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Cypress vs Playwright

Two leading end-to-end testing frameworks.

Cypress has been the incumbent with great DX. Playwright (from Microsoft) is newer, faster, cross-browser, cross-language.

At a glance

CypressPlaywright
BrowsersChrome-family + FirefoxAll browsers + mobile
LanguageJavaScriptJS, Python, C#, Java
SpeedGoodFaster
Parallel testingPaidFree

When to pick Cypress

JavaScript-only team, established Cypress workflows.

When to pick Playwright

Cross-browser testing, cross-language teams, performance matters.

My verdict

Playwright for new projects. Cypress when existing Cypress suite works.

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