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As of 4 November 2026, 39 test automation are named by companies instead of Protractor: 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.

Protractor, companies in postings
118
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 Protractor

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

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs Protractorpostings, 90 dCompare
1
PlaywrightMicrosoft
3,5733028%7,835soon
2
SeleniumSoftware Freedom Conservancy
3,5703025%10,258soon
3
CypressCypress.io
2,5162132%5,145soon
4
Apache JMeterApache Software Foundation
1,3431138%2,848soon
5
AppiumOpenJS Foundation
927786%2,522soon
6
REST Assured
897760%1,977soon
7
Robot FrameworkRobot Framework Foundation
409347%1,154soon
8
LoadRunnerOpenText
370314%894soon
9
GatlingGatling Corp
356302%800soon
10
Espresso (Android)Google
288244%485soon
11
UFT (Unified Functional Testing)OpenText
258219%785soon
12
k6Grafana Labs
237201%415soon
13
LocustLocust
219186%360soon
14
Tricentis ToscaTricentis
194164%858soon
15
KarateKarate Labs
173147%457soon
16
PuppeteerGoogle
135114%208soon
17
XCUITestApple
134114%223soon
18
DetoxWix
124105%187soon
19
ServiceNow Automated Test FrameworkServiceNow
11396%394soon
20
WebdriverIOOpenJS Foundation
10791%255soon
21
Allure ReportQameta Software
10690%244soon
22
KatalonKatalon
10690%275soon
23
JAWS Screen ReaderFreedom Scientific
9984%318soon
24
axeDeque Systems
9581%218soon
25
NVDANV Access
8370%269soon
26
TestCompleteSmartBear
8068%328soon
27
NeoLoadTricentis
6353%141soon
28
ReadyAPISmartBear
5950%145soon
29
RanorexIdera
5647%145soon
30
SquishQt Group
4841%136soon
31
ChromaticChromatic
4639%65soon
32
FitNesseFitNesse
4236%140soon
33
ProvarProvar
3631%108soon
34
ApplitoolsApplitools
3328%227soon
35
TestCafeDevExpress
3328%84soon
36
Katalon StudioKatalon
3126%164soon
37
TestimTricentis
2824%47soon
38
ACCELQACCELQ
2319%72soon
39
Selenide
1916%36soon
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39 test automation are named by companies instead of Protractor: 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/protractor/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.
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Protractor alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to Protractor?

Playwright: 3,573 companies name it in their own job postings, against 118 for Protractor.

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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