Protractor vs. Selenium Comparison


Protractor 5.0 out of 5 stars	Selenium Software Freedom Conservancy 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Protractor: About Protractor is an end-to-end test framework for Angular and AngularJS applications. Protractor runs tests against your application running in a real browser, interacting with it as a user would. Protractor is built on top of WebDriverJS, which uses native events and browser-specific drivers to interact with your application as a user would. Protractor supports Angular-specific locator strategies, which allows you to test Angular-specific elements without any setup effort on your part. You no longer need to add waits and sleeps to your test. Protractor can automatically execute the next step in your test the moment the webpage finishes pending tasks, so you don’t have to worry about waiting for your test and webpage to sync.	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.
Protractor: 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
Protractor: Audience Developers	Selenium: Audience Web app developers requiring a solution to automate their tasks
Protractor: Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Not Supported	Selenium: Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Not Supported
Protractor: API Offers API Not Supported	Selenium: API Offers API Not Supported
Protractor: Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos	Selenium: Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos
Protractor: Pricing No information available. Free Version Supported Free Trial Not Supported	Selenium: Pricing No information available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported
Protractor: Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews	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
Protractor: Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Setting up tests is easy, works with DevOps, massive support across stackoverflow and a few other sites, free. Cons Protractor is becoming redundant, need to find an alternative free tool.	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.
Protractor: Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	Selenium: Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
Protractor: Company Information Protractor www.protractortest.org	Selenium: Company Information Software Freedom Conservancy Founded: 2006 United States www.selenium.dev/
Protractor: Alternatives EZ Auto Scheduler EZnet Scheduler	Selenium: Alternatives QA Wolf 4.8 out of 5 stars
Protractor: Cucumber SmartBear	Selenium: Virtuoso QA 4.5 out of 5 stars
Protractor: Selenide	Selenium: Parasoft 4.6 out of 5 stars
Protractor: Protractor Protractor Software	Selenium: Ranorex Studio Ranorex
Protractor: PicPick 5.0 out of 5 stars View All	Selenium: TestComplete SmartBear View All
Protractor: Categories Functional 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: 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 Show More Features 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
Protractor: Integrations Hexawise Supported LT Browser Supported Ranorex Selocity Supported Browserless Not Supported Centreon Not Supported HtmlUnit Not Supported Incognition Not Supported JHipster Supported Katalon Recorder Not Supported LuGo-Test Not Supported Meltano Not Supported Minosphere Not Supported NeoLoad Not Supported Opsera Not Supported ReadyAPI Not Supported SmartProxy Not Supported TestUnity Not Supported Testable Not Supported webapp.io Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 11 Integrations	Selenium: Integrations Hexawise Supported LT Browser Supported Ranorex Selocity Supported Browserless Supported Centreon Supported HtmlUnit Supported Incognition Supported JHipster Not Supported Katalon Recorder Supported LuGo-Test Supported Meltano Supported Minosphere Supported NeoLoad Supported Opsera Supported ReadyAPI Supported SmartProxy Supported TestUnity Supported Testable Supported webapp.io Supported Show More Integrations View All 134 Integrations
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