Comparison

PHPUnit 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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PHPUnit57
★Selenium72
Score
vioscaleAI score
PHPUnit57 / 100low · 32%
Selenium72 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
PHPUnit–
Selenium✓
Model
Seleniumopen_source
Price level
PHPUnitfree
Seleniumfree
Transparent
PHPUnit–
Selenium✓
Integrations
Count
PHPUnit–
Selenium5
Reliability
Status page
PHPUnit–
Selenium✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
PHPUnit777,462
Selenium98,124
Github stars
PHPUnit20,063
Selenium34,541
Package downloads weekly
PHPUnit–
Selenium6,935,447
Activity
Commits last 30d
PHPUnit100
Selenium100
Release
Cadence days
PHPUnit–
Selenium30
History
PHPUnit20 items
Selenium20 items
License
Spdx
SeleniumApache-2.0
Language
Primary
PHPUnitPHP
SeleniumJava
Content
Faq
PHPUnit6 items
Selenium6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

PHPUnit

PHPUnit helps developers verify their PHP code through automated unit testing. It provides a framework for writing, organizing, and running tests.

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.

PHPUnit

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
PHPUnit✗
Selenium✓
CLI
PHPUnit✓
Selenium✗
Deployment
Self-hosted
PHPUnit✓
Selenium✓

Integrations

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

PHPUnit

Not documented yet.

Selenium

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