Cypress

What it is for

Cypress is an open-source E2E runner plus Cypress Cloud: you open a failed Runs list (heroes.cy.ts) and hit Test Replay, and the App is Free. Use it when the job is browser tests you start at a public $, not when you need Checkly’s uptime probes only.

Soft-note: App MIT $0; Cloud Starter Free (500 test results / month) + Team $67/month billed annually at $799 + Business from $267/month billed annually at $3,199. Distinct from Checkly (synthetic monitoring, not a Cypress clone) and Postman (API client / collections — adjacent verification, not browser E2E). Few peer browser-E2E slugs sit in the catalog yet.

What makes it unique: the cover is Cypress Cloud’s official Runs desk (Apply suggestions from code review, Overview / Test Results 503 / Specs 62 / Errors 4, Failed 3 / Flaky 12, file heroes.cy.ts, rows Heroes > Actions > User settings actions / Smart orchestration / Invite hero, Test Replay) — not a wordmark. The Invite hero fail itself is ops of Test Results.

Key features

• Failed Runs list — the three heroes.cy.ts rows (cover still; cypress.io). One desk. Cover Invite hero sits here.
• Test Replay — the replay control on each fail (cover; docs). A replay, not a Team tile.
• Failed / Flaky filters — Failed 3 / Flaky 12 (cover). Run chrome, not a $67 plan tile (the $ stays in Pricing).
• Specs / Errors — Specs 62 / Errors 4 (cover). Counts, not Business.
• Test Replay debugging — DOM / network / console on the CI recording (Test Replay docs). A debug, not Get Started.
• OSS App — cypress run locally under MIT (github.com/cypress-io/cypress). A runner, not Enterprise.

Record to Cloud / Get started are CTAs (not desks). Starter / Team / Business tiles stay in Pricing. cy.prompt / AI summaries stay off Key features as AI extras.

Who it's for

Best fit: teams who will stay on the MIT App + Cloud Starter (500 results / month) while they Replay a first failed heroes.cy.ts, then Team at $67/month ($799/year) when they need flake analytics — not Business $267 first unless they need SSO and spec prioritization.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from cypress.io/pricing. Soft-note: Team and Business cards print monthly $ plus “Billed annually at”.

• Cypress App — Free ($0), MIT. Local / CI without --record.
• Cloud Starter — Free. 10 users; 500 test results / month; 100 prompt execs / month; Test Replay; parallelization. 30-day Enterprise-feature trial.
• Cloud Team — $67/month; billed annually at $799. 50 users; 120k test results / year; flake detection; Jira; webhooks; email support.
• Cloud Business — starting at $267/month; billed annually at $3,199. Same 120k results + spec prioritization / auto cancellation / SSO.
• Cloud Enterprise — contact sales (1.8M results / year). Do not invent an Enterprise $.
• OSS Cloud — free Cloud upgrade for non-commercial public projects (FAQ).

Confirm checkout; extra results are on-demand ($6 / 1,000 on Team FAQ).

Limitations / costs

• Cloud Starter caps recorded results at 500 / month. Local runs do not count; --record does.
• Test Replay is Chromium-based (Cypress blog). Do not assume every browser replays.
• Not a Checkly clone. Checkly is synthetic monitoring; Postman is an API client — we list them as nearest verification tooling, not Cypress copies.
• UI Coverage / Accessibility are add-ons (“Request trial”) — unpriced here.

Alternatives

• Checkly — synthetic monitoring when you want Hobby $0 / Starter $24, not a heroes.cy.ts Test Replay. Adjacent: uptime / browser checks, not Cypress Cloud Runs.
• Postman — an API client when you want that product’s public $, not failed E2E specs. Adjacent: request collections, not a browser runner.

Official tutorial

Official Cypress.io channel video: Unlocking the Power of Test Replay! (oEmbed author: Cypress.io). First-party Cloud Replay how-to; the failed Runs + Test Replay still is the cover. We also resolved Be Kind Rewind with Test Replay | Q Ray (tnZji8J0v-U) on the same channel (CypressConf talk). We searched @Cypressio (200) and @Cypress_io (404).

Written path: cypress.io/pricing plus Test Replay docs.

Website

https://www.cypress.io/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Cypress Cloud Runs (failed heroes.cy.ts + Test Replay). Dollars checked on cypress.io/pricing (App Free; Cloud Starter Free; Team $67/mo $799/yr; Business from $267/mo $3,199/yr). Tutorial oEmbed author: Cypress.io (@Cypressio; @Cypress_io 404).

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.