Applitools Reviews

The ability to have a comprehensive test suite built in a matter of minutes that covers more of the application then a tester could ever imagine.

The only challenging part about Applitools is at times we have false failures on very little pixel deviations.

Applitools Eyes a tool easy to use, in a few minutes you can have a visual test.
With Applitools Eyes is possible to make functional tests as well.
I use Applitools Eyes each day for my test in differents program languages, Java, JavaScript, C#, and it supports my favorite testing tools Selenium, Cypress, WebDriverIO, Appium.

I have been using Applitools Eyes for testing in my own and company projects for 15 months, and so far, I haven't found something that not likes me. I love this tool.

It makes our traditional automation test cases very easy to write and easy for maintenance.

Dynamic comparison is not available for tables or graph.

Applitols AI tool follows certain steps in order to validate that screens or pages has not changed. It’s a great substitute for traditional way of testing , Applitols does not require advanced knowledge of programming language so even junior tester can handle it. The biggest advantage of Applitools it’s compatible with many programming languages and platforms.

Does not require advance knowledge of programming languages.
Provide great and easy to understand documentation for different platforms and programming languages.

The way it compares and publish diff between benchmark and output is really impressive

I did not think there is any cons as such.

Applittols Eyes is the the market leader solution related to Visual Regression Testing. It allows you to detect many problems in the application, that a functional test would not be able to identify. Also, it has a great documentation, with integrations with many different programming languages and frameworks.

Considering that it is still a new technology and solution, it has a price to use that is some cases, it not easy to afford.

Applitools Eyes helps speed up my automated testing process by making tests faster to writer and results easier to see. I enjoy the tools on the dashboard that allow me to ignore certain areas when comparing diffs.

The software can sometimes be tricky to use if you are not that well versed in Cypress or other testing tools. I often see a delay in running a test and seeing the results. Sometimes, results don't appear even after ensuring my api key is correct.

It is really easy to understand the product and it provides great features to do visual regression testing

I did not find any cons as such till now

One line of code can replace a lot of traditional assertions (10+). How? By comparing full or partial snapshots of your AUT against a baseline. But the beauty comes in defining what to ignore (e.g. regions, dynamic content) and what to focus on (only text, text + font, relative/absolute position). All of these are so hard to account for in a traditional approach yet so easy to do in the new "modern" way.
Works with JIRA & Jenkins and has many more integrations.

As a coder, transitioning into Eyes Dashboard to decide upon the result will make you feel that the scripts are incomplete. The Assert layer will be done outside of the automated test scripts, which requires a different approach on getting the final Test Report.

1) Excellent Match Level algorithms which reduced lot of assert codes in traditional way.
2) Drastically reduce maintenance of code
3) Automation Suites sync with application rapid changes
4) Pricing models are so economical
5) Easy integration with saucelab and Cloudbees (Jenkins)
6) Quick Support

1) Difficult to understand Javascript documentation
2) Need more examples for Javascript implementation
3) TestResult object behave differently with a check failed, this leads more coding to generate custom reports
4) Need more examples in Test Reports

The software is very well documented and easy to get up and running in no time.

It's not free, but most good things aren't free in life :-)

Its powered with Ai.So its pretty cool.Unlike other testing frameworks applitool is very easy to use.Because no need of heavy coding and it takes only less time.All ui defects can be found easily using this simgle tool.

What i didnt like is jumping from code to applitool dashboard.

Super useful in visual regression. You don’t need to care the complicated steps like traditional visual regression.

Would be nice to add more agents. I’m currently working to integrate applitools with codeceptjs

Started learning on Visual AI automation. Loving it so far. Great UI and cross browser tool. Traditional UI automation requires lot of coding and maintenance and still tends to be flaky and cannot catch all visual bugs. AI overcomes all this. There is much more to it. Definitely recommend to give short. Their support is great.

Bit costly but seems really worth over all the benefits and ROI.

The ease of debugging and knowing why your test fails is on point. The visual integration is perfect for any system.

There is a lot going on in the dashboard which i would appreciate being improved in the future and later versions to prioritize what matters most and what should have priority in the dashboard.

I was blown away how easy it was to setup and get running.

Probably finding tutorials, some of them talked about same thing but each gave different steps to achieve.

I do not require to write a lengthy code to validate the existence of fields and the data, its as ways as a snap.

I haven't come across one yet but I am sure they are improving with every release

The ability to compare screenshots simply is really helpful with certain types of tests, particularly those that are not easily written with selenium.

If you are not doing very specific testing, this tool is not useful. You don't need to use it for most tests.