Cypress alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 39 test automation are named by companies instead of Cypress: Playwright by 3,573 companies, Selenium by 3,570, Apache JMeter by 1,343.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Cypress, companies in postings
- 2,516
- Most used alternative
- Playwright · 3,573
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Selenium
- Alternatives ranked
- 39
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
test automation companies choose instead of Cypress
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Cypress | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlaywrightMicrosoft | 3,573 | 142% | 7,835 | Cypress vs Playwright → | |
| 2 | SeleniumSoftware Freedom Conservancy | 3,570 | 142% | 10,258 | Cypress vs Selenium → | |
| 3 | Apache JMeterApache Software Foundation | 1,343 | 53% | 2,848 | Cypress vs Apache JMeter → | |
| 4 | AppiumOpenJS Foundation | 927 | 37% | 2,522 | Cypress vs Appium → | |
| 5 | 897 | 36% | 1,977 | Cypress vs REST Assured → | ||
| 6 | Robot FrameworkRobot Framework Foundation | 409 | 16% | 1,154 | Cypress vs Robot Framework → | |
| 7 | LoadRunnerOpenText | 370 | 15% | 894 | Cypress vs LoadRunner → | |
| 8 | GatlingGatling Corp | 356 | 14% | 800 | Cypress vs Gatling → | |
| 9 | Espresso (Android)Google | 288 | 11% | 485 | Cypress vs Espresso (Android) → | |
| 10 | UFT (Unified Functional Testing)OpenText | 258 | 10% | 785 | Cypress vs UFT (Unified Functional Testing) → | |
| 11 | k6Grafana Labs | 237 | 9% | 415 | Cypress vs k6 → | |
| 12 | LocustLocust | 219 | 9% | 360 | Cypress vs Locust → | |
| 13 | Tricentis ToscaTricentis | 194 | 8% | 858 | Cypress vs Tricentis Tosca → | |
| 14 | KarateKarate Labs | 173 | 7% | 457 | Cypress vs Karate → | |
| 15 | PuppeteerGoogle | 135 | 5% | 208 | Cypress vs Puppeteer → | |
| 16 | XCUITestApple | 134 | 5% | 223 | soon | |
| 17 | DetoxWix | 124 | 5% | 187 | soon | |
| 18 | ProtractorAngular team | 118 | 5% | 176 | soon | |
| 19 | ServiceNow Automated Test FrameworkServiceNow | 113 | 4% | 394 | soon | |
| 20 | WebdriverIOOpenJS Foundation | 107 | 4% | 255 | soon | |
| 21 | Allure ReportQameta Software | 106 | 4% | 244 | soon | |
| 22 | KatalonKatalon | 106 | 4% | 275 | soon | |
| 23 | JAWS Screen ReaderFreedom Scientific | 99 | 4% | 318 | soon | |
| 24 | axeDeque Systems | 95 | 4% | 218 | soon | |
| 25 | NVDANV Access | 83 | 3% | 269 | soon | |
| 26 | TestCompleteSmartBear | 80 | 3% | 328 | soon | |
| 27 | NeoLoadTricentis | 63 | 3% | 141 | soon | |
| 28 | ReadyAPISmartBear | 59 | 2% | 145 | soon | |
| 29 | RanorexIdera | 56 | 2% | 145 | soon | |
| 30 | SquishQt Group | 48 | 2% | 136 | soon | |
| 31 | ChromaticChromatic | 46 | 2% | 65 | soon | |
| 32 | FitNesseFitNesse | 42 | 2% | 140 | soon | |
| 33 | ProvarProvar | 36 | 1% | 108 | soon | |
| 34 | ApplitoolsApplitools | 33 | 1% | 227 | soon | |
| 35 | TestCafeDevExpress | 33 | 1% | 84 | soon | |
| 36 | Katalon StudioKatalon | 31 | 1% | 164 | soon | |
| 37 | TestimTricentis | 28 | 1% | 47 | soon | |
| 38 | ACCELQACCELQ | 23 | 1% | 72 | soon | |
| 39 | Selenide | 19 | 1% | 36 | soon |
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39 test automation are named by companies instead of Cypress: Playwright by 3,573 companies, Selenium by 3,570, Apache JMeter by 1,343, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/cypress/alternatives)
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- 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.
Cypress alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Cypress?
Playwright: 3,573 companies name it in their own job postings, against 2,516 for Cypress.
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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