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

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