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Cypress.io

Open Source Commercial Free Tier Cloud / SaaS

Modern JavaScript end-to-end testing for the web.

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Cypress
Cypress.io
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Pricing Free
OSS + paid Cypress Cloud (from $75/mo)
Free tier / OSS Open-source
test runner is free
License MIT
(runner) + commercial Cloud
Testing type UI / End-to-end
Languages / SDKs JavaScript, TypeScript
Supported platforms Chromium, Firefox, Edge, WebKit (experimental)
Parallel testing Yes
— Cypress Cloud parallelisation
Speed Fast
— runs in-browser, no WebDriver overhead
Key integrations GitHub, GitLab, CircleCI, Slack, Cypress Cloud
Learning curve Easy
for JS developers
Community / Support Very
active, strong docs
Maintained by Cypress.io
First released 2017
Latest version See website
Best suited for Front-end heavy JavaScript teams
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