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As of 4 November 2026, Playwright leads test automation with 3,573 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Selenium at 3,570.

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

Leader
Playwright · 3,573
Runner-up
Selenium · 3,570
Most hiring, 90 days
Selenium
Highest postings per company
Applitools
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
17,147companies across the category
21%of them on Playwright
41,398postings naming a test automation in 90 days
40tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every test automation we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
PlaywrightMicrosoft
3,573
7,8352.2
2
SeleniumSoftware Freedom Conservancy
3,570
10,2582.9
3
CypressCypress.io
2,516
5,1452.0
4
Apache JMeterApache Software Foundation
1,343
2,8482.1
5
AppiumOpenJS Foundation
927
2,5222.7
6
REST Assured
897
1,9772.2
7
Robot FrameworkRobot Framework Foundation
409
1,1542.8
8
LoadRunnerOpenText
370
8942.4
9
GatlingGatling Corp
356
8002.2
10
Espresso (Android)Google
288
4851.7
11
UFT (Unified Functional Testing)OpenText
258
7853.0
12
k6Grafana Labs
237
4151.8
13
LocustLocust
219
3601.6
14
Tricentis ToscaTricentis
194
8584.4
15
KarateKarate Labs
173
4572.6
16
PuppeteerGoogle
135
2081.5
17
XCUITestApple
134
2231.7
18
DetoxWix
124
1871.5
19
ProtractorAngular team
118
1761.5
20
ServiceNow Automated Test FrameworkServiceNow
113
3943.5
21
WebdriverIOOpenJS Foundation
107
2552.4
22
Allure ReportQameta Software
106
2442.3
23
KatalonKatalon
106
2752.6
24
JAWS Screen ReaderFreedom Scientific
99
3183.2
25
axeDeque Systems
95
2182.3
26
NVDANV Access
83
2693.2
27
TestCompleteSmartBear
80
3284.1
28
NeoLoadTricentis
63
1412.2
29
ReadyAPISmartBear
59
1452.5
30
RanorexIdera
56
1452.6
31
SquishQt Group
48
1362.8
32
ChromaticChromatic
46
651.4
33
FitNesseFitNesse
42
1403.3
34
ProvarProvar
36
1083.0
35
ApplitoolsApplitools
33
2276.9
36
TestCafeDevExpress
33
842.5
37
Katalon StudioKatalon
31
1645.3
38
TestimTricentis
28
471.7
39
ACCELQACCELQ
23
723.1
40
Selenide
19
361.9
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Playwright vs Selenium3,573 · 3,570Playwright vs Cypress3,573 · 2,516Playwright vs Apache JMeter3,573 · 1,343Playwright vs Appium3,573 · 927Playwright vs REST Assured3,573 · 897Selenium vs Cypress3,570 · 2,516Selenium vs Apache JMeter3,570 · 1,343Selenium vs Appium3,570 · 927Selenium vs REST Assured3,570 · 897Cypress vs Apache JMeter2,516 · 1,343Cypress vs Appium2,516 · 927Cypress vs REST Assured2,516 · 897Apache JMeter vs Appium1,343 · 927Apache JMeter vs REST Assured1,343 · 897Appium vs REST Assured927 · 897
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Playwright leads test automation with 3,573 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Selenium at 3,570. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/test-automation)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

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

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

test automation: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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