--- title: Cypress Reviews meta_title: 'Cypress Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 107 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Cypress works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.7 review_count: 107 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-06-30' parent_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # Cypress Reviews **Vendor:** Cypress.io **Category:** [Software Testing Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/software-testing) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 107 ## About Cypress Cypress is a front end automated testing tool, created for the modern web. It provides better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. Built on an entirely new architecture, Cypress runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested - and it works on any front-end framework or website. The open-source Cypress app handles modern JavaScript frameworks especially well. Cypress Cloud is a hosted service that aggregates and applies powerful intelligence from past Cypress app test runs to support better CI failure debugging workflows, test suite analytics, and intelligent CI orchestration capabilities that improve developer velocity while reducing CI costs. ## Cypress Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find **ease of use** in Cypress, thanks to clear documentation and straightforward interaction for testing. (9 reviews) - Users value the **automation capabilities** of Cypress for its ease of use and robust debugging tools. (5 reviews) - Users value the **easy integrations** of Cypress, enhancing their testing efficiency and reducing deployment hassles. (4 reviews) - Users value Cypress for its **intuitive API** that simplifies testing and enhances their development workflow. (4 reviews) - Users value the **speed of test execution** with Cypress, enabling rapid and efficient testing across various browsers. (4 reviews) - Users value the **easy API management** in Cypress, praising its integration and efficiency for end-to-end testing. (3 reviews) - Functionality (3 reviews) - Helpful (3 reviews) - Time-saving (3 reviews) - Customer Support (2 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users face challenges due to **limited browser support** , notably with Firefox compared to the smoother experience on Chrome. (3 reviews) - Users find Cypress's **limited features** hinder scalability, particularly for large projects and multi-tab testing. (3 reviews) - Users face a **steeper learning curve** with Cypress, particularly for advanced features and mocking APIs. (2 reviews) - Users face significant **testing issues** with Cypress, particularly with longer tests failing due to out-of-memory errors. (2 reviews) - Users note the **dashboard issues** with the free version, lacking important functionality available in the licensed version. (1 reviews) - Users find that **mocking APIs can be difficult to learn** , needing time to become accustomed to Cypress. (1 reviews) - Expensive (1 reviews) - Resource Limitations (1 reviews) - Technical Issues (1 reviews) ## Cypress Reviews ### 1. Cypress is very easy to learn **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sebastian D. | Fronted Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 23, 2019 **What do you like best about Cypress?** It is very easy to start writing tests in Cypress. Cy is also very intuitive and provides awesome tools that really helps. **What do you dislike about Cypress?** I like everything :) I have only good memories. **Recommendations to others considering Cypress:** If you are tired with Protractor, Cypress is the answer. **What problems is Cypress solving and how is that benefiting you?** E2E testing is again a pleasure. ### 2. Awesome, easy to use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 23, 2019 **What do you like best about Cypress?** It is the easiest automation framework to implement and use, the ease of use of getting up and running with automated testing is one of the best things about it. Impressive (and intuitive UI/UX. Tests are simple to write **What do you dislike about Cypress?** Doesnt support browsers other than Chrome and even then I get random OOM and crashes while running e2e tests with many steps. Still lacks support for cross browser testing **What problems is Cypress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Documentation ### 3. Cypress is the testing software I always wanted to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Cypress?** Cypress's interface makes testing a more interactive and approachable experience. **What do you dislike about Cypress?** I'm excited about their roadmap and am pumped for Cypress to be able to hook into native form submissions. **Recommendations to others considering Cypress:** You must at least give it a try. You can easily get a working PoC in a day. **What problems is Cypress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cypress supports our company website by testing major functionality. ### 4. Impressed that Cypress delivers on the promise! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sam D. | Dev Lead & Sr Software Engineer, Construction, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2019 **What do you like best about Cypress?** It just works! I’ve not had issues testing and the documentation is great! This is the first e2e testing framework that works so well. **What do you dislike about Cypress?** I would like more “best practices” in the documentation **What problems is Cypress solving and how is that benefiting you?** E2e testing and soon come/cd integration ### 5. Testing the right way **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** olususi k. | Lead Software Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2019 **What do you like best about Cypress?** It's an awesome tool with great documentation and so easy to use **What do you dislike about Cypress?** For me and some of my colleagues, it looks ok for now **What problems is Cypress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ensuring proper flow of end-to-end process for my application. It allows me to easily spot defect my the users of my application could spot that. ### 6. Amazing E2E testing tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 28, 2019 **What do you like best about Cypress?** This is currently the industry standard way to write E2E test in my opinion in 2019. It is an absolute upgrade over the old days of selenium. And it is very easy to start using. **What do you dislike about Cypress?** I do not dislike anything about it, They are heading in the right direction. Wishing them luck. **Recommendations to others considering Cypress:** Go for it **What problems is Cypress solving and how is that benefiting you?** For writing End to End test ### 7. Early experience promising **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Cypress?** Quick feedback, easy integration with existing work pipeline **What do you dislike about Cypress?** No cross browser testing (yet). Still using other solutions for IE specific testing **What problems is Cypress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Increased reliability and speed of integration tests. ## Cypress Discussions - [Is there a plan to add firefox to the list of supported browsers?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-there-a-plan-to-add-firefox-to-the-list-of-supported-browsers) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [How can I influence my lead QA engineer positively to to use Cypress? Cross-browser is a factor.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-can-i-influence-my-lead-qa-engineer-positively-to-to-use-cypress-cross-browser-is-a-factor) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Are their any resources or individuals to help us connect our app authenticating with IdentityServer](https://www.g2.com/discussions/13327-are-their-any-resources-or-individuals-to-help-us-connect-our-app-authenticating-with-identityserver) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Is Cypress a free tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-cypress-a-free-tool) - 1 comment - [View Cypress pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/cypress/reviews?page=3§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-02+22%3A05%3A49+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=40f2d987-6faa-424c-9267-5a39413501f9&secure%5Btoken%5D=4e8c5bf6037863eb22b41cc27782b9c42c86f791b25ec26183ccc778d0e68f33&format=llm_user) ## Cypress Integrations - [Cucumber](https://www.g2.com/products/cucumber/reviews) - [GitHub](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews) - [Slack Connector for Jira](https://www.g2.com/products/slack-connector-for-jira/reviews) - [Zephyr Squad](https://www.g2.com/products/zephyr-squad/reviews) ## Cypress Features **Functionality ** - Test Feedback - Test History - Customization - Test Variety **Agentic AI - Software Testing** - Autonomous Task Execution - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance **Automation** - Organization - Reliability - Thoroughness **Agentic AI - Automation Testing** - Autonomous Task Execution - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance ## Top Cypress Alternatives - [BrowserStack](https://www.g2.com/products/browserstack/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (3,306 reviews) - [Apache JMeter](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-jmeter/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (150 reviews) - [SOAPUI](https://www.g2.com/products/soapui/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (137 reviews)