title: QTP vs Selenium - Compare
body: <p>I have an application/product which is created using .net technologies. This product has a GUI, which connects to a DB using a Web API (SOAP on an application server). Majority of the tests are executed for the values in the DB, while the others may fall into Usability, Performance, etc. As such, 60-70% of the tests to be executed are to verify if the values in the DB are correctly shown on the GUI, while the others test if the GUI is working as desired in the requirement specifications. </p>
  
  <p>The other aspect to the testing will also be testing the backend Application server interface with both the DB and the GUI. As this will enable us to determine, if the App Server is sending bad values to the GUI or is it the DB which has bad values!</p>
  
  <p>The product UI does not change much, except to add new features in the form of additional dropdown menu items and additional pages for these menu items. </p>
  
  <p>Considering the above, which framework would be more suitable? QTP or Selenium or some other Commercial/Open Source tool?</p>
  
  <p>(Cost is not a major concern, and neither is browser compatibility or OS. The system installs on a Windows Server, and DB is compatible.)</p>