."
"I would like to see a library of bomb files with an automated process and integration with Jenkins and Slack."
"When we upgrade the version, some features are missing. I want the product to include some AI capabilities."
k6 Open Source is ranked 14th in Regression Testing Tools with 2 reviews while Selenium HQ is ranked 4th in Regression Testing Tools with 103 reviews. k6 Open Source is rated 7.6, 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, BlazeMeter and RadView WebLOAD, whereas Selenium HQ is most compared with Eggplant Test, Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft Certify, Telerik Test Studio and Automation Anywhere (AA).
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