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Keploy vs Playwright
Short answer: Pick Keploy if you want traffic-driven test generation and sandboxed replay; pick Playwright if you want cross-browser testing with AI agent support. Keploy has a free plan, paid from $19/month per user; Playwright is free and open source.
Which to pick
Pick Keploy if you want…
- Traffic-driven test generation and sandboxed replay
- Integrations with Node, Go or GitHub (on Keploy's list, not Playwright's)
Pick Playwright if you want…
- Cross-browser testing with AI agent support
- Web UI automation
- A free, open-source tool
- Integrations with .NET, Chromium or Firefox (on Playwright's list, not Keploy's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Keploy:Keploy captures real traffic with eBPF to auto-generate API tests, mocks and regression suites.
- Playwright:Playwright provides end-to-end web automation and testing for modern apps, scripts, and AI agents.
- Best for
- Keploy:Traffic-driven test generation and sandboxed replay
- Playwright:Cross-browser testing with AI agent support
- Who it’s for
- Keploy:Developers and engineering teams needing automated integration and API testing.
- Playwright:Developers and QA engineers building reliable web tests and AI-driven browser automation.
- Pricing
- Keploy:Freemium
- Playwright:Open source
- Starting price
- Keploy:$19/month per user (Pro)
- Playwright:Free
- Free plan or trial
- Keploy:Free trial
- Playwright:Free to use
- Plans
- Keploy:Pro $19/user/mo per month
- Playwright:—
- Open source
- Keploy:Yes, 18,697 GitHub stars
- Playwright:Yes, 96,964 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Keploy:Node, Go, Java, Python, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Argo
- Playwright:Python, .NET, Java, Chromium, Firefox, WebKit, VS Code, Claude Code
Keploy features
- Live traffic capture. Records HTTP, gRPC, GraphQL, Kafka and database calls via eBPF without code changes.
- Auto test generation. Creates realistic API tests and edge-case scenarios from captured traffic and OpenAPI specs.
- Dependency mocking. Generates smart mocks for databases, queues, caches and third-party APIs.
- CI/CD replay. Runs captured traffic as regression tests in CI pipelines with isolation.
- AI-enhanced testing. Uses OpenAI/Gemini to expand edge cases, self-heal tests and detect bugs.
- Kubernetes support. Records traffic from Kubernetes clusters and provides production-grade dashboards.
- Team collaboration. Provides shared mock registry, viewer seats and role-based access controls.
- Open-source core. Core platform is Apache-2.0 licensed; enterprise adds advanced features.
Playwright features
- Auto-wait & assertions. Automatically waits for elements to be actionable and retries assertions until they pass.
- Test isolation. Each test runs in a fresh browser context, giving near-zero overhead isolation.
- Parallelism & sharding. Runs tests in parallel across browsers and can shard across machines for faster CI.
- MCP server for AI agents. Model Context Protocol server gives AI agents full browser control via structured accessibility snapshots.
- CLI for coding agents. Token-efficient command-line interface with installable skills for Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, etc.
- Test generator & trace viewer. Record actions to generate test code and view detailed execution traces with DOM, network, and console logs.
- VS Code extension. Run, debug, generate tests and view traces directly inside the editor.
Keploy vs Playwright FAQ
What is the difference between Keploy and Playwright?+
Playwright provides UI automation; Keploy provides backend API and dependency mock testing from traffic.
Should I use Keploy or Playwright?+
Pick Keploy if you want traffic-driven test generation and sandboxed replay or integrations with Node, Go or GitHub (on Keploy's list, not Playwright's). Pick Playwright if you want cross-browser testing with AI agent support, web UI automation or a free, open-source tool.
Is Keploy or Playwright free?+
Keploy has a free plan; paid plans start at $19/month per user (Pro). Playwright is free and open source.
Which is cheaper, Keploy or Playwright?+
Playwright is free, so it costs less. Keploy starts at $19/month per user (Pro).
Is Keploy or Playwright open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Keploy (keploy/keploy on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license) and Playwright (microsoft/playwright on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license).
Do Keploy and Playwright integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list Java and Python. Keploy also lists Node, Go, GitHub, GitLab and 8 more; Playwright also lists .NET, Chromium, Firefox, WebKit and 3 more.
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