Comparisons
Playwright vs Selenium in 2026: Why Modern Engineering Teams Migrated
A technical breakdown of why Playwright's native WebSocket CDP protocol, auto-waiting, and async page pooling surpassed legacy Selenium WebDriver.
3 min
Direct CDP Connections vs HTTP WebDriver Overhead
Selenium sends HTTP commands over an intermediate driver, adding latency. Playwright connects directly via bi-directional WebSocket CDP streams, executing events instantly.