# Cypress vs Playwright; Browser Included

DevFeed: [Cypress vs Playwright; Browser Included](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cypress-vs-playwright-browser-included-28881.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/cy-vs-pw-browser/>)

Author: Gleb Bahmutov

Published: 2025-09-30T04:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Gleb Bahmutov](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gleb-bahmutov.md>)

Topics: [Cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cypress.md>), [Playwright](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/playwright.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [web applications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-applications.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [comparison](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/comparison.md>), [cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cypress.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [playwright](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/playwright.md>), [products](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/products.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [vscode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vscode.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

This article compares Cypress and Playwright by examining how each exposes the browser and application during testing. It argues that Cypress's live application view in a real browser can make inspecting markup, interacting with the app, and developing tests more efficient, while Playwright offers DOM snapshots, headed execution, and an inspector for stepping through commands.

## Source excerpt

Recently I watched a pretty good video Cypress vs Playwright side-by-side coding co