DoesQA vs Playwright
(in practice)

DoesQA vs Playwright
(in practice)

Playwright is an excellent testing framework.

So is Selenium. So is Cypress.

This page is not about arguing frameworks.


It is about the gap that appears after you have already picked a solid testing tool, and where teams often lose the most time.

The testing tooling landscape

The testing tooling landscape

Most teams end up choosing between two extremes.


At one end are DIY frameworks like Playwright or Selenium.

Powerful, flexible, widely trusted, but they require teams to run and maintain everything around them.


At the other end are simplified or low-code tools.

These promise speed, but often introduce limits, brittle coverage, or workflow friction as complexity grows.


DoesQA sits in the middle.


It is not about taking control away.

It is about removing the operational overhead that builds up around testing.

Playwright is genuinely great at

Playwright is genuinely great at

Playwright excels at:

• Fast browser automation

• Expressive test logic

• Fine-grained control

• Tight integration with developer workflows


If your team is comfortable managing:

• Test runners

• Environments

• Inboxes and secrets

• CI orchestration

• Test data lifecycle

• Flaky test mitigation


Playwright on its own can take you a long way.

Many DoesQA users started there.

Where teams actually lose time

Where teams actually lose time

In practice, most delays do not happen inside test code.


They happen around it.


Common examples include:

• Waiting on shared email inboxes

• Fighting MFA and login flows

• Brittle setup and test data

• Reruns blocked by environments

• Setup work that only one person fully understands

• Slow feedback loops between QA, developers, and CI


None of this is Playwright’s fault.


But all of it affects how fast teams ship and how much confidence they have in test results.

The gap most teams feel,
but rarely name

The gap most teams feel, but rarely name

As test suites grow, teams slowly take on more operational responsibility.


Tests become slower to trust.

Failures become harder to interpret.

Reruns get delayed.

Ownership becomes unclear.


Questions start appearing:

• Did this change break something?

• Why did the test not run?

• Can we rerun this right now?

• Who owns this setup work?


This is where friction builds.


Not just technically, but across the team.


Developers get blocked.

QA becomes a bottleneck.

Feedback cycles stretch out.

Where DoesQA fits

Where DoesQA fits

DoesQA is designed to remove the friction around testing without removing control or intent.


Teams use DoesQA to:

• Run tests without managing runners

• Handle email and MFA reliably

• Isolate environments per run

• Remove setup and rerun delays

• Make test results clearer and easier to trust


You still decide what to test.

You still define coverage and intent.


You just stop maintaining the scaffolding around it.


For example, many teams keep Playwright-style assertions and flows, but rely on DoesQA to handle inboxes, MFA, environments, and reruns so failures are actionable instead of ambiguous.

When DoesQA is not the right choice

When DoesQA is not the right choice

DoesQA is not for every team.


It may not be the right fit if you:

• Want to build and maintain all test infrastructure internally

• Prefer full custom orchestration across every layer

• Enjoy owning setup, environments, and execution details


In those cases, a framework-only approach can make sense.


DoesQA is for teams who want testing to be fast, reliable, and predictable again, without adding maintenance responsibility.

A practical next step

A practical next step

If this page resonates, the quickest way to see whether DoesQA fits your setup is to walk through it together.


You can book a short session to:

• Review your current approach

• Understand where DoesQA helps and where it does not

• Decide if it is worth exploring further

Book a demo

Book a demo

Book a demo

No pressure. Just a practical conversation.

Or, if you prefer, you can start free and explore at your own pace.