TL;DR - Playwright
- Playwright is a framework for end-to-end testing of web applications
- It tests across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API
- Completely free and open-source
Pricing: Free forever
Best for: Individuals & startups
Score: 92/100
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- Cross-browser
- Auto-wait
- Tracing
- Codegen
About Playwright
Playwright tests web applications across browsers. Microsoft's modern test automation—end-to-end testing with excellent DX.
The cross-browser support is native. The API is clean. The tooling is excellent.
Teams doing browser testing choose Playwright for modern test automation.
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Playwright FAQ
Yes, Playwright is completely free and open source (Apache 2.0). It's developed by Microsoft with no paid tiers.
Playwright is an end-to-end testing framework for web applications. It supports Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API.
Playwright has official bindings for JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, and .NET. All have feature parity.
Yes, Playwright can emulate mobile devices and test responsive designs. It supports touch events, geolocation, and device-specific viewports.
Playwright Test is the built-in test runner with parallelization, fixtures, reporters, and retries. It's the recommended way to use Playwright.
Yes, the Playwright VS Code extension provides test generation, debugging, and running tests directly from the editor.
Playwright supports all browsers natively; Cypress focuses on Chromium. Playwright is faster with better parallelization. Cypress has a nicer UI. Both are excellent.