Cypress vs Squish

Cypress is a front-end testing tool for web applications, combining an open-source Cypress App with the cloud-based Cypress Cloud service. The App supports end-to-end and component testing, launching and controlling real browsers from Chrome-family browsers and Firefox; WebKit is experimental. For debugging, it offers time-travel snapshots, readable errors, stack traces, automatic waiting, and network stubbing. Cypress Cloud stores recorded CI test runs and adds debugging, analytics, and orchestration for teams. It connects with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Jira, and its MCP works with AI coding assistants including Claude, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. The Starter plan costs nothing and includes 10 users, 500 test results per month, 100 prompt executions per month, and 30-day access to paid features. Team costs $67 a month, billed annually at $799. Cypress says Cloud test content is stored in the United States, and material in public projects is publicly accessible. It also says its AI models are not trained on customer data.

Squish automates GUI tests for desktop, web, mobile, and embedded applications using object-based recognition and scripting. It locates interface elements by their properties rather than by image matching or DOM scraping; the product says this helps tests withstand UI changes. Tests can be authored in Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Perl, Tcl, or Behaviour-Driven Development. Listed application technologies include Qt, Java, Windows, .NET, web, mobile, and embedded systems; supported targets also include Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, MCUs, and hybrid applications. The Squish AI Assistant suggests script improvements, explains failures, and analyzes Runner and Server logs. Named CI/CD integrations include Jenkins, GitLab, and Bamboo, with Jenkins jobs and Pipeline scripts supported. Squish references ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 and offers a custom Tool Qualification Kit for project and regulatory needs. Floating user-based subscriptions are priced according to concurrent development environments and limit concurrent test executions. Pricing is on request, with a free trial available and no free plan.