# Why Choose ACCELQ for Salesforce Test Automation?

Following is the summarized listing of capability comparison between ACCELQ and other commercial/open-source tools for Salesforce test automation. This data has been gathered from our own analysis, internal/external surveys, feedback from customers on respective tools and industry analyst findings. ACCELQ is available for a [free trial](https://www.accelq.com/freetrial/) to assess in your own environment.

#### **AUTOMATION DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT**

|  | ##### ACCELQ | ##### SELENIUM | ##### OTHER COMMERCIAL TOOLS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Automation Type** | Codeless | Programming | Keyword based or Programming |
| **Scripting Required** | No | Yes | No |
| **Ease of adoption** | Very high | Low | Average |
| **Ease of maintenance** | High | Low | Average |
| **Element ID** | Salesforce Metadata where available, Visual explorer with neighborhood awareness (readable text based), Repeat and Container Elements. Comprehensive and non-technical | Xpath and CSS, custom selectors | Salesforce metadata where available<br>Xpath for custom fields and custom validations |
| **In-Sprint Automation** | Supported with intelligent abstraction | No | No |
| **Test Design** | Included | No | No |
| **Test case generation** | Automated with the concept of Data Type | None | None |
| **Reusability and Modularity** | In-built with Context and Action concept at the core | Manual | Manual |
| **Test Management** | In-built test management with requirements based traceability and test readiness | None | None |
| **Reporting** | Rich HTML reports with slideshows, defect integration, perspectives etc. | None | Basic Reporting |

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#### **SUPPORT STACK**

|  | ##### ACCELQ | ##### SELENIUM | ##### OTHER COMMERCIAL TOOLS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **App Exchange Listing** | Listed under “Developer Tools” Category | None | Listed under “Consulting” Category or not listed |
| **Salesforce support** | Lightning, Classic and Visual Force pages. | Framework effort | Lightning, Classic and Visual Force pages |
| **Supported Web technologies** | All Web Technologies including Angular, React and other UI frameworks | Programming effort | Non-Salesforce applications hard to automate |
| **Supported Enterprise applications** | Salesforce, Pega, Net Suite etc. | None | Salesforce, ServiceMax |
| **API Testing** | SOAP and REST, along with an ability to combine with UI testing.<br>Extensive verification and data parsing capabilities. | No | Yes, limited |
| **Cross browser testing** | All browser support (IE, Edge, Firefox, Chrome) against Windows, Linux & MAC, | Yes | Manual |
| **Windows Automation** | Supported | No | No |
| **Manual testing** | Integral and unified with automation | No | None |

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#### **INTEGRATIONS & EXTENSIONS**

|  | ##### ACCELQ | ##### SELENIUM | ##### OTHER COMMERCIAL TOOLS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Eco System Integration** | Well defined, two-way integration with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, TFS | None | Light weight integration |
| **External API** | Complete open API for executions, reporting and status verifications | N/A | None |
| **Extendability of Core** | Full blown extendabilty of core with User Extension workbench | N/A | None |
| **CI/CD integration** | Integration support for Flosum, Gearset, Copado, AutoRabit, Jenkins etc. | None | Jenkins, Auto Rabit |
| **ALM Integration** | Available for test executions and reporting | None | None |
| **Cloud Infrastructure** | Direct integration with Browser Stack, Sauce Labs and LambdaTest | None | None |

#### **INFRASTRUCTURE & OPERATIONS**

|  | ##### ACCELQ | ##### SELENIUM | ##### OTHER COMMERCIAL TOOLS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **ECloud, with zero setup requirement** | Yes | N/A | No |
| **Scheduled Runs (outside of CI)** | Extensive control with daily/hourly or weekly automated executions and notifications | Framework Dev | None |
| **Online Support Portal** | Yes | N/A | Yes |
| **On Premise** | Yes | N/A | Yes |
| **SAAS** | Yes | N/A | No |
| **Distributed Executions** | Yes, across a network of nodes or Sauce Labs/Browser Stack | Framework Dev | No |
| **Backp & Recovery** | Automatically included in the subscription | None | No |

#### **ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE**

|  | ##### ACCELQ | ##### SELENIUM | ##### OTHER COMMERCIAL TOOLS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Natural Language Automation** | Powerful natural language editor allows you to write test automation logic in plain English. | No | No. Normally rely on Keyword selection |
| **Self-healing Capabilities** | Powerful & intelligent element capture technology creates robust automation. AI-powered Self-healing capabilities | No. Require framework extension integration with Selenium which is not seamless. | Traditional object interaction with limitations to handle complexity and newer tech stacks |
| **AI-based reconciliation** | Automated and AI-based reconciliation for UI and Object changes | No | No |
| **Auto-Generation of Test Cases** | AI-driven data permutations auto-generate test cases providing accurate coverage | No | No |
| **Change Management** | Adaptive Change Management. Universe driven with referential integrity analysis drastically reduces time to market & cost | No | No |

#### **ASSET MANAGEMENT**

|  | ##### ACCELQ | ##### SELENIUM | ##### OTHER COMMERCIAL TOOLS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Test Assets alignment with vendor releases.** | Test Assets are end-to-end aligned with platform vendor Releases. Live updates on new Releases by vendors. | No | Support is static in nature. Requires tool upgrade to support anything new. |
| **Referential Integrity across assets** | A naturalized model with referential integrity across pages, test steps, objects, and suites. Automates the change impact process efficiently, propagating changes across test assets. | No | No |
| **In-built version control** | SaaS based multi-user collaborative platform on cloud with In-built version control | No | No Requires connecting with GitHub for version control. |
| **Shift-Left Testing** | Design & author tests parallel to Application development enabling true shift-left | No | No |
| **Test Suite re-executions and roll-up tracking** | Umbrella style rerun capability for suite re-executions and roll-up tracking | No | No |

### Salesforce Success Story

Staying ahead of the rapid changes and iterations in a large-scale enterprise platform can be challenging. The ACCELQ testing platform helps us do this, with an enterprise testing platform that simply works.

Through ACCELQ Universe Test Suites, Reporting, and CI/CD Integration we are able to stay ahead of the rapid changes and ensure we deliver only quality enhancements to our Platform.

##### – VP, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERPRISE IT

A global information, data and measurement company enables Salesforce business users with comprehensive, in-sprint automated testing capabilities

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