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Cypress vs Selenium: catalog facts
Cypress	Selenium
Freemium The Cypress App is free and open source; hosted Cypress Cloud features are paid.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Self-hosted, Command line
Tests run in a real browser with step-by-step replay End-to-end and component testing in one tool	Widely used standard for browser automation Grid distributes tests across many machines and browsers
Tests are written in JavaScript or TypeScript Some AI and collaboration features belong to paid services	Requires writing test code Running a Grid takes setup and maintenance
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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