Comparison

Selenium vs TestCafe

On the evidence we track, Selenium leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Selenium72

TestCafe61

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	SeleniumLeader	TestCafe
vioscaleAI score	72 / 100high · 76%	61 / 100high · 79%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	3
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	2.9	5.8
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.selenium.dev/categories/security/	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.seleniumhq.selenium%3Aselenium-java&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=testcafe&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	98,124	4,018
Github starsadoption.github_stars	34,541	9,895
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	6,935,447	170,522
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	7
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	30	20
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	JavaScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Selenium72 / 100high · 76%

TestCafe61 / 100high · 79%

Pricing

Free tier

Selenium✓

TestCafe✓

Model

Seleniumopen_source

TestCafeopen_source

Price level

Seleniumfree

TestCafefree

Transparent

Selenium✓

TestCafe✓

Integrations

Count

Selenium5

TestCafe3

Security

Scorecard

Selenium2.9

TestCafe5.8

Trust center

Seleniumhttps://www.selenium.dev/categories/security/

TestCafe–

Vulnerabilities

SeleniumCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.seleniumhq.selenium%3Aselenium-java&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

TestCafeCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=testcafe&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Selenium✓

TestCafe–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Selenium98,124

TestCafe4,018

Github stars

Selenium34,541

TestCafe9,895

Package downloads weekly

Selenium6,935,447

TestCafe170,522

Activity

Commits last 30d

Selenium100

TestCafe7

Release

Cadence days

Selenium30

TestCafe20

History

Selenium20 items

TestCafe20 items

License

Spdx

SeleniumApache-2.0

TestCafeMIT

Language

Primary

SeleniumJava

TestCafeJavaScript

Market

Availability

SeleniumAvailable worldwide

TestCafe–

Content

Faq

Selenium6 items

TestCafe5 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Testing Tools
Capability	Selenium	TestCafe
Core
Test types	Unit + integration + E2E	Unit + integration + E2E
Browser automation	✓	✓
Built-in assertion library	-	✓
Languages	Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, .NET	JavaScript, TypeScript
Isolation
Mocking / stubbing	-	-
Techniques
Snapshot testing	-	-
Performance
Parallel execution	✓	✓
Insight
Code coverage	-	-
DX
Watch mode	-	✓
Ops
CI integration	✓	✓

Core

Test types

SeleniumUnit + integration + E2E

TestCafeUnit + integration + E2E

Browser automation

Selenium✓

TestCafe✓

Built-in assertion library

Selenium-

TestCafe✓

Languages

SeleniumJava, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, .NET

TestCafeJavaScript, TypeScript

Isolation

Mocking / stubbing

Selenium-

TestCafe-

Techniques

Snapshot testing

Selenium-

TestCafe-

Performance

Parallel execution

Selenium✓

TestCafe✓

Insight

Code coverage

Selenium-

TestCafe-

Watch mode

Selenium-

TestCafe✓

Ops

CI integration

Selenium✓

TestCafe✓

What each one is

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

Selenium

Leader

Selenium is an open-source testing framework that automates web browsers for testing applications and automating web-based administration tasks across multiple programming languages.

Independently observed

TestCafe

TestCafe is a free, open-source testing framework for automating end-to-end web application tests. It supports JavaScript and TypeScript, includes automatic waiting for page loads and elements, provides assertions and smart actions, and enables parallel test execution.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Selenium

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

TestCafe

from $20/moSubscriptionFree tier60-day trial

From $20/month for individuals. Free tier available (open-source framework). 60-day free trial on paid plans.

Personal$20/month, first 60 days free
- Detailed test run log
- Flaky test detection
- Test parallelization
- Screenshot & video storage
- Community support only
Team$50/month, first 60 days free
- Everything in Personal tier
- Complementary TestCafe Studio licenses
- Dedicated support
- Analytics (coming soon)
- Advanced debugging (coming soon)
- +1 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Team tier
- Self-hosted solution (coming soon)
- SSO (coming soon)
- Enterprise features (coming soon)

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Selenium	TestCafe
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Selenium✓

TestCafe✗

macOS

Selenium✗

TestCafe✓

Windows

Selenium✗

TestCafe✓

Linux

Selenium✗

TestCafe✓

CLI

Selenium✗

TestCafe✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Selenium✗

TestCafe✓

Self-hosted

Selenium✓

TestCafe✓

Integrations

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

Selenium

Leader

5 total

Chrome
Firefox
Edge
Appium
Chrome for Testing (CfT)

Independently observed

TestCafe

4 total

AppVeyor
CrossBrowserTesting
Testingbot
BrowserStack

Independently observed

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