For a long time, Selenium has been one of the most popular test automation tools preferred by many teams. HOWEVER, it is a very sophisticated tool with a steep learning curve, and it might not be suitable for all test projects. In recent years some popular alternatives have emerged, listed below.

• Cucumber
  • It’s an open-source testing tool that allows writing tests in a simple, plain language readable by ANYONE on the team.
  • It focuses on behavior-driven development, where the human-readable description of the functionality is used as the basis for testing.
• Cypress
  • Cypress is a free and open-source testing tool. It’s WRITTEN in JavaScript and has become very popular recently because of its simplicity and advanced features that allow you to perform browser testing.
  • Cypress makes it easy to write and debug UNIT tests, end-to-end tests, integration tests. It also supports taking snapshots and recordings to help to reproduce the bugs.
• Robot Framework
  • Robot Framework is a generic open-source automation framework. It can be used for test automation and robotic process automation (RPA).