Comparison

Appium vs Selenium

On the evidence we track, Selenium leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Appium51
★Selenium72
Score
vioscaleAI score
Appium51 / 100low · 32%
Selenium72 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
Appium✓
Selenium✓
Model
Price level
Appiumfree
Seleniumfree
Transparent
Appium✓
Selenium✓
Integrations
Count
Appium–
Selenium5
Reliability
Status page
Appium✓
Selenium✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Appium867
Selenium98,124
Github stars
Appium22,068
Selenium34,541
Package downloads weekly
Appium–
Selenium6,935,447
Activity
Commits last 30d
Appium64
Selenium100
Release
Cadence days
Appium–
Selenium30
History
Appium20 items
Selenium20 items
License
Spdx
SeleniumApache-2.0
Language
Primary
SeleniumJava
Market
Availability
Appium–
Content
Faq
Appium5 items
Selenium6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for testing tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Test types
AppiumUnit + integration + E2E
SeleniumUnit + integration + E2E
Browser automation
Appium✓
Selenium✓
Built-in assertion library
Appium-
Selenium-
Languages
Appium-
SeleniumJava, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, .NET
Isolation
Mocking / stubbing
Appium-
Selenium-
Techniques
Snapshot testing
Appium-
Selenium-
Performance
Parallel execution
Appium-
Selenium✓
Insight
Code coverage
Appium-
Selenium-
DX
Watch mode
Appium-
Selenium-
Ops
CI integration
Appium-
Selenium✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Appium

An open-source testing automation platform that enables automated interaction with user interfaces across multiple application platforms, including mobile devices (iOS, Android), web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari), desktop operating systems, and TV platforms.

Independently observed

Selenium

Leader

Selenium is an open-source testing framework that automates web browsers for testing applications and automating web-based administration tasks across multiple programming languages.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Appium

Open source
as of verify ↗

Selenium

Leader
Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Appium✓
Selenium✓
iOS
Appium✓
Selenium✗
Android
Appium✓
Selenium✗
macOS
Appium✓
Selenium✗
Windows
Appium✓
Selenium✗
CLI
Appium✓
Selenium✗
Deployment
Self-hosted
Appium✓
Selenium✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Appium

Not documented yet.

Selenium

Leader
5 total
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Edge
  • Appium
  • Chrome for Testing (CfT)
Independently observed
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