Appium vs Playwright
Appium
appium.io
Playwright
playwright.devSide by side
| Figure | Appium | Playwright |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Testing Automation Software | 8.1 (#9) | 8.0 (#11) |
| Spec score · Testing And Qa | 8.1 (#12) | 8.0 (#14) |
| Spec score · GUI Testing Software | 8.1 (#13) | 7.9 (#19) |
| Spec score · Software Testing Tools | 8.1 (#13) | 8.0 (#14) |
| Spec score · Functional Testing Software | 8.1 (#17) | 7.9 (#24) |
| Spec score · Regression Testing Software | 8.1 (#13) | 8.0 (#17) |
| Spec score · Automated Testing | 8.1 (#16) | 8.0 (#19) |
| Spec score · End-to-End Testing Software | 8.1 (#15) | 7.9 (#19) |
| Languages | The documentation lists official Appium clients for Java, Python, Ruby, and C#, plus other clients such as WebdriverIO for Node.js. | Playwright is available for TypeScript, Python, .NET, and Java. |
| Purpose | Appium is an open-source project and ecosystem of software for UI automation across mobile, browser, desktop, TV and other platforms. | Playwright enables web automation for testing, scripting, and AI agents. |
Plans
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Playwright
Playwright has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.