We performed a comparison between Apache JMeter and Selenium HQ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Apache, OpenText, Tricentis and others in Performance Testing Tools."It is scalable. You can scale up to 1,000 users in JMeter. If you can put up four slave servers, you can easily ramp up to 1,000 users."
"The most valuable features are the integration with Jenkins and the reporting."
"The distributed load testing is very good with Apache JMeter."
"The most valuable feature in JMeter is the Thread Group, which helps us to see whether the performance is good."
"It's a powerful tool that is open source."
"The metrics part of it and the ability to write your custom code to do some specific tests in the performance testing space are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature for us is the available information on the forums and to be able to discuss and get answers from the people that are involved in using this tool."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is free."
"Language support - since it supports Java and other programming languages it is easy to integrate with other systems."
"Selenium HQ has a lot of capabilities and is compatible with many languages."
"You can build your own framework. I think that's the most powerful feature. You can connect with a lot of other tools that use frameworks, or keywords, etc. That helps make it a stronger solution."
"It is a good automation tool."
"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."
"Ability to integrate with every other tool."
"The most valuable aspect of Selenium is that it gives you the flexibility to customize or write your own code, your own features, etc. It's not restricted by licensing."
"Selenuim helps us during testing. We are able to reduce the number and frequency of manual efforts by using scripts."
"We would like some reporting and analysis tools to be added to this solution."
"We would like more documentation to be provided for the advanced level features that are available in this solution, in order to improve development."
"The UI has room for improvement."
"The installation needs some work. It could be simplified."
"They can improve it a little bit in terms of distribution load testing. We struggled with it during the distribution. In terms of reporting, runtime monitoring is not currently included, and it should be included. They can also improve it on the reporting side in terms of the comparison of the reports. They can also focus more on integration with CI/CD. Currently, people are using their own customized tools. It would be nice if Apache can provide some standard tools and procedures for integration with CI/CD tools like DPR. There are some tools, but it would be nice if official standard tools and procedures are available."
"The reporting is not very good."
"In terms of setup, it could be nicer, to be honest. Sometimes, I get a little bit lost."
"If JMeter could provide a web version of editing, that would be good."
"The installation could be simplified, it is a bit difficult to install."
"Selenium has been giving us failures sometimes. It is not working one hundred percent of the time when we are creating elements. They need to improve the stability of the solution."
"We can only use Selenium HQ for desktop applications which would be helpful. We are only able to do online based applications."
"The solution is open-source, so everyone relies on the community to assist with troubleshooting and information sharing. If there's a complex issue no one has faced, it may take a while to solve the problem."
"I would like to see XPath made more reliable so that it can be used in all browsers."
"I would like to see automatic logs generated."
"The solution does not offer up enough information in regards to personality testing."
"It would be very helpful to be able to write scripts in a GUI, rather than depend so heavily on the command line."
Apache JMeter is ranked 1st in Performance Testing Tools with 82 reviews while Selenium HQ is ranked 5th in Functional Testing Tools with 103 reviews. Apache JMeter is rated 7.8, while Selenium HQ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apache JMeter writes "It's a free tool with a vast knowledge base, but the reporting is lackluster, and it has a steep learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Selenium HQ writes "Easy to use with great pricing and lots of documentation". Apache JMeter is most compared with BlazeMeter, Postman, Tricentis NeoLoad, OpenText LoadRunner Professional and Katalon Studio, whereas Selenium HQ is most compared with Eggplant Test, Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft Certify, Telerik Test Studio and Automation Anywhere (AA).
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