Comparison

Jasmine vs Playwright

On the evidence we track, Playwright leads this comparison with a composite score of 78/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Jasmine65
★Playwright78
Score
vioscaleAI score
Jasmine65 / 100medium · 70%
Playwright78 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
Jasmine✓
Playwright–
Model
Playwrightopen_source
Price level
Jasminefree
Playwrightfree
Transparent
Jasmine✓
Playwright–
Integrations
Count
Jasmine–
Playwright6
Adoption
Dependent repos
Jasmine846,026
Playwright12,585
Github stars
Jasmine15,812
Playwright97,789
Package downloads weekly
Jasmine1,167,594
Playwright27,066,229
Stackoverflow questions
Jasmine–
Playwright9,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
Jasmine5
Playwright100
Release
Cadence days
Jasmine13
Playwright20
History
Jasmine20 items
Playwright20 items
License
Spdx
JasmineMIT
PlaywrightApache-2.0
Language
Primary
JasmineJavaScript
PlaywrightTypeScript
Market
Availability
Jasmine–
Content
Faq
Jasmine4 items
Playwright7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Test types
Jasmine-
PlaywrightUnit + integration + E2E
Browser automation
Jasmine✗
Playwright✓
Built-in assertion library
Jasmine✓
Playwright✓
Languages
JasmineJavaScript, TypeScript
PlaywrightTypeScript, Python, .NET, Java
Isolation
Mocking / stubbing
Jasmine✓
Playwright✓
Techniques
Snapshot testing
Jasmine-
Playwright✓
Performance
Parallel execution
Jasmine✓
Playwright✓
Insight
Code coverage
Jasmine-
Playwright-
DX
Watch mode
Jasmine-
Playwright-
Ops
CI integration
Jasmine-
Playwright✓

What each one is

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

Jasmine

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

Independently observed

Playwright

Leader

A testing framework that enables automated testing across multiple web browsers using a single API. Supports end-to-end and API testing with automatic waiting, assertion retries, parallel execution, test recording, and visual regression testing.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Jasmine

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Playwright

Leader
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
Jasmine✓
Playwright✗
macOS
Jasmine✗
Playwright✓
Windows
Jasmine✗
Playwright✓
Linux
Jasmine✗
Playwright✓
CLI
Jasmine✓
Playwright✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Jasmine–
Playwright✓

Integrations

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

Jasmine

Not documented yet.

Playwright

Leader
6 total
  • VS Code
  • Cursor
  • Claude Desktop
  • Windsurf
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Claude Code
Independently observed
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