Cypress vs Testim

From $75 per month (Cloud, entry team plan)

Quote on request

You only pay for Cypress Cloud. Costs scale with recorded test results, so a large suite on every PR is the expensive shape.

Quote-based beyond the free tier; priced by annual test runs.

The test runner is free forever. Cypress Cloud free tier covers a limited number of recorded test results per month.

Free plan with a limited monthly run allowance.

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Cypress.io · since 2017

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Tricentis · since 2014

• The interactive runner is the best onboarding experience in E2E testing; a new developer writes a passing test in minutes.
• Excellent documentation and one of the largest plugin ecosystems.
• Component testing and E2E in one tool with one config.

• Smart locators handle everyday UI churn well.
• The escape hatch to real JavaScript keeps complex cases possible.
• Reusable shared steps keep large recorded suites maintainable.

• Runs in the same event loop as your app, which historically meant no multi-tab, multi-origin or iframe-heavy testing without workarounds. Support has improved but the model still constrains you.
• JavaScript and TypeScript only.
• Meaningful parallelisation effectively requires paying for Cypress Cloud.

• Test logic lives in the vendor's cloud rather than your repository, which complicates review and branching.
• Run-based pricing punishes running the full suite on every commit.
• Post-acquisition roadmap is bound to the wider Tricentis strategy.

Front-end teams who value developer experience and live in a single-origin JavaScript app.

Teams with fast-changing UIs that need maintenance to stay low.