Welcome to Applitools FAQs

Applitools is a leading provider of AI-powered end-to-end testing solutions. We empower teams to deliver visually flawless applications across browsers, devices, and screens.

Applitools offers numerous benefits, including:

• Release code and features faster with no loss in quality
• Achieve maximum test coverage even with more code to test
• Delight customers with apps that look and function perfectly

Applitools leverages advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to provide superior accuracy and intelligent visual validation. Unlike traditional pixel-based tools, Applitools can handle dynamic content and identify meaningful visual changes without false positives.

Applitools specializes in AI-powered visual testing, going beyond pixel-to-pixel comparisons to intelligently identify visual differences. This approach reduces false positives and enhances test efficiency.

Applitools empowers teams to efficiently create and maintain automated visual, functional, API, and accessibility tests, accelerating test cycles and improving test coverage.

Applitools excels at handling dynamic content by using advanced AI to accurately identify meaningful visual changes, minimizing false positives and reducing maintenance overhead.

Applitools seamlessly integrates with popular CI/CD tools, enabling early detection of visual regressions and streamlining the development process.

Applitools offers flexible pricing plans to accommodate various team sizes and project needs, often providing exceptional value through advanced features and superior AI capabilities.

Applitools is renowned for its excellent customer support, providing comprehensive documentation, tutorials, and dedicated support teams.

Applitools offers a robust platform for testing across multiple browsers, devices, operating systems, and screen sizes ensuring consistent visual experiences through its AI-powered approach.

Applitools is specifically designed to handle complex web applications with dynamic content and rich interactions, delivering accurate visual assessments and reliable test results.

Applitools employs advanced AI algorithms to minimize false positives and reduce test flakiness, leading to more stable and reliable test results.

Applitools leverages intelligent image comparison and parallel test execution to achieve faster test execution times, optimizing the testing process.

Applitools streamlines the end-to-end testing process by automating test creation, execution, and analysis, allowing developers to focus on building features and increasing productivity.

Applitools Intelligent Testing Platform consists of two main products:

• Applitools Eyes: Automate visual and functional testing of your web and mobile applications with advanced Visual AI. Run tests in parallel across a vast network of browsers and devices.
• Applitools Autonomous: Create, execute, and analyze functional, visual, and API tests with autonomous test creation and AI-augmented recording and NLP authoring.

Applitools Eyes automates visual and functional UI testing. It captures screenshots of your application under various conditions and compares them to a baseline to identify any visual discrepancies.

Applitools Autonomous is an AI-powered test automation platform that can generate, execute, and maintain tests with little to no human intervention. For more complex flows, users can leverage AI-augmented recording and NLP authoring for functional, visual, and API tests.

Applitools Ultrafast Grid allows you to run parallel visual tests across a vast network of browsers and devices, significantly reducing testing time and accelerating your development process.

Applitools Preflight integrates with your CI/CD pipeline to catch visual regressions during development. This enables you to fix visual issues early and prevent them from impacting production.

Getting started with Applitools is easy! You can sign up for a free trial account and explore our documentation and tutorials to get familiar with our platform – including Eyes, Autonomous and Preflight.

Applitools offers SDKs for various programming languages, including Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, Ruby, and more.

Yes, Applitools integrates seamlessly with popular testing frameworks including Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Cypress, and others.

Yes, Applitools can intelligently handle dynamic content through various techniques like ignoring specific elements or using smart wait times.

Applitools allows you to run visual tests across different browsers and devices to ensure consistent UI rendering across platforms.

Applitools highlights the differences between the baseline and the actual screenshots, making it easy to identify and fix visual regressions.

Applitools offers various pricing plans based on your specific needs. You can find details and explore our pricing structure.

Applitools offers a tiered pricing model based on the number of test runs, concurrent sessions, and users. There might be additional features or add-ons available for an extra cost.

Yes, Applitools usually provides a free plan with limited features for Eyes and a free for Autonomous to allow users to explore the platform.

Applitools provides tools and resources to help you evaluate your testing needs and select the appropriate plan. Consider factors such as team size, test volume, required features, and budget.

Yes, Applitools offers a free trial so you can try out the platform and experience its benefits firsthand.

Applitools offers comprehensive support options, including documentation, tutorials, a knowledge base, and access to our expert support team.

Visual UI testing allows you to catch visual regressions that might be missed by traditional functional testing methods, ensuring a visually appealing and consistent user experience.

Visual AI is a technology that uses computer vision and machine learning to analyze and understand visual content. In UI testing, it significantly enhances the ability to detect visual discrepancies, layout shifts, color variations, and other UI anomalies that traditional testing methods often miss.

Modern applications are increasingly complex, with dynamic content, responsive design, and cross-platform compatibility. Visual AI ensures that the user interface remains consistent and visually appealing across different devices and browsers, leading to a better user experience.

Applitools employs advanced visual AI algorithms to compare screenshots of an application and identify visual differences with high accuracy. This intelligent approach goes beyond pixel-to-pixel comparisons, understanding the context of UI elements with the code and reducing false positives.

Traditional UI testing often relies on manual inspection or basic image comparison, which is time-consuming, error-prone, and ineffective for handling dynamic content. Visual AI overcomes these challenges by automating the process and providing more reliable results.

By automating the visual testing process and reducing test maintenance efforts, Applitools’ visual AI accelerates development cycles. Developers can release software with confidence, knowing that visual quality is maintained, leading to faster time-to-market.