Playwright
Cross-browser automation library supporting Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.
Ranked #9 in Best browser testing platforms.
Playwright is a modern browser automation library maintained by Microsoft, offering support for multiple browser engines. It provides a unified API for testing and scraping across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit platforms.
At a glance
| Price from | Free (open-source) |
| Best for | Projects requiring cross-browser automation, mobile emulation, and multi-platform testing. |
From Playwright's own website.
Company facts
| Social profiles | LinkedIn, X, YouTube |
Facilities and features
Its website also mentions:
- API
What stands out
The product offers a full-featured test runner with auto-waiting and parallelism.
“Full-featured test runner with auto-waiting, assertions, tracing, and parallelism across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.”Playwright, own website
Playwright runs tests in parallel by default across all configured browsers.
“Tests run in parallel by default across all configured browsers.”Playwright, own website
Worth knowing
- Smaller community than Selenium, leading to fewer third-party integrations
How it ranks
Playwright is ranked 9th of 10 in Best browser testing platforms (Lister Score 80.0).
#9 in Best browser testing platforms · Lister Score 80.0
Playwright enables reliable web automation for testing and scripting. It provides one API to drive Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit across various workflows.
Offers a full-featured test runner with auto-waiting and parallelism.
How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 12; buying information on its own site 8.
“Playwright enables reliable web automation for testing, scripting, and AI agents. One API to drive Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit — in your tests, your scripts, and your agent workflows.”Playwright, own website
| Rank | Best browser testing platforms | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost Inspector | 100.0 |
| 2 | Applitools | 98.0 |
| 3 | Sauce Labs | 98.0 |
| 4 | TestingBot | 98.0 |
| 5 | Cypress | 92.0 |
| 6 | BrowserStack | 90.0 |
| 7 | Chromatic | 86.0 |
| 8 | Percy | 86.0 |
| 9 | Playwright | 80.0 |
| 10 | WebdriverIO | 80.0 |
Frequently asked questions
How does Playwright rank on Lister?
Playwright is ranked 9th of 10 in Best browser testing platforms (Lister Score 80.0).