Is Playwright Free? Yes — Here's What It Costs at Scale
Playwright is free and open source. At 50–200 engineer teams, maintaining it costs an SDET hire. See the creation, flake, and CI math.
Comparisons
12 postsComparison and alternative guides written for buyers. We name where each tool genuinely wins and where it stops scaling. Includes Playwright, Selenium, and AI testing tools.
Playwright vs QAby.AI: When Code Tests Stop Scaling
Playwright won the framework war. AI agents won the maintenance war. Why mid-market SaaS teams move from Playwright code to AI-led regression.
The AI Test Automation Tools Handbook for Mid-Market SaaS (2026)
A buyer-side handbook to AI test automation tools in 2026. Four tool buckets, 10 platforms mid-market teams evaluated this year, a 9-criterion scorecard, TCO math, and a 30-day evaluation playbook.
The AI Testing Tool Buyer Guide: 8 Features That Actually Matter
The 8-feature scorecard for buying an AI testing tool in 2026: discovery, authoring, healing, CI/CD, telemetry, cost, ownership, and exit. With red flags, the 30-day POC playbook, and the green-pipeline test.
Playwright vs Selenium 2026: When Neither Is the Answer
Most Playwright vs Selenium posts pick a winner. The real 2026 question is what AI-led testing changes about both frameworks. Honest comparison and the deeper question.
The QA Services Buyer Guide — Test Automation + QaaS in 2026
How to buy QA services in 2026: the four models, the 10-question scorecard, real pricing, contract red flags, and when DIY-on-AI beats buying.
Regression Testing Software in 2026: The Definitive Playbook
A 5,000-word pillar guide to regression testing software in 2026. What it is, the seven categories, a 9-criteria buyer scorecard, pricing models compared, cost framing, and a 30-day implementation playbook.
Regression Testing Tools in 2026: Automated + Visual Compared
First-hand verdicts on 10 regression testing tools: 5 automated (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Mabl, QAby.AI) and 5 visual (Applitools, Percy, Chromatic, Loki, QAby.AI visual mode).
Selenium Alternative: When AI Testing Earns the Migration in 2026
Selenium is durable, polyglot, and still everywhere. The honest question is when a modern AI testing alternative is worth the migration cost, and when it is not.
"Just Use ChatGPT" Creates More QA Work, Not Less
41 QA teams later, the "just use ChatGPT to write your tests" advice fails on review burden, accuracy ceiling, and activation. Here is what we found.
Playwright Alternative 2026: When AI Testing Earns Migration
Playwright is great. The honest question is when an AI testing alternative is worth migrating to, and when it is not. A grounded read.
The SDET You Don't Have to Hire Next Quarter
QAby.AI defers the $200K SDET hire your engineering team would otherwise need next quarter. Here is the math on what it really costs.