Progress Test Studio vs. Selenium

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Progress Test Studio
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Progress Test Studio aims to be the easiest to use Web Automation tool on the market, widely used by Enterprise QA’s for testing, but easy enough for anyone. The product automates testing for WPF, Silverlight, Web, HTML, Angular, React, KUIB, iOS, Android, Mobile Web, and API’s. Test Studio is ideal for a no-code or low-code approach for: QA Test Automation, Application Monitoring, Performance and Load Testing, Web/Marketing Process Automation, and Mobile App Automation.N/A
Selenium
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Selenium is open source software for browser automation, primarily used for functional, load, or performance testing of applications.N/A
Pricing
Progress Test StudioSelenium
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Progress Test StudioSelenium
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Progress Test StudioSelenium
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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9.2
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.2
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Usability
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8.8
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Support Rating
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8.3
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Implementation Rating
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9.0
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User Testimonials
Progress Test StudioSelenium
Likelihood to Recommend
The product is easy to learn and any customer making web based application will greatly benefit from a product like this and cut down on testing time. As new code builds go out it's an excellent tool for regression testing. The load testing feature has a great benefit as well and lets us test the limits of the application on different platforms and allows us to tweak the certain area and test again.
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When you have to test the UI and how it behaves when certain actions are performed, you need something that can automate the browsers. This is where Selenium comes to the rescue. If you have to test APIs and not the frontend (UI), I would recommend going with other libraries that support HTTP Requests. Selenium is good only when you have no choice but to run the steps on a browser.
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Pros
  • Easy to configure.
  • Plugins can be integrated easily with visual studio.
  • Takes less time to run all the test scenarios, [and] also generates graphics report for all the tests.
  • Keeps bugs [out of] the production.
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  • For any web based UI automation, Selenium is the best tool out there to automate your tests.
  • It supports multiple coding languages like Java, Python, Ruby, C# etc.. to choose from.
  • There is a huge community of users and can get many answers on StackOverFlow.
  • It has lot of other plugins to make your tests even more efficient.
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Cons
  • The user documentation and training materials seem to be outdated a bit.
  • Integration with newer version control systems such as VSTS is buggy.
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  • Recognize Adobe Flash and MS Silver Light elements without additional help
  • Detect and locate Java applets ingredients
  • Having the "Wait-till-Displayed" or "Wait-till-Present" as a built in Web Driver function instead of requirement for writing loops and defining expliccit wait, visiblewait, invisiblewait, etc.
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Likelihood to Renew
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We love this product mainly because of its high customization abilities and the ease of use. Moreover, its free and can be learned easily through online communities and videos. The tests are more consistent and reliable as compared to Manual tests. It has enabled us to test a large number of features all in one go, which would have impossible through manual tests. The reports generated at the end of the tests are really helpful for the QA and the development teams to get a fair view of the application.
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Usability
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As I mentioned earlier, the reason I use Selenium is because there is a fairly widespread community of users, and user support services are at a good level. because the application is open source, it works on many platforms (Windows, Linux, IOS) without any problems. In addition, it gives us a lot of options for writing functional tests. For errors that we receive through the application, we can easily find the reasons for errors in the forums.
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Support Rating
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Selenium does not have technical support available easily. You have to go through forums to get the information you need. However, there are excellent forums out there that make it easy to troubleshoot. The open-source flexibility makes it difficult to have dedicated support.
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Implementation Rating
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We did everything we needed to use it. Now we can execute our tests on different operational systems and browsers running few tests simultaneously. We also implemented Appium framework to execute our tests on mobile devices, such as iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets. We use SauceLabs for our test execution and Jenkins for continuous integration.
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Alternatives Considered
Very easy to record both http/https pages and supports all major browsers. Test Element repository is the killer feature that gives you piece of mind and confidence to write and reuse elements for several different scenarios. The built-in testing framework which also includes the .NET Framework Library. Integration with Jira. Supports source control such as GIT and Team Foundation.
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At the time of adoption, there were not many other alternatives that were even close to being competitive when it comes to browser testing. As far as I know now to this day, there is still little competition to Selenium for what it does. Any other browser-based testing still utilises Selenium to interact with the browser.
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Return on Investment
  • Excellent results, workloads for continuous regression testing has been decreased by more than 50 percent.
  • Time window needed for regression tests has decreased more than 50 percent.
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  • Generation of detailed finding reports helped in cost savings in regard to direct labor.
  • Quality Assurance technicians found value in repeating mundane duties that they perform daily. It saved mental energy due to the automation process.
  • The value was established in high volume usage in setting up meetings as well as new accounts with A/B testing. Also merely cleaning up old test documents by evaluating them and organization or deletion.
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ScreenShots

Progress Test Studio Screenshots

Screenshot of Test Studio Mobile – Codeless Test Automation for iOS and Android: Native, Hybrid, and Mobile Web applications. Including sophisticated find logic for test re-use across multiple devices. The Android Instrumentation Wizard will get you testing in no time.  And codeless maintenance will empower your QA’s.Screenshot of Test Studio Ultimate - makes it easy to reuse your functional tests as Performance tests, and in Load tests. This saves you many hours of extra maintenance. The Test Studio Runtime and Full License include the Profiler for tracking windows performance counter data. Combined this data will help you pinpoint the bottlenecks in your application.Screenshot of Test Studio allows you to customize the element find logic to custom fit each application. With a focus on ease-of-use a tester can quickly record their manual test and execute it back as automation. The Test Studio Element Highlighter will help you quickly add Verifications on-the-fly as you record your test. There are 4 different ways to automate applications with Test Studio, and only 1 way requires code.Screenshot of Test Studio for API’s – Codelessly capture and assemble your api calls into intricate tests with GoTo conditional operations and verifications, and of course it integrates with Fiddler. You can easily integrate Test Studio into your Continuous Integration process as well.