Cucumber vs. Selenium Comparison


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Cucumber: About Validate executable specifications against your code on any modern development stack. With over 40 million downloads, Cucumber Open is the world’s #1 automation tool for Behavior-Driven Development. Cucumber Open isn't just open source, it's an open platform that plays well with the tools you already use and love. Works with Java, JavaScript, Ruby, .NET and many other platforms. Store plain text specifications alongside your code in your own source control system. Describe how the system should behave in a way that everybody can understand. Automate with Selenium, API calls or direct function calls in the same process. Generate reports in HTML, JSON and other formats, or build your own reports. Integrate with CucumberStudio, JIRA or build your own plugins. Bridge the gap between business and development using BDD. Decrease rework with test automation. Get real-time insights with living documentation. Seamless integration with Git.	Selenium: About Selenium automates browsers. That's it! What you do with that power is entirely up to you. Primarily it is for automating web applications for testing purposes, but is certainly not limited to just that. Boring web-based administration tasks can (and should) also be automated as well. If you want to create robust, browser-based regression automation suites and tests, scale and distribute scripts across many environments, then you want to use Selenium WebDriver, a collection of language specific bindings to drive a browser - the way it is meant to be driven. If you want to create quick bug reproduction scripts, create scripts to aid in automation-aided exploratory testing, then you want to use Selenium IDE; a Chrome and Firefox add-on that will do simple record-and-playback of interactions with the browser. If you want to scale by distributing and running tests on several machines and manage multiple environments from a central point.
Cucumber: Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Selenium: Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Cucumber: Audience Developers in need of a solution to validate executable specifications against their code on any modern development stack	Selenium: Audience Web app developers requiring a solution to automate their tasks
Cucumber: Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Selenium: Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Not Supported
Cucumber: API Offers API Supported	Selenium: API Offers API Not Supported
Cucumber: Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos	Selenium: Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos
Cucumber: Pricing No information available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported	Selenium: Pricing No information available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported
Cucumber: Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software	Selenium: Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 4.0 / 5 features 4.0 / 5 design 4.0 / 5 support 4.0 / 5 Read all reviews
	Selenium: Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Simple record and playback user interface A java native program and also support languages like python, perl, php, etc Cons The only limitation with this is that It is only available as an add-on with Chrome and Firefox.
Cucumber: Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Supported	Selenium: Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
Cucumber: Company Information SmartBear United States cucumber.io/tools/cucumber-open/	Selenium: Company Information Software Freedom Conservancy Founded: 2006 United States www.selenium.dev/
Cucumber: Alternatives behave	Selenium: Alternatives QA Wolf 4.8 out of 5 stars
Cucumber: Jest	Selenium: Virtuoso QA 4.5 out of 5 stars
Cucumber: JUnit 5.0 out of 5 stars	Selenium: Parasoft 4.6 out of 5 stars
Cucumber: CucumberStudio SmartBear	Selenium: Ranorex Studio Ranorex
Cucumber: Karate View All	Selenium: TestComplete SmartBear View All
Cucumber: Categories Software Testing Supported Test Automation Frameworks Supported Unit Testing Supported	Selenium: Categories Automated Testing Supported Cross-Browser Testing Supported Functional Testing Supported GUI Testing Supported Headless Browsers Supported Load Testing Supported Regression Testing Supported Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Supported Test Automation Frameworks Supported UI Testing Supported Unit Testing Supported
	Selenium: Show More Features Functional Testing Features Automated Testing Not Supported Interface Testing Supported Regression Testing Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Sanity Testing Not Supported Smoke Testing Not Supported System Testing Not Supported Unit Testing Not Supported Load Testing Features API Load Testing Supported Database Load Testing Supported Load Test Performance Reporting Supported Mail Load Testing Supported Multilocation Load Testing Not Supported Multiple Protocol Support Not Supported Test Script Customization Not Supported Web Application Testing Supported
Cucumber: Integrations CloudBeat Supported Healenium Supported Hexawise Supported IntelliJ IDEA Supported Jtest Supported Katalon Recorder Supported Katalon True Platform Supported Kovair DevOps Supported Kovair QuickSync Supported LT Browser Supported Qualflare Supported SBOX Supported Selenic Supported TDX360 Supported TestQuality Supported Testinium Supported Testmo Supported Zephyr Squad Supported aqua cloud Supported KaneAI Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 37 Integrations	Selenium: Integrations CloudBeat Supported Healenium Supported Hexawise Supported IntelliJ IDEA Supported Jtest Supported Katalon Recorder Supported Katalon True Platform Supported Kovair DevOps Supported Kovair QuickSync Supported LT Browser Supported Qualflare Supported SBOX Supported Selenic Supported TDX360 Supported TestQuality Supported Testinium Supported Testmo Supported Zephyr Squad Supported aqua cloud Supported KaneAI Supported Show More Integrations View All 134 Integrations
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