Selenium comparisons
Selenium is compared head-to-head with Playwright, WebdriverIO and Cypress and more: 7 head-to-heads in End-to-End Testing Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Selenium head-to-head
- Selenium vs Playwright
- Selenium vs WebdriverIO
- Selenium vs Cypress
- Selenium vs Nightwatch
- Selenium vs TestMu AI Web Automation (formerly LambdaTest Web Automation)
- Selenium vs ACCELQ
- Selenium vs Functionize
Selenium vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Test authoring | Browser support | Self-hosted runner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Selenium | Yes | Free | Code | Cross_browser | Yes | 9.1 |
| 1 | Playwright | Yes | Free | Code | Multi_engine | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | WebdriverIO | Yes | Free | Code | Multi_engine | Yes | 9.2 |
| 4 | Cypress | Yes | $799/yr | Code | Multi_engine | Yes | 9.0 |
| 5 | Nightwatch | Yes | Free | Code | Multi_engine | Yes | 8.9 |
| 6 | TestMu AI Web Automation (formerly LambdaTest Web Automation) | Yes | $29/unit/mo | Code | Multi_engine | Yes | 8.8 |
| 7 | ACCELQ | Yes | No_code | Multi_engine | Yes | 8.7 | |
| 8 | Functionize | Yes | $20/mo | No_code | Cross_browser | Yes | 8.6 |
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