Automation frameworks are essential in testing for ensuring high-quality web applications. Most popular tools available in the market are - Playwright , Selenium , Cypress. Each has its own strengths , but playwright plays a major role as its serves more advance features when compared to selenium and in some areas it overcomes cypress too. Here's the breakdown why... Faster Execution Playwright - Communicates directly with the browser. So it's faster. Selenium - Uses (Client-