Operio vs Cypress
Cypress runs the commands you write, one selector at a time. Operio is an agentic testing platform: an AI agent that understands your app while it tests it, follows the whole journey across web and native mobile, and explains every failure.
The same journey, two ways
Cypress replays a script. Operio understands the journey.
A Cypress test does exactly what you coded, in the order you coded it, and stops the moment your app doesn't match. Operio's agent reads each screen as it tests, decides the next action toward the goal, checks every outcome the way a person would, and tells you why something failed.
1describe('checkout', () => {2 it('pays with a saved card', () => {3 cy.visit('/login');4 cy.get('[data-cy=email]').type(Cypress.env('SHOPPER_EMAIL'));5 cy.get('[data-cy=password]').type(Cypress.env('SHOPPER_PASSWORD'), { log: false });6 cy.contains('button', 'Sign in').click();7 cy.contains('a', 'Blue hoodie').click();8 cy.contains('button', 'Add to cart').click();9 cy.get('[data-cy=cart-link]').click();10 cy.contains('button', 'Checkout').click();11 cy.get('[data-cy=saved-card-visa]').check();12 cy.contains('button', 'Place order').click();13 cy.contains('h1', 'Order confirmed').should('be.visible');14 });15});
- Sign in as @shopper
- Add the blue hoodie to the cart
- Open the cart and go to checkout
- Pay with the saved Visa card
- The order confirmation is shown
Why teams choose Operio
Why an agent beats a script
- 01
An agent that understands your app
Operio doesn't replay recorded clicks. It reads each screen while it tests, works toward the goal of the journey and judges the result in context, so a test checks what a user would actually notice.
- 02
Plain English instead of commands
Tests read like the journey, so anyone on the team can write one, review one and see when it's wrong.
- 03
Journeys that cross domains and inboxes
The agent follows the user through logins, payment pages on other domains and email inboxes, as one test.
- 04
Native mobile, not only the browser
Test your iOS and Android builds with the same plain-English steps you use for the web app.
- 05
Hosted runs with evidence built in
Parallel suites run on hosted browsers and devices, and every failure comes with video, logs and what was expected.
At a glance
Operio and Cypress, side by side
- How a test runs
- OperioAn AI agent reads each screen and decides the next action toward the goal
- CypressRuns the exact commands you wrote
- How tests are written
- OperioPlain-English steps anyone can read
- CypressJavaScript or TypeScript with Cypress commands
- Who writes them
- OperioAnyone who can describe the journey
- CypressFront-end engineers familiar with Cypress
- Finding elements
- OperioThe agent reads the screen and acts on intent
- CypressSelectors you write, ideally dedicated data attributes
- When the UI changes
- OperioNo locators to update; steps describe what a user does
- CypressSelectors and assertions need updating
- Platforms
- OperioWeb, plus native iOS and Android apps
- CypressWeb apps in Chrome-family browsers and Firefox, with experimental WebKit; no native mobile
- Multi-step journeys
- OperioFollows the journey through logins, other domains and email inboxes
- CypressCross-origin steps need cy.origin, and multiple tabs aren't supported
- Scaling runs
- OperioParallel suites on hosted browsers and devices
- CypressParallel runs and recordings through paid Cypress Cloud or your own setup
- Evidence on failure
- OperioVideo, screenshots, logs, expected vs actual
- CypressScreenshots, video and time-travel debugging in the runner
Moving from Cypress?
The Operio team will help you bring your Cypress journeys over and get your first suite running with you, starting with the flows that matter most.
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See the difference on your own app
Bring a journey you maintain in Cypress and watch Operio run it from plain English in the demo.