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20 Disadvantages or limitations of using Selenium

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20 Disadvantages or limitations of using Selenium

The following are the disadvantages or limitations of using Selenium:

Note: The below list also includes the scenarios that Selenium cannot automate apart from the disadvantages or limitations of Selenium.

  • > Selenium cannot automate desktop applications
    • > We have tools like QTP/UFT, TestComplete, Winnium etc. to perform the automation testing of Desktop Applications
  • > Selenium cannot automate mobile applications
    • > Appium is the best tool for automating the mobile applications
  • > Selenium is not the tool for automating Web Services like Soap or Rest
    • > We have dedicated tools like Rest Assured Framework, Apache HTTP Client, SoapUI, PostMan etc. to automate them
    • > Can be automated using Selenium up to some limit
  • > Selenium requires technical skills to automate the tests
    • > Test engineers should be good at any of the programming languages like Java, Python, C#, Ruby, JavaScript etc. to create effective automation tests.
  • > Selenium doesn’t have built-in Object Repository for maintaining objects at a centralized location
    • > Tools like QTP/UFT etc. have this feature.
  • > Selenium doesn’t have any reporting capability by default
    • > Selenium has to integrate with TestNG, Extent Reports etc. to get the reporting feature
  • > Selenium doesn’t have the capability to test using the images by default
    • > Selenium integrate with tools like Sikuli to perform Image Based Testing
  • > Selenium cannot handle Window Based pop-ups which appear while working with the Web Application functionalities like Upload File etc.
    • > Selenium integrates with tools like AutoIt to handle such Window Based pop-ups
  • > Selenium cannot automate Captcha
    • > The purpose of Captcha is to separate robots from humans.
    • > The best way to test them is to ask the development team to disable them or make them static
  • > Selenium cannot automate Bar codes or QR codes
    • > The purpose of Bar codes or QR codes is to uniquely identify something
  • > Selenium cannot automate OTP
    • > The purpose of OTP is for security authentication reasons
  • > Selenium cannot automate Video Streaming
    • > Selenium won’t identify video controls
    • > Selenium can’t test the content that is playing inside the video
  • > Selenium cannot automate audio clips
    • > Selenium can’t test the content that is played in audio clips
  • > Selenium doesn’t have its own IDE for creating or executing scripts
    • > Selenium needs other IDEs available in the market like Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ etc.
    • > Where as other tools like QTP/UFT, Test Complete etc. have their own IDEs for creating and executing automation scripts
  • > As Selenium is an Open Source and free tool, there is no vendor or official support
    • > In case of tools like QTP/UFT, HP company provides the official support
    • > In case of Selenium, there are numerous helping communities though
  • > Creating test environments or test scripts in Selenium takes time
    • > In Selenium, we have to configure everything on our own
    • > Tools like QTP/UFT, Test Complete etc., have inbuilt features to create everything
  • > No default tools for Test Management is available in the Selenium Suite of tools
    • > In case of QTP/UFT, we have QC/ALM tool from the same HP family
    • > For Selenium, we have to integrate with other Test Management tools available in the market
  • > Selenium is the not the effective solution to automate Performance Testing
    • > Thought performance testing can be automated using Selenium, its not an effective solution
    • > There are specific tools like JMeter, LoadRunner etc. which are effective in performance testing
  • > Selenium is not the effective solution to automate Security Testing
    • > Though Security Testing can be automated to some extent using Selenium, its not an effective solution
    • > There are specific tools like BurpSuite etc. which are effective in Security Testing
  • > Selenium cannot automate Chat Bots
    • > There are separate tools like Botium etc. to automate chat bots.
  • > Other things that cannot be automated using Selenium
    • > Real life scenarios like swiping a card, printing, scanning etc.
    • > Let me know in comments of this blog post, if you find something that I missed in this list.

Watch this video on “20 Disadvantages or limitations of using Selenium Automation Tool” for more clarity:

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About Me > Arun Motoori

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