QF-Test vs Selenium

QF-Test automates GUI tests for desktop, web, and mobile applications. Tests can be authored in a graphical node-based interface or through record-and-replay, without coding skills. Depending on edition and platform, it can test Java, Windows, web, Android, and iOS applications. Batch and daemon modes support headless execution on continuous integration servers. The maker lists Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Bamboo, TeamCity, Ant, and Maven integrations, along with command-line, scripting, REST, and XML reporting interfaces. For debugging and results, QF-Test includes an interactive debugger, customizable XML reports, and HTML reports with screenshots of errors. Floating licenses are available through subscriptions that include maintenance and support; a one-time purchase can be requested. The listed Desktop, Web, and Mobile plans each cost €135 a year, billed yearly with a 12-month minimum. QF-Test Pro costs €189 a year on the same billing basis. A trial license is valid for four weeks, but downloaded software without a license cannot save test suites. Optional third-party AI connections can be disabled and may transmit test-related information to the configured provider.

Selenium is a free suite of tools for automating web browsers, primarily to test web applications. WebDriver provides language bindings for controlling browsers locally or remotely, and is a W3C Recommendation. The main project supports.NET/C#, Ruby, Java, Python, and JavaScript. Selenium IDE is a browser add-on for recording and replaying interactions in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. For distributed tests, Selenium Grid spreads work across machines and combinations of browsers and operating systems. Grid offers Standalone, Hub and Node, and Distributed configurations; Docker and Kubernetes deployment resources are also linked. Selenium Manager can discover, download, and cache browser releases and drivers. Documentation covers browser-specific functionality for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari, and names GitHub Actions and Jenkins as CI/CD examples. Selenium began in 2004 at ThoughtWorks in Chicago. Grid has no authentication by default, and the project advises restricting external access and placing it behind a secure network. The latest Opera driver functionality is not supported, and that driver is officially unsupported. Selenium costs nothing.