Playwright vs Selenium

Comprehensive side-by-side comparison of features, pricing, and metrics

Feature

Playwright

Testing

Selenium

Testing

Side-by-side comparison of developer tools
Cross-browser web automation
Browser automation framework
GitHub Stars
⭐ 85,575
⭐ 34,180
Contributors
👥 725
👥 930
Pricing
✓ Free
Enterprise: Contact sales
✓ Free
Enterprise: Contact sales
Languages
TypeScript
Java
Features
  • • Automation
  • • Chrome
  • • Chromium
  • • E2e Testing
  • • Electron
  • • Dotnet
  • • Java
  • • Javascript
  • • Python
  • • Ruby
Integrations
No integrations listed
No integrations listed
Momentum Score
60/100 (stable)
34/100 (stable)
Community Health
46/100 (developing)
46/100 (developing)
Maturity Index
68/100 (growing)
68/100 (growing)
Innovation Score
73/100 (innovative)
67/100 (progressive)
Risk Score (higher is safer)
58/100 (low)
66/100 (low)
Developer Experience
65/100 (fair)
65/100 (fair)
Links
🌐 Visit Website View on GitHub
🌐 Visit Website View on GitHub

Playwright Strengths

  • ✓ More popular (85,575 stars)

Selenium Strengths

  • ✓ Larger community (930 contributors)

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Data source: GitHub API

Last updated: 4/5/2026