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Playwright vs Cypress E2E Testing

Initially this conversation was started in the Playwright Github Discussions #11201 forum (here).

This comparison table strives to be as accurate and as unbiased as possible. If you use any of these libraries and feel the information could be improved, feel free to suggest changes (with notes or evidence of claims) using the "Edit this page on Github" link at the bottom of this page.

Feature/Capability Key:

  • βœ… 1st-class, built-in, and ready to use with no added configuration or code
  • 🟑 Supported, but as an unofficial 3rd party or community library/contribution
  • πŸ”Ά Supported and documented, but requires extra user-code to implement
  • πŸ›‘ Not officially supported or documented.
Playwright (Website) Cypress (Website)
Github Repo / Stars
Their Comparison (none)
Auto waiting βœ… βœ…
Network Monitoring & Interception βœ… βœ…
API Testing βœ… βœ…
Trace Viewer βœ… βœ…
Video Recording βœ… βœ…
Screenshot capture βœ… βœ…
Test File Level Parallelization βœ… βœ…
Test Reporter Customization βœ… βœ…
Test Retries βœ… βœ…
Mobile Emulation βœ… βœ…
Free βœ… πŸ”Ά Subset of features
Hover Support βœ… πŸ”Ά
iFrame Support βœ… πŸ”Ά
Geolocation Emulation βœ… πŸ”Ά
Storybook Support 🟑 🟑
Breakpoint Debugging Support in IDE βœ… (VS Code) πŸ›‘ (need to use debug command)
General Purpose Browser Automation Tool βœ… πŸ›‘
Multiple Domain Support within same test βœ… πŸ›‘
Multiple Browser Tab Support within same test βœ… πŸ›‘
Multiple User Support within the same test βœ… πŸ›‘
Test Block Level Parallelization βœ… πŸ›‘
Screenshot diffing ❔ ❔
Speed Rank (Scale 1-5, 5 being fastest) 5 4

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