Playwright vs Puppeteer
PlaywrightEnd-to-End Testing
FreePublished price
PuppeteerBrowser Testing
FreePublished price
Playwright End-to-End Testing Reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps. | Puppeteer Browser Testing Headless browser automation for Chrome and Firefox | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | End-to-End Testing | Browser Testing |
| What it is | Playwright is an open-source end-to-end testing framework by Microsoft for testing web applications across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API. | Google Node.js library providing a high-level API to control Chrome and Chromium for headless browser testing and automation. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Free Playwright is a free, open-source (Apache 2.0) browser automation and testing framework from Microsoft. No paid tier or license fee. | Free Puppeteer is a free open-source JavaScript library for controlling Chrome or Firefox. There is no paid vendor list price. |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · No free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2020 | 2017 |
| Team size | 1,001-5,000 employees | 10000+ employees |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington | Mountain View, CA |
| Featured clients | Microsoft, VS Code teams, Web developers | Not available |