TestDriver
Vision-model E2E testing that drives a real desktop instead of querying the DOM.
What it is
TestDriver runs each pull request inside a real desktop sandbox and drives the application the way a person would — looking at the screen, clicking, typing — rather than resolving selectors. Because it never touches the DOM it can test the things selector-based runners cannot reach: Chrome and VS Code extensions, packaged desktop apps on Windows and macOS, canvas, video, iframes and third-party OAuth screens. Tests are described in plain English and asserted with Vitest syntax.
Best for
Where it is strong
- Tests surfaces nothing else reaches — browser extensions, packaged desktop apps, canvas and third-party OAuth screens.
- No selectors to maintain, so a refactor that renames every class breaks nothing.
- Runs per pull request in a disposable sandbox rather than against a shared staging environment.
Where it falls short
- A vision model is non-deterministic. Reruns of an unchanged test do not always take the same path, which makes a genuine failure harder to distinguish from a bad frame.
- Billed by testing hours, and driving a real desktop is slow — a suite that costs pennies on Playwright can cost real money here.
- Young product with a small community; expect to be an early reporter of your own bugs.
Pricing
From $20 per seat/month (120 testing minutes included, then $0.14/minute)
Free tierFree tier: Free trial rather than a standing free tier; paid seats include 120 testing minutes a month.
What drives the bill: The seat price is the small half of the bill: $20 per seat covers 120 testing minutes, then metering kicks in at $0.14 a minute (about $8.40 an hour). Seats are billed for every GitHub user who gets a PR review or runs a test, and a vision model driving a desktop is slower per test than a headless browser — model the minutes before committing a large suite.
Check current pricing on TestDriver’s siteFigures are indicative and were last reviewed August 2026. Vendors change pricing often; confirm before you commit.
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