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Thunderhead runs tests 48X faster using Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud

SAN MATEO, Calif., February 16, 2021 — Applitools, provider of a next generation test automation through Visual AI and Ultrafast Test Cloud, announces how its Visual AI technology helps Thunderhead create a visually perfect experience in its ONE Engagement Hub. Thunderhead offers it’s AI-driven ONE Platform, a transformational technology for customer engagement and the recognised global leader in the Customer Journey Orchestration and Analytics market. The ONE Engagement Hub helps global brands build customer engagement in the era of digital transformation.

To read the full case study, please visit: (https://applitools.com/case-studies/thunderhead/)

Understanding the customer journey is vital to success, but is incredibly complex and challenging to manage. From window shoppers to mobile browsers, there are dozens or more customer touchpoints that can accumulate, and any one of these touchpoints is an opportunity to convert a prospect. This is where Thunderhead’s ONE Engagement Hub provides users with the insight and context into customer behavior that businesses need to thrive. It is critical that Thunderhead continuously delivers a flawless experience to its users so that they never miss an opportunity to convert.

“Applitools gives our entire team huge peace-of-mind,” said Walt Harris, head of quality at Thunderhead. “We know about the visual impact of our code. Using Applitools makes us more nimble and lets us develop more quickly.”

Before Applitools, the engineering team at Thunderhead wrote Selenium tests to validate both UI behavior and end-to-end functionality. They had no automation for the visual components of these tests. Small changes to UI code would require significant rewrites in order for tests to pass, and many of these changes to internal element locators had no visual impact.

By inspecting visual elements, Applitools Visual AI detects actual bugs, ignoring minor visual variances. Making  Applitools much more accurate across browser and operating system changes without time consuming false positives. After implementing Applitools, Thunderhead discovered an ease of test development they had not previously experienced. The code used to validate the content on screen was replaced by a simple call to Applitools, which captured the entire screen and compared it with the last approved version. Via AI, the meaningful differences were highlighted so engineers could easily fix or approve.

Thunderhead realized the following outcomes: 

• Faster builds with test execution times down 48x – from four hours to five minutes using the Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud
• Saves time with less code to write & maintain
• Increases in developer productivity by testing earlier, eliminating time consuming context-switching
• Peace of mind with massive increases to test coverage
• Faster time to market by enabling developers to focus time on creating more features and delivering more value to their users

“We are pleased to see the incredible impact Applitools is having on Thunderhead and its software development team,” said Gil Sever, co-founder and CEO at Applitools. “Thunderhead’s ability to deliver flawless experiences to their users is paramount to the success of hundreds of global companies. We’re proud to help them along their journey and look forward to creating more ways for the Thunderhead engineering team to deliver new and improved features to their customers.”

To learn more about Applitools Visual AI please visit: (https://applitools.com/applitools-ai-and-deep-learning/). Or, contact a testing expert at Applitools to learn more.

About Applitools

Applitools delivers a Next Generation Test Automation Platform through Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid. We enable engineering teams to release high quality web and mobile apps at incredible speed and at a reduced cost.

Applitools Visual AI modernizes important test automation use cases — Functional Testing, Visual Testing, Web and Mobile UI/UX Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Responsive Web Design Testing, Cross Device Testing, PDF Testing, Accessibility Testing and Compliance Testing — to transform the way organizations deliver innovation at the speed of CI/CD at a significantly lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Hundreds of companies from verticals such as Tech, Banking, Insurance, Retail, Pharma, and Publishing — including 50 of the Fortune 100 — use Applitools to deliver the best possible digital experiences to millions of customers on any device and browser, and across every screen size and operating system.

Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, please visit applitools.com.

 

Over 1,100 engineers competed for prizes by testing fictional e-commerce app using Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud

 

SAN MATEO, Calif., January 14, 2021 — Applitools, provider of a next generation test automation through Visual AI and Ultrafast Test Cloud, announced the winners of the Online Shopping Holiday Hackathon. The hackathon hosted more than 1,100 developers, quality assurance (QA) professionals and test automation engineers from dozens of companies and countries around the world. The holiday themed event ran from November 10 to December 17, 2020 with 50 prizes awarded: (https://applitools.com/blog/holiday-shopping-hackathon-winners-announced/).

The software engineering community was tasked with testing the functional and visual quality of a fashion retail app to ensure it was ready for the busy online holiday shopping season. The hackathon challenged participants to author tests and catch bugs using the Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud platform. Participants scaled their tests to cover a variety of browser and device combinations using the Ultrafast Test Cloud and learned how Visual AI technology compares to traditional functional testing and grid solutions. Winners were randomly selected from the pool of participants who successfully completed the submission criteria.

“Using Cypress and Applitools, setting up tests to run across different browsers, devices, and viewport sizes took less than an hour. With traditional automation tools, this could take days!” said Lauren Christianson, automation engineer at Delta Air Lines. “Even without concurrent runs, I executed 15 tests in multiple browser combos in less than 60 seconds. Applitools’ and Cypress’ dashboards provide helpful insights into failed tests and track execution history all without any extra setup or reporting integration. Ultra fast!”

