What you can do with Cypress
Cypress is an open-source JavaScript framework, run from CI and reviewed in Cypress Cloud. Its trade-offs guide sets out one open browser at a time, with a plugin for multiple tabs.
Options, from more code to none
Playwright: code with multi-tab support, best for engineers. See Playwright vs DoesQA.
Selenium: WebDriver code, best for WebDriver experts. See Selenium vs DoesQA.
BrowserStack: a browser cloud, best for keeping your scripts. See BrowserStack vs DoesQA.
QA Wolf: Playwright code written for you. See QA Wolf vs DoesQA.
mabl: low-code, best for a broad enterprise suite. See mabl vs DoesQA.
DoesQA: whole journeys in one Flow
Also in DoesQA: browser tests on Chrome, Edge and Firefox, Runs from CI and Results with screenshots and video.
A Flow follows your user into a new tab, through a frame and back again, with no plugin to add. Built-in email testing covers sign-up, password reset and magic links, and multifactor authentication testing uses real MFA codes. API, accessibility and visual checks join the same Flow, so one Run proves the whole journey.
Cypress Cloud or hosted Runs
Cypress Cloud records and reviews the runs your own CI machines execute. DoesQA runs every Flow on hosted parallel browsers, with nothing to run yourself, and every Result carries a step timeline, screenshots and video.
Cypress alternatives at a glance
Option | How tests are written | Where tests run |
|---|---|---|
Playwright | TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java or .NET | Your machines or a cloud |
Selenium | Code against WebDriver | Your Selenium Grid |
BrowserStack | Your scripts, or Low Code Automation | BrowserStack's browser cloud |
QA Wolf | Playwright code, written for you | QA Wolf's cloud |
mabl | Low-code | mabl's cloud |
DoesQA | Codeless Flows across tabs, frames, inboxes and MFA | Hosted parallel browsers |
Which one fits
Choose Cypress if your front-end engineers want fast page and component tests in JavaScript.
Choose DoesQA if you want the most comprehensive and easiest test automation solution for anything on the web, with tabs, frames, inboxes and MFA in one Flow. You can export your Flows as Cypress, Playwright, Selenium or WebdriverIO code at any time. See how export works.
Questions
Can DoesQA test journeys that open a new tab?
Yes. One Flow follows the user into new tabs and windows and through frames.
Do I need Cypress Cloud with DoesQA?
No. DoesQA runs and records every Flow on hosted browsers.
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More comparisons
See Cypress vs DoesQA, Playwright alternatives and Selenium alternatives, or every page on Compare DoesQA.
