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WebdriverIO pricing
WebdriverIO publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the testing tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, WebdriverIO pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open source, no licence fee
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
WebdriverIO plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| WebdriverIO | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where WebdriverIO stops being free
WebdriverIO, Free
- Full functionality, no usage limits
- Community support via Discord and GitHub
- Sauce Labs and BrowserStack sponsor the project but do not control its licensing
No paid tier on record
WebdriverIO lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full WebdriverIO feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- WebDriver and BiDi protocol support
- Built-in test runner
- Appium integration
- Service plugin ecosystem
- Page object support
- Component testing
People bring WebdriverIO in for a javascript or typescript team wanting a batteries-included test runner covering both web and mobile automation, a team already using sauce labs or browserstack that wants first-class service plugin support for those platforms, an organisation automating both browser and appium-based mobile tests from one framework rather than two separate tools, a team wanting webdriver bidi protocol support for newer, more reliable browser automation than classic webdriver alone provides. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to WebdriverIO are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Testing
Too few testing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WebdriverIO (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | |
| Jest | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs WebdriverIO |
| Cucumber | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs WebdriverIO |
| Percy | Free | Freemium, paid tiers by screenshot volume | - | vs WebdriverIO |
| Detox | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs WebdriverIO |
| Appium | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs WebdriverIO |
| PractiTest | On request | Per user per month, yearly minimum on Corporate tier | - | vs WebdriverIO |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the WebdriverIO badges page.
Before you pay for WebdriverIO
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
WebdriverIO runs on linux, macos, windows, ios, android, and is published by OpenJS Foundation of San Francisco, California, United States. The full record is on the WebdriverIO review, and the rest of the category is under best testing tools.
WebdriverIO pricing questions
- How much does WebdriverIO cost?
- WebdriverIO publishes a single tier, WebdriverIO, at Free.
- Does WebdriverIO have a free plan?
- Yes. The WebdriverIO tier costs nothing and covers full functionality, no usage limits, community support via discord and github, sauce labs and browserstack sponsor the project but do not control its licensing.
- Which testing tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 testing tools listed alongside WebdriverIO have a free tier: Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox, Appium.
- What am I actually paying for with WebdriverIO?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a javascript or typescript team wanting a batteries-included test runner covering both web and mobile automation, a team already using sauce labs or browserstack that wants first-class service plugin support for those platforms, an organisation automating both browser and appium-based mobile tests from one framework rather than two separate tools.
- Does WebdriverIO charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these WebdriverIO prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare WebdriverIO against before paying?
- The closest testing tools in this directory are Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox. Each has a side-by-side comparison with WebdriverIO covering price, platforms and features.