Cucumber and Selenium are open-source and free tools. Cucumber can be integrated with Selenium for testing and can be used for cross-browser web applications testing. Below are the differences:
| Point of Distinction | Selenium | Cucumber |
|---|---|---|
| Framework? | Automation Testing Framework | Not a Testing Framework |
| Tool Type | Browser Automation Testing Tool | Testing Tool based on the BDD. |
| Written in | Mostly in Java | Ruby |
| Test Script Writing | Programming Language | Gherkin |
| Automation Tool | Functional and Performance Automation tool. | Not an automation tool |
| Readability | Selenium scripts are difficult to read for client and management | Readable by client and management team |
| Performance | Performance of Selenium scripts are faster | Makes script execution slow |
| Installation | Difficult to install compare to cucumber | Easy to install |
| Reliability | More | Less |
| Usage | Selenium is used for API, UI, Functional, Regression, performance testing. | Cucumber is used for story testing |
| Programming language support | Java, Python, Ruby, .Net | Java, Scala, Ruby, Groovy |
| Documentation Time | Not Saved | Saved. |
| Syntax Error | Easily Noticed | You need to compile first |
| Plugins | In Selenium, Plugins works slower as compared to cucumber | Faster |
| Conditional Statements | Can Use | Can not use |
| Script Review | Technical QA | Anyone |
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