Captain
8.1#4 in test flakiness management software$10 one-timeFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
VisitCaptain vs Cypress
What both publish
| Fact | Captain | Cypress |
|---|---|---|
| CI integrations | Captain documentation provides integrations for RWX, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Buildkite, GitLab and other CI/CD platforms. | Official CI guidance covers GitHub Actions, CircleCI, GitLab CI, Jenkins and AWS CodeBuild. |
| Documentation depth | Captain documentation covers quickstarts, installation, framework-specific setup, CI providers, cloud API, configuration and CLI commands. | Documentation includes installation, system requirements, component and end-to-end testing, API concepts, CI setup, plugins, migration guides and troubleshooting FAQs. |
| Founded | LinkedIn lists RWX as founded in 2022. | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio, United States | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| License | The public Captain repository is released under the MIT license. | The Cypress App source repository is released under the MIT License. |
| Product | Captain is an open source CLI for detecting flaky tests, retrying and quarantining them, and partitioning test files for parallel execution. | Cypress is a front-end testing tool with an open-source Cypress App and a cloud-based Cypress Cloud service. |
| Public API | Captain Cloud exposes HTTP endpoints under cloud.rwx.com/captain/api and authenticates requests with bearer access tokens. | The Enterprise plan includes a Data Extract API, and Cypress documents experimental run-cancellation API functionality. |
| Rating on G2 | 0 out of 5 from 0 reviews for RWX. | 4.7 out of 5 from 107 reviews. |
Captain plans
- OSSFree
- Pro$10, paid once
- EnterprisePriced on request
Cypress plans
- StarterFree
- Team$67 a month
- Business$267 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Pick Captain if…
Captain suits development teams that want to track flaky tests, retry or quarantine failures, and distribute test files across parallel jobs. Teams should check framework-specific feature availability before relying on partitioning or retries.
Pick Cypress if…
Cypress suits developers and teams testing web applications with end-to-end or component tests. Teams using Cypress Cloud can connect test runs to the listed code, communication, and project tools.