When comparing Cypress vs BugBug.io, the Slant community recommends Cypress for most people. In the question“What are the best Javascript end-to-end testing tools?” Cypress is ranked 1st while BugBug.io is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Cypress is:
You can edit your test code in the browser and instantly see it run as you change the code.
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Pros
Pro Web UI to develop tests quickly
You can edit your test code in the browser and instantly see it run as you change the code.
Pro Easy to record a video
It can easily record a video so you can understand what happened when a test failed in your CI.
Pro Amazing dashboard to view reports and recordings
The Cypress dashboard allows you to see every run on a great UI linked to commits and gitflow.
Pro Cross Browser testing
https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/cross-browser-testing.html
Chrome
Firefox
Edge
Electron
Brave
Pro Reusable components
You are able to group the steps in tests into reusable components to manage and repair them easier. As a bonus, you can see all test flows on a single project graph.
Pro Great UI & UX
A design for a high efficiency
Pro Debuggability
You can run tests and debug directly from a Chrome browser, where you have access to DevTools.
Cons
Con Doesn't support Safari
Con Single tab only
Does not and will not support multiple tabs or multiple simultaneous browsers.
See https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/trade-offs.html#Permanent-trade-offs-1
Con Heavy in setup
Do not add Cypress in the main repo. Have a specific test repo for it or you will be sorry when the CI/CD flow takes 5-6 min longer every build due to installation time of Cypress.