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Cost aside, does RFT (Rational Functional Tester) have any advantages over the other tools in the market say Selenium or Watir/Watin...etc?

I'm in a small team and we are evaluating choosing other tools, and RFT is also in our list. Keeping the cost involved aside, technically how does RFT compete with other tools. The requirements for a tool (at least in our team) is robust, strong framework, works with IE and office components, DB interaction and ease to learn.

Need not have any integration with any test management tool.

Those who might have worked in RFT and other tools can pitch in to help.

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not sure if this has an answer that will fit the stack exchange format. very debatable. – squeemish Oct 11 '12 at 15:56
This is highly debatable. Especially when IBM chose such an argument inspiring name. – maznika Oct 11 '12 at 18:41
Need not be which tool is better, what are the features that they like in RFT that are missed in the new tools and vice-versa – user1424385 Oct 11 '12 at 18:58
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I believe this question is salvageable, but it lacks specificity. Perhaps you could rephrase it in such a way that it there is no ambiguity and it remains objective. For example, instead of 'compete with other tools', I would ask for a specific feature or set of features: "What are the key differences between RFT's Office integration versus Seleniums?" It also lacks what we call 'prior research'. You've said you're evaluating them, but you haven't shown us what evaluation you've done so far, which makes it much more difficult to assist. – corsiKa♦ Oct 11 '12 at 19:16
I've been evaluating (in it's initial stages) tools like watir/n, QTP, Selenium...etc But I understand the concern that you have made about lack of specifics. – user1424385 Oct 11 '12 at 23:34

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