RPA：业务自动化技术，有助于将耗时且乏味的相应任务自动化。他们能够在没有人工干预的情况下使流程自动化。它使流程自动化，无需人工干预。软件和机器人用于模仿人类活动并执行所需的任务。通常它用于自动化后端流程。
Selenium： Selenium是一种自动化工具，用于自动化浏览器。它是一个用于测试 Web 应用程序的框架。它是一个可以自动化 Web 浏览器的伞形项目。它支持不同类型的 Web 浏览器，例如 Firefox、Chrome 等Selenium可用于Python、JavaScript 和少数其他语言。 Selenium与 Appium 一起使用时还支持对移动设备的测试。
下面是 RPA 和Selenium之间的差异表：
| Based On | RPA | SELENIUM |
|---|---|---|
| Types of Automation | Robotic Process automation supports Flexible Automation | Selenium supports programmable automation |
| Cost | If we want to build a project in RPA we have to purchase its tools. So RPA is costly compare to selenium | Selenium is completely open-source so it’s free. |
| Dependency | RPA is platform-independent. It can be run on mobile, desktop, web-applications | Selenium is used to test only web applications. o It can’t be run on a desktop or mobile application. |
| Component Used | RPA uses ROBOTS to complete any task | Selenium used WEB-DERIVERS to automate any task |
| Level of Automation | RPA performs all clerical processes like data entry, Banking calculation | Selenium automates only functional, regression and performance testing |
| Will Automate | Business Process | Web applications |
| Coding-Knowledge | Minimum coding knowledge is required | Fundamental knowledge is required |
| Use-Case | Run on the backend of a process | Can test the current webpage |