Open Special Source/Free Tool

First of all, Selenium is an Open Special Source/Free Tool. Selenium is an open source tool, which means anybody can use it for free. Any organization can use Selenium to test their website or web application and even independent programmers can learn and practice automation testing using Selenium WebDriver.

No Special OS/ Browser/ Hardware Demands

Another benefit is that you need No Special OS/ Browser/ Hardware Demands. This is another benefit that you get with Selenium. You don’t need a system with 16gb RAM or high HDD. Neither do you need to house a WindowsOS or MacOS or LinuxOS. The OS you use for home purpose is good enough for Selenium testing.

Multiple Programming Language Support

Another profit for using Selenium is Multiple Programming Language Support. This must be the single most important factor for any programmer to get into the Automation Testing domain. Most tools in the market need you to be specialized in one particular programming language. Languages such as Java, C# are among the common scripting languages required by various tools.

Availability of Frameworks

Frameworks are very similar to templates. You can make slight modification to the code as per your requirement for different conditions, instead of making wholesale changes.

Strong presence in the DevOps lifecycle

Selenium forms an integral part of the DevOps lifecycle because most companies are now replacing Agile or Waterfall approaches with the DevOps approach.

Easy Integration with Other Tools

Selenium can be easily integrated with other open source tools. Some of them are Jenkins, TestNG, Maven, JUnit, etc.

Parallel & Distributed Testing

Multiple Selenium tests cases can be executed in parallel on the same machine or on remote machines. Selenium Grid is used for executing the test cases on remote machines.

No Dependency on GUI Based Systems

Since Selenium tests can be executed without a GUI, the tests can be carried out on web servers and automation can be achieved by scheduling it’s execution by integrating it with other tools. No GUI also means the performance of your machines will drastically improve.

Flexibility While Designing Test Cases

For designing test cases in Selenium, you have the flexibility to design it either via programming logic or by record and playback approach.

Increasing Demand For Selenium Testers

Last but not the least, Selenium testers have a lot of takers in the market. Since Selenium’s usage is growing consistently, even the demand for Selenium testers is growing proportionately.