Comparison

Cucumber vs Jasmine

On the evidence we track, Jasmine leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Cucumber47
★Jasmine65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Cucumber47 / 100low · 7%
Jasmine65 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Cucumber✓
Jasmine✓
Model
Cucumberopen_source
Price level
Cucumberfree
Jasminefree
Transparent
Cucumber–
Jasmine✓
Integrations
Count
Cucumber5
Jasmine–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cucumber–
Jasmine846,026
Github stars
Cucumber–
Jasmine15,812
Package downloads weekly
Cucumber–
Jasmine1,167,594
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cucumber–
Jasmine5
Release
Cadence days
Cucumber–
Jasmine13
History
Cucumber–
Jasmine20 items
License
Spdx
Cucumber–
JasmineMIT
Language
Primary
Cucumber–
JasmineJavaScript
Content
Faq
Cucumber5 items
Jasmine4 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for testing tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Test types
CucumberUnit + integration + E2E
Jasmine-
Browser automation
Cucumber-
Jasmine✗
Built-in assertion library
Cucumber✓
Jasmine✓
Languages
CucumberRuby, Java, JavaScript, Python, PHP, Go, Rust, Scala, C#
JasmineJavaScript, TypeScript
Isolation
Mocking / stubbing
Cucumber-
Jasmine✓
Techniques
Snapshot testing
Cucumber-
Jasmine-
Performance
Parallel execution
Cucumber-
Jasmine✓
Insight
Code coverage
Cucumber-
Jasmine-
DX
Watch mode
Cucumber-
Jasmine-
Ops
CI integration
Cucumber✓
Jasmine-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Cucumber

An open-source testing framework that enables teams to write automated acceptance tests in readable, natural language using Gherkin syntax. Tests serve as both documentation and executable specifications, supporting behavior-driven development workflows.

Independently observed

Jasmine

Leader

A JavaScript testing framework designed to run test suites in both browser and Node.js environments

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Cucumber

Open source
as of verify ↗

Jasmine

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Cucumber✗
Jasmine✓
CLI
Cucumber✓
Jasmine✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Cucumber✓
Jasmine–

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Cucumber

5 total
  • Jenkins
  • Rake
  • Ant
  • Maven
  • JUnit
Independently observed

Jasmine

Leader

Not documented yet.

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Cucumber or Jasmine: which one depends on you

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