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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Selenium IDE ## What is Selenium IDE? Selenium IDE is an open-source record and playback test automation tool for web applications. This browser extension allows users to easily record tests, debug them, and run them across browsers without additional setup beyond installing the extension. Selenium IDE provides built-in control flow, test case reuse, multiple element locators, and extensibility through plugins. ## What is Selenium IDE used for? [Integrated Development Environment (IDE)](https://www.capterra.com/ide-software/) Overall rating Based on 16 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Selenium IDE?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://sfconservancy.org/&name=Selenium IDE) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Selenium IDE 4.4 (16) VS. [### Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/) [4.6 (3,005)](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price $499.92 Per User, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.1 (16) Ease Of Use 4.3 (2,967) Value For Money 4.9 (13) Value For Money 4.4 (2,229) Customer Service 3.6 (11) Customer Service 4.2 (2,067) ## Selenium IDE alternatives Highest Rated [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/) [4.7 (1,256)](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/reviews/) Starting price $19.90 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 98% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/) [PyCharm](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/) [4.7 (368)](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/reviews/) Starting price $249.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 98% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/) [Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/) [4.3 (202)](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 86% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/) [Apache NetBeans](https://www.capterra.com/p/178681/Apache-NetBeans/) [4.3 (231)](https://www.capterra.com/p/178681/Apache-NetBeans/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 87% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/178681/Apache-NetBeans/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/234796/Selenium-IDE/alternatives/) ## Pricing Value for money 4.9 (13) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Value for money 4.9 (13) 4.9 Based on 13 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 3.6 (11) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 3.6 (11) 3.6 Based on 11 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.4 Based on 16 reviews Filter by rating 5(8) 4(7) 3(1) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent AU Anonymous User Sr. SDET Computer Software ### "A Smart Solution for Fast and Simple Test Automation" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 30, 2026 My overall experience with Selenium IDE has been positive, especially for quick test creation and learning automation basics. It is very user-friendly and helps in rapidly validating workflows without much setup. However, for more complex and scalable automation needs, I found it necessary to switch to more advanced tools within the Selenium ecosystem. Pros Selenium IDE stands out for its simplicity and quick onboarding, making it an excellent starting point for test automation. The record-and-playback feature significantly reduces the initial effort required to create test cases. Cons While Selenium IDE is great for beginners, it has limitations when it comes to handling complex test scenarios. It lacks advanced scripting flexibility and is not well-suited for scalable or maintainable automation frameworks. Additionally, managing large test suites and dynamic elements can be challenging. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Rahul Y. Test Automation Lead Information Technology and Services ### "Selenium IDE: The Automation tool for web based application" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 April 7, 2024 My overall experience has been very good especially as mentioned for web based this is one of the best tool we have used. Pros It is open source The library is extensive and very useful Best tool when it comes to web automation tool The graphics is very nice and useful Cons One of the challenge most manual tester faces is the lack of knowledge of basic java. Switched from [Katalon Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/235574/Katalon-Studio/) The license cost of UFT was high and maintaining that was increasing the opex cost. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Online Marketing Manager Marketing and Advertising ### "Good for manual and automated testing" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 6/10 March 30, 2023 It's very solid, if you spend the time to create and configure tests correctly, you've got a pretty solid automated testing tool. Using the addon you don't need a lot of tech skills to set it up for basic use, but there's a learning curve if you want to go advanced. Pros I used mainly the addon in Firefox to record test scenarios for a website. It's a bit of a learning curve but you get there. Works mostly as a macro recorder, but you can always edit the recorded steps to add more info. You can also set the tests to run automatically and see when there's a problem. Cons For a free tool is great, but I feel there's a learning curve to it to get the most of what it offers. There are a lot of other online services now that can be configured to run tests, though not free. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SR Shravya r. QA Information Technology and Services ### "Reviews on Selenium IDE" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 February 20, 2023 Automated test cases for the beginners Pros Selenium IDE is a very simple and easy tool to use, it can be used by anyone with minimal understanding of testing and does not require coding. It has a record and playback functionality, and also ease to debug for any issue in your test cases. Also you can convert the record and playback test case to selenium webdriver if needed. Cons Selenium IDE is not too reliable when it comes to executing a test case. A simple test case may also fail without making any changes to the same test case which was successfully passed earlier. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Pierluigi M. Tester informatico Information Technology and Services ### "Il tool per l'automazione" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 February 19, 2023 In generale, ottimo strumento per il test automation soprattutto per chi si avvicina per la prima volta a questo tipo di attività. Pros È uno strumento molto utile per i test di automazione, inizialmente ci vuole del tempo per comprendere la funzionalità dello strumento, una volta familiarizzata con le opzioni è uno strumento molto buono e utile per automatizzare il lavoro di routine. Utilissimo per i test di regressione. Mi aiuta molto durante l'esecuzione della suite di test di regressione per ripetere i test velocemente. Cons Uno dei limiti è che Selenium non supporta il test delle immagini in modo indipendente, non ne acquisisce il codice. Inoltre non è in grado di eseguire test mobili da solo. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SK Syed K. Incident manager Information Technology and Services ### "Selenium Automation " 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 February 3, 2023 We successfully completed our automation using selenium and it was easy to use and I strongly recommend this product to others Pros We had freshers who were not experienced in automation as we switched from manual testing and the team did wonders using selenium. Cons If you use the open source there are limited options. The dynamic data handling was bit challenging. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Software Engineer Information Technology and Services ### "One of the best for Web automation " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 December 27, 2022 Pros Selenium is one of the best tool for Web automation testing it has a support for multiple languages and there are also a variety of plugin available Cons There are some simple tasks are quite complicated to do in selenium due to lack of some keywords Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. NF Nikhil F. Quality engineer Telecommunications ### "Best learning to for tester" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 December 26, 2022 Pros Debugging, problem severity is shown in just an icon is the best part which symbolise severity of error and ultimately make us know how to rectify it easily Cons It is still browser dependant only works in chrome and Mozilla, but in my case it didn't work in chrom so ultimately I left with single option Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User QA Engineer Computer Software ### "Great improvements in Selenium IDE " 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 November 16, 2022 Overall I'm very happy with Selenium IDE to automate some of my tasks. It is free and fast. Pros I like the speed control to control the speed of test cases something which is missing in other test tools. It is also blazing fast when run locally and shows the failures in test cases in a better way. Cons Sometimes the Pause or Resume feature doesn't work as intended and should resume from the step selected. The updates are not that often. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SM Scott M. Software Engineer Computer Software ### "Selenium" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 October 10, 2022 Excellent product that could be expanded to include URL endpoint determination Pros Easy to use and aids debugging in most applications but could use more descriptive error verbiage and nomenclature Cons Error processing could be more verbose and be more descriptive (re: specific abend codes, error reasons) Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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