Yes, Cypress has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 50 users, 500 test results per month, and 100 prompts per user per hour. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $67/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Cypress is a browser-based testing platform for JavaScript applications. It provides an open-source Cypress App for writing, running, and debugging end-to-end and component tests directly in the browser, along with Cypress Cloud for recording test runs, visual reviews, analytics, and CI workflow integrations.
The free offering includes a Starter plan with 50 users, 500 test results per month, and 100 prompts per user per hour while in beta. It is aimed at teams already using Cypress App and includes parallelization, Test Replay, Project Analytics, and Cloud MCP, with premium features available through a 30-day trial.
- Browser-based end-to-end testing
- Component test execution in browser
- 50 users included
- 500 test results per month
- 100 prompts per user per hour
- Parallelization and Test Replay
- Project Analytics and Cloud MCP
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable for small teams: it includes 50 users, monthly test-result and prompt-execution caps, plus core cloud features like parallelization, replay, analytics, and Cloud MCP. The closest paid step-up is the Team plan at about $67/month, and the free offer also unlocks premium features for 30 days, so its practical value lands around that monthly price even though it remains capped and a credit card is required to upgrade.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 50 users
- 500 test results per month
- 100 prompts per user per hour
- Parallelization
- Test Replay
- Project Analytics
- Cloud MCP
- Premium features included free while in beta for 30 days
See Cypress pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Starter
- users
- 50
- test results / month
- 500
- prompt executions / month
- 100
- 50 users
- 500 test results / month
- 100 prompt execs / month
- Parallelization
- Test Replay
- Project Analytics
- Cloud MCP
- Premium features available free for 30 days via trial
Team
- users
- 50
- test results / year
- 120k
- prompt executions / year
- 9k
- 50 users
- 120k test results / year
- 9k prompt execs / year
- Flake Detection
- Flaky Test Analytics
- Jira Integration
- Email Support
Business
- users
- 50
- test results / year
- 120k
- prompt executions / year
- 24k
- 50 users
- 120k test results / year
- 24k prompt execs / year
- Spec Prioritization
- Auto Cancellation
- GitHub Enterprise
- GitLab Enterprise
- SSO
Enterprise
- users
- Unlimited
- test results / year
- 1.8M
- prompt executions / year
- 60k
- Unlimited users
- 1.8M test results / year
- 60k prompt execs / year
- Enterprise Reporting
- Data Extract API
- Premium Support
- Enterprise Roadmap
- Technical Consultant
Pricing extracted from Cypress's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Cypress free forever?
Yes. Cypress has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Cypress require a credit card?
No. You can start on Cypress's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Cypress's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Cypress's cheapest paid plan is Team at $67 / month.
What is Cypress's free tier worth?
Cypress's free tier is worth about $67 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 72/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
