Operio vs Playwright
Playwright replays the clicks you code. Operio is an agentic testing platform: an AI agent that understands your app while it tests it. Describe the journey in plain English and it works through your web app and native iOS and Android builds, checks every outcome and tells you why something failed.
The same journey, two ways
Playwright replays a script. Operio understands the journey.
A Playwright 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.
1test('checkout with a saved card', async ({ page }) => {2 await page.goto('/login');3 await page.getByLabel('Email').fill(process.env.SHOPPER_EMAIL!);4 await page.getByLabel('Password').fill(process.env.SHOPPER_PASSWORD!);5 await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in' }).click();6 await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Blue hoodie' }).click();7 await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add to cart' }).click();8 await page.getByTestId('cart-link').click();9 await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Checkout' }).click();10 await page.getByTestId('saved-card-visa').check();11 await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Place order' }).click();12 await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Order confirmed' })).toBeVisible();13});
- 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
Tests anyone on the team can write
Describe the journey the way you'd explain it to a teammate. QA, product and support write and review tests, not only the engineers who know the framework.
- 03
No test code to maintain
No locators, page objects or fixtures to keep in sync with your markup. Each step says what a user does, and the agent works out the rest.
- 04
Web and native mobile in one place
The same plain-English tests cover your web app and your iOS and Android builds, on hosted browsers and cloud devices.
- 05
Failures that explain themselves
Every failure arrives with video, screenshots, console and network logs, and what was expected next to what happened, in Slack, Google Chat, email or Jira.
At a glance
Operio and Playwright, side by side
- How a test runs
- OperioAn AI agent reads each screen and decides the next action toward the goal
- PlaywrightReplays the exact actions you coded
- How tests are written
- OperioPlain-English steps anyone can read
- PlaywrightCode in TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java or .NET
- Who writes them
- OperioAnyone who can describe the journey
- PlaywrightEngineers comfortable with the framework
- Finding elements
- OperioThe agent reads the screen and acts on intent
- PlaywrightLocators you write and maintain, such as roles, text or test IDs
- When the UI changes
- OperioNo locators to update; steps describe what a user does
- PlaywrightSelectors and assertions need updating
- Platforms
- OperioWeb, plus native iOS and Android apps
- PlaywrightChromium, Firefox and WebKit; mobile through browser emulation only
- Infrastructure
- OperioHosted browsers and devices, nothing to run
- PlaywrightBrowsers run on your machines or in your CI
- Evidence on failure
- OperioVideo, screenshots, console and network logs, expected vs actual
- PlaywrightTraces, screenshots and video you configure
- Exploratory testing
- OperioGive a goal and the agent explores on its own
- PlaywrightNot built in; tests follow the code you write
Moving from Playwright?
The Operio team will help you bring your Playwright 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 Playwright and watch Operio run it from plain English in the demo.