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As of 4 November 2026, 39 test automation are named by companies instead of Appium: Playwright by 3,573 companies, Selenium by 3,570, Cypress by 2,516.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Appium, companies in postings
927
Most used alternative
Playwright · 3,573
Fastest hiring, 90 days
Selenium
Alternatives ranked
39
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
01 — Ranked by evidence

test automation companies choose instead of Appium

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs Appiumpostings, 90 dCompare
1
PlaywrightMicrosoft
3,573385%7,835Appium vs Playwright →
2
SeleniumSoftware Freedom Conservancy
3,570385%10,258Appium vs Selenium →
3
CypressCypress.io
2,516271%5,145Appium vs Cypress →
4
Apache JMeterApache Software Foundation
1,343145%2,848Appium vs Apache JMeter →
5
89797%1,977Appium vs REST Assured →
6
Robot FrameworkRobot Framework Foundation
40944%1,154Appium vs Robot Framework →
7
LoadRunnerOpenText
37040%894Appium vs LoadRunner →
8
GatlingGatling Corp
35638%800Appium vs Gatling →
9
28831%485Appium vs Espresso (Android) →
10
25828%785Appium vs UFT (Unified Functional Testing) →
11
k6Grafana Labs
23726%415Appium vs k6 →
12
LocustLocust
21924%360Appium vs Locust →
13
19421%858Appium vs Tricentis Tosca →
14
KarateKarate Labs
17319%457Appium vs Karate →
15
PuppeteerGoogle
13515%208Appium vs Puppeteer →
16
13414%223soon
17
12413%187soon
18
ProtractorAngular team
11813%176soon
19
11312%394soon
20
WebdriverIOOpenJS Foundation
10712%255soon
21
Allure ReportQameta Software
10611%244soon
22
KatalonKatalon
10611%275soon
23
JAWS Screen ReaderFreedom Scientific
9911%318soon
24
axeDeque Systems
9510%218soon
25
NVDANV Access
839%269soon
26
TestCompleteSmartBear
809%328soon
27
NeoLoadTricentis
637%141soon
28
ReadyAPISmartBear
596%145soon
29
RanorexIdera
566%145soon
30
SquishQt Group
485%136soon
31
ChromaticChromatic
465%65soon
32
FitNesseFitNesse
425%140soon
33
ProvarProvar
364%108soon
34
ApplitoolsApplitools
334%227soon
35
TestCafeDevExpress
334%84soon
36
Katalon StudioKatalon
313%164soon
37
TestimTricentis
283%47soon
38
ACCELQACCELQ
232%72soon
39
Selenide
192%36soon
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39 test automation are named by companies instead of Appium: Playwright by 3,573 companies, Selenium by 3,570, Cypress by 2,516, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/appium/alternatives)
How we know

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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
FAQ

Appium alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to Appium?

Playwright: 3,573 companies name it in their own job postings, against 927 for Appium.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.

Does this say which is better?

No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.

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