Selenium Vs Playwright

Selenium Playwright

Open Source Open Source

Support C#, Java, Ruby, JavaScript, Support Java, JavaScript

Python, Perl, PHP languages ,TypeScript,Python,.NET languages

Support Chromium, Google Chrome ,

Support Google Chrome , Microsoft
Microsoft Edge, Firefox, WebKit
Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari browsers
browsers

Support Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Supports Windows, Linux, and Mac OS
Mac OS Operating Systems Operating Systems

Slower compare to Playwright Faster compare to Selenium

Well-established tool with a large Relatively newer tool, Playwright has

community a smaller community

The documentation may not be as

Extensive documentation
extensive as Selenium's

Can handle multiple windows and tabs, Supports multiple browser contexts
but the process is more manual and tabs natively

Does not have native support for Provides built-in support for network
intercepting network requests interception and monitoring.

Supports mobile emulation through Includes built-in support for

Chrome DevTools emulating mobile devices

Does not support for API Testing Support for API Testing

Generating reports through frameworks Build-in support for generating

like TestNG, JUnit reports ,so it is easy than selenium

Need to maintain drivers externally No need to maintain drivers externally