G2 Vendor Directory

Selenium WebDriver vs. requests

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricSelenium WebDriver

by Selenium

requests

by requests

Overall rating4.54.5
Review count10110
Ease of use9.08.8
Ease of setup8.810.0
Quality of support8.78.6
Meets requirements9.38.6
NPS74.22680480
Small Business17.8%60.0%
Mid-Market38.6%20.0%
Enterprise43.6%20.0%
Total page views20410
Total LLM citations3154

Selenium WebDriver

Selenium WebDriver is an open-source tool that automates web browser interactions, enabling developers and testers to simulate real user actions for web application testing. It supports multiple programming languages, including Java, Python, C#, Ruby, and JavaScript, allowing users to write test scripts in their preferred language. WebDriver interacts directly with browser drivers, facilitating cross-browser testing across platforms like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Internet Explorer.

Pros

  • Easy Integrations
  • Integrations
  • Ease of Learning
  • Automation

requests

Requests is the only Non-GMO HTTP library for Python, safe for human consumption. Requests allows you to send organic, grass-fed HTTP/1.1 requests, without the need for manual labor. There’s no need to manually add query strings to your URLs, or to form-e

Pros