Cypress.io vs. Playwright

Cypress.io

Cypress.io

24 Reviews and Ratings

Playwright

Playwright

15 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cypress.io	Score 7.2 out of 10	N/A	Cypress (or Cypress.io, also the name of the company in Atlanta that develops the tool) is a testing tool with the capability to run tests across multiple browsers, that aims to make setting up, writing, running and debugging tests easy.	N/A
Playwright	Score 7.5 out of 10	N/A	A cross-browser testing tool, playwright supports all modern rendering engines including Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox. Users can test on Windows, Linux, and macOS, locally or on CI, headless or headed. It is also cross-language, so that the Playwright API can be used in TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, .NET, Java. Test Mobile Web. Native mobile emulation of Google Chrome for Android and Mobile Safari. The same rendering engine works on the Desktop and in the Cloud. Playright…	N/A

Pricing

Cypress.io

Playwright

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cypress.io	Playwright
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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	Cypress.io	Playwright

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User Ratings
	Cypress.io	Playwright
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cypress.io	Playwright
Likelihood to Recommend	Automating a test is very easy when you start with Cypress.io. It is extremely easy to set up and use. Also, debugging a failed test is hassle-free because of its time travel feature. We can do both web UI and API testing with Cypress.io and the only prerequisite is some knowledge in Javascript. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Easy to code and help in sanity regression and functional test cases Incentivized david leo Developer Read full review
Pros	autimation of end to end testing of web UI and api Getting insight on failing and passing tests Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	API UI Performance Incentivized david leo Developer Read full review
Cons	Support Mobile Automation Can Test in multiple browser. Testing when browser opens multiple tabs and windows this doesnt work. File upload not supported Incentivized Kim Mejares Senior Quality Engineer Read full review	bigger adoption mobile testing Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Highly satisfied and [a] big fan. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	No answers on this topic	It makes automating complex user interactions easier, fits right into our CI/CD for continuous testing, and works great across different browsers. The Documentation is a plus, you don't really need to search a lot to understand and find what you need for the coding. The community is small but very helpful, which makes it a breeze to use and a must-have for keeping our software in top shape. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Execution speed and interactive debugging tool is very easy. you can make changes in the fly and test will run automatically, thus saving more time debugging your code. Can easily be intergrated to to CI/CD pipeline Incentivized Kim Mejares Senior Quality Engineer Read full review	We selected Playwright over the rest for several reasons. The learning curve is faster, making it easier for our team to get up to speed quickly. The setup is pretty straithtforwared, minimal configurartion needed and a great example included in the configuration which includes all the basics to start writing using that spec as a placeholder. Compared to Cypress, Playwright support multiple browsers out of the box, giving us broader testing coverage. Appium is great for mobile testing, but extremely slow. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	It runs faster, thus improves test effeciency Maintenance cost, tool is free and helpfull community is present for support. Though its free tool, initial learning curve still required to understand the tool works and how to fit it in your system. Incentivized Kim Mejares Senior Quality Engineer Read full review	Reduce of cost of manual testers Reduce of released bugs Reduce of costs of developer time Increase QA Coverage Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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