Hackathon participants noted the dramatic increase in productivity that Visual AI afforded them, with an 89% decrease in test method code and 87% reduction in locators – this means faster test authoring and less time maintaining test code.

“I loved participating in the Applitools hackathon!” said Kerry McKeever, automation engineer at Globys. “Having the opportunity to see how quickly testing can be completed with fewer lines of code, faster execution times, and against so many various browsers and viewports is eye-opening.”

“We really enjoyed bringing this fun, quick hackathon to the community over the holiday season,” said Angie Jones, principal developer advocate and director of Test Automation University. “To see the number of submissions and participants from all over the world was a proud and inspiring moment. It was also great to hear from so many contestants on how easy it was to get started with visual testing using the Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud. Congrats to all the winners!”

“Applitools have a great thing going, from their industry-leading platform to their Test Automation University that has landed me a job as an Automation Engineer!” said Adam Wood, automation engineer at ProAct International. “The hackathon was a fun way to easily learn how their product can benefit a company with easily identifying changes in the UI. Can’t wait for the next one!”

To learn more about Applitools Visual AI please visit: (https://applitools.com/applitools-ai-and-deep-learning/). Or, contact a testing expert at Applitools to learn more.

About Applitools

Applitools delivers a Next Generation Test Automation Platform through Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid. We enable engineering teams to release high quality web and mobile apps at incredible speed and at a reduced cost.

Applitools Visual AI modernizes important test automation use cases — Functional Testing, Visual Testing, Web and Mobile UI/UX Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Responsive Web Design Testing, Cross Device Testing, PDF Testing, Accessibility Testing and Compliance Testing — to transform the way organizations deliver innovation at the speed of CI/CD at a significantly lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Hundreds of companies from verticals such as Tech, Banking, Insurance, Retail, Pharma, and Publishing — including 50 of the Fortune 100 — use Applitools to deliver the best possible digital experiences to millions of customers on any device and browser, and across every screen size and operating system.

Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, please visit applitools.com.

 

 

 

 

See how Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud can help Online Retailers shape up their apps ahead of the busy holiday shopping season 

SAN MATEO, Calif., November 10, 2020 — Applitools, provider of a next generation test automation platform powered by Visual AI and Ultrafast Test Cloud, today announced the Applitools Holiday Shopping Hackathon. The holiday themed contest provides developers, quality assurance (QA) professionals, and test automation engineers with a fun, real-world scenario that shows how next generation test automation cloud and Visual AI can help online retailers deliver perfect apps to make the most of the holiday sales season.

Each participant competes to win prizes as they spend roughly two hours to test the functional and visual quality of the “Applifashion” retail app and make sure it is impeccable ahead of the busy online holiday shopping season.

To sign up and learn more about the Applitools Holiday Shopping Hackathon, visit: (https://info.applitools.com/ucS1t).

Holiday e-commerce sales totaled $167.8 billion in 2019 according to the National Retail Federation. This year, 96% of retailers expect online holiday sales to increase.*

Applitools helps retailers make the most of that sales spree! This can save retailers millions of dollars of revenue and help them improve their online shopping experience and customer satisfaction.

“With the busy holiday shopping season upon us, Applitools created something fun and relevant for this time of year when e-commerce apps will be overloaded by online shoppers,” said Angie Jones, principal developer advocate and director of Test Automation University. “We’re excited to provide an easy but engaging experience that gives engineers the opportunity to learn and use modern AI-based approaches to test automation.”

During the hackathon, participants practice modern testing techniques, and learn how Visual AI technology combined with the Ultrafast Test Cloud can transform the testing experience. Each participant authors three tests, and runs each test three times to catch bugs with the Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud platform. Contestants choose between popular open source test frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, TestCafe, and WebdriverIO. Participants may also use their preferred language among Java, Javascript, Python, or C#.

The Applitools Holiday Shopping Hackathon is a great opportunity to learn new skills, ramp up on modern validation approaches, and win exciting prizes. It’s free for anyone to join and is intended to only require two hours of time to complete. To be eligible for a prize, participants must complete the hackathon and submit test results by December 7, 2020. Additional criteria for the prize eligibility can be found in our terms and conditions.

According to the 2019 State of Automated Visual Testing Report, [visual] bugs are common and cost the typical R&D team between $1.75m and $6.9m annually to fix. The number of screens across applications, websites, and devices are growing at breakneck speed, with the cost of testing rising accordingly. Managing the quality of apps effectively is a competitive advantage for engineers and businesses.

“The efforts to implement a comprehensive strategy using traditional approaches are astronomical. Applitools has TOTALLY changed the game with the Ultrafast Grid. What took me days of work with other approaches, only took minutes with the Ultrafast Grid!” said Oluseun Olugbenga Orebajo, Lead Test Practitioner at Fujitsu and diamond winner of the Applitools Cross Browser Testing Hackathon. “Not only was it easier, it’s smarter, faster, and provides more coverage than any other solution out there. I’ll be recommending the Ultrafast Grid to all of the clients I work with from now on.”

*https://infogram.com/1pl6g2ln9kwmqmfqe9z7n9kxpjsz7zkj1m0

About Applitools

Applitools delivers a Next Generation