Tool Comparision Matrix - QTP/UFT, Selenium, TestComplete

Tool Comparision Matrix

Feature	QTP/UFT	TestComplete	Selenium
Language Support	VB Script	VBScript, JSScript, DelphiScript, C++Script and C#Script	Java, C#, Ruby, Python, Perl PHP , Javascript
Application Support	A client server application Only (Web+Windows). It also supports add-ons, but user needs to purchase license for them.	All of this included right out of the box there are no plug-ins or add-ons to buy. You can install Test Complete and immediately create any test against any application.	Web Only, It will not support window apps
Cross Browser Testing	Yes	Yes	Google Chrome , Internet Explorer , Firefox , Opera , Html Unit
API Testing	Yes	Yes	Integrate with external tools
Web Service Testing	Yes	Yes	No
Database Testing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web Load/Performance Testing	No, Loadrunner separate tool	Yes	No
Mobile (Phones & Tablets) support	Different commercial product i.e. HP UFT Mobile (formerly known as MobileCloud for QTP)	Yes (ios,Android,Blackberry..)	Selenium + Appium (blackberry is not possible)
Test Management	No, need QC/ALM	Yes, Built-in (QA Complete)	No
Jira Integration	No	Yes	Yes
Manual Testing	via QC/ALM only	Yes	No
Separate Test Execution Module	No, Must use QTP full install (HP is planning to release LeanFT, UFT 12.5 in month of Jul 2015 – there we can have separate test execution engine for less price)	Yes – 399 $ Test Execute Float License	No
Version Control Integration	via QC/ALM only	Yes	No
Unit Testing Integration	via QC/ALM only	DUnit, JUnit, NUnit, MSTest	Yes
Framework	Supports multiple frameworks like Keyword Driven, hybrid driven, modular driven and BPT (ALM)	Integrate with QA Complete,we can create keyword driven, data driven frameworks etc.	Selenium + Eclipse + Maven / ANT + Jenkins / Hudson & its plugins / Cruise Control + TestNG + SVN
Object Recognition / Storage	Inbuilt Object Repository	NameSpace mapping	UI Maps and different object location strategy such as -XPath Element ID or attribute DOM
Image based Tests	Easily possible	Yes	Possible but not easy
Reports	Quality Center has in-built awesome dashboards	Yes	Integration with Jenkins can give good reporting & dashboard capabilities
Software Cost	Licensed and very Expensive, Ten user license costs approx. 60L (8000 $ - 15000 $ approx varies from country to country)	Node Locked – Enterprise – 1999 $, Floating Enterprise – 4499$, Node locked Standard – 999$, Floating Standard – 2999$	It is open source. So, there's no licensing or renewal cost for this tool. It's free of cost.
Coding Experience of Engineer	Not Much	Programming background is highly recommended	Should be very good along with technical capabilities of integrating different pieces of framework
Script Creation Time	Less	Less	High
Hardware resource (CPU + RAM) consumption during script execution	High	Moderate	Low
Product Support	Dedicate HP support along with support forums	Yes	Open Source Community

Accessing Web Objects Using DOM Methods

ElementFromPoint Method

 

x=Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").WebEdit("name:=q").GetROProperty("x")  

y=Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").WebEdit("name:=q").GetROProperty("y")  

Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").Object.elementFromPoint(x,y).Value="QTP" 'Sets value in web edit using coordinates  

GetElementsByTagName Method

Set obj= Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").Object.getElementsByTagName("INPUT")  

inCount=obj.Length-1  

For i=0 to inCount  

   If obj(i).Name="q" and obj(i).Type="text" Then  

    Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").Object.getElementsByTagName("INPUT")(i).Value="QTP"        'Sets   value in web edit using tag name.  

   End If  

Next  

GetElementsByName Method:

Set obj= Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").Object.getElementsByTagName("INPUT")  

inCount=obj.Length-1  

For i=0 to inCount  

  If obj(i).Name="q" and obj(i).Type="text" Then  

   Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").Object.getElementsByName(obj(i).Name)(0).Value="QTP" 'Sets  value in web edit using element's name.  

   End If  

Next  

GetElementByID Method: 

1.Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").Object.getElementByID("XXXX").Value="QTP" 'Sets value in web edit using element's ID  

Verifying Child Object Existence Using Contains Method: 

1.Set objWebEdit=Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").WebEdit("name:=q").Object  

2.msgbox Browser("name:=Google").Page("title:=Google").webTable("index:=0").Object.contains(objWebEdit)'If the webtable contains the specified child object, then Contains method will return True. 

Mouse Hover Register User Function

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Function Hover(obj)
  x = obj.getroproperty("abs_x") + (obj.getroproperty("width"))/2
  y = obj.getroproperty("abs_y") + (obj.getroproperty("height"))/2
  Set devicereplay = CreateObject("Mercury.devicereplay")
  devicereplay.MouseMove x, y
  Set devicereplay = Nothing
  Wait 1
End Function

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Registeruserfunc "Link", "Hover", "Hover" 

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List of features & enhancements to UFT 12.5

Here below are the list of features & enhancements to UFT 12.5 :

ØCross-Browser Testing:

                HP enhanced chrome recording ability and also we can use one script that works against IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome

                Provided an option to select browser to run

                Receive single report that shows the results of all the test executions against all the different browsers

ØUFT Runtime Engine:

                This is a separate installation piece now, which allows users to easily deploy test scripts to other machines (includes new license type)

ØUsability:

                Light-weight  and HTML based report feature. Now we can share results without needing to have results viewer installed

ØIntegration & Technologies:

                HP has added functionality that allows users to integrate with source-control tools like Git and Subversion

ØFlexible Consumption: UFT License + Lean FT License + UFT Runtime Engine License

                When you buy the UFT bundle you’re getting both the UFT and LeanFT licenses. (This applies if you already have an existing Unified Functional Testing license.) We can decide which flavor we want to       use to create test scripts. We can mix and match. We can also install both UFT and LeanFT on the same machine.

ØMobile:

                We can use the UFT SPY and highlight on mobile user interfaces. There is also a run mobile test option using UFT Jenkins plugin.