Playwright vs. Robot Framework

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Playwright
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
A cross-browser testing tool, playwright supports all modern rendering engines including Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox. Users can test on Windows, Linux, and macOS, locally or on CI, headless or headed. It is also cross-language, so that the Playwright API can be used in TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, .NET, Java. Test Mobile Web. Native mobile emulation of Google Chrome for Android and Mobile Safari. The same rendering engine works on the Desktop and in the Cloud. Playright…
$0
Robot Framework
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
Robot Framework is a generic keyword-driven test automation and RPA framework for acceptance level testing and acceptance test-driven development (ATDD).N/A
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PlaywrightRobot Framework
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PlaywrightRobot Framework
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses
BrowserStack
BrowserStack
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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BrowserStack
Score 8.5 out of 10
ReadyAPI
ReadyAPI
Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprises
BrowserStack
BrowserStack
Score 8.5 out of 10
ignio AIOps
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Score 8.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
PlaywrightRobot Framework
Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
10.0
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User Testimonials
PlaywrightRobot Framework
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Playwright is works pretty well for automating the critical user paths of any web application, ensuring that core functionalities are constantly tested and catching issues before they reach QA, particularly through its seamless integration into our CI/CD (in our case, using GithHub); however, it is less appropriate for mobile testing since it doesn't support mobile applications. Testers still needs to learn another framework to do this.
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Open Source
It suits for checking features of a simple web application or features that don't heavily rely on AJAX. You could create tests that check if application is running properly and raise alarm if required so someone can manually check for problems. However making big test sets to produce reliable results may prove to be difficult or impossible. Also running lots of test cases can take hours.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • automation
  • integrations
  • support
  • community
  • features
  • easy to use
  • documentation
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Open Source
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Cons
Microsoft
  • bigger adoption
  • mobile testing
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Usability
Microsoft
It makes automating complex user interactions easier, fits right into our CI/CD for continuous testing, and works great across different browsers. The Documentation is a plus, you don't really need to search a lot to understand and find what you need for the coding. The community is small but very helpful, which makes it a breeze to use and a must-have for keeping our software in top shape.
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Open Source
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
We selected Playwright over the rest for several reasons. The learning curve is faster, making it easier for our team to get up to speed quickly. The setup is pretty straithtforwared, minimal configurartion needed and a great example included in the configuration which includes all the basics to start writing using that spec as a placeholder. Compared to Cypress, Playwright support multiple browsers out of the box, giving us broader testing coverage. Appium is great for mobile testing, but extremely slow.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Reduce of cost of manual testers
  • Reduce of released bugs
  • Reduce of costs of developer time
  • Increase QA Coverage
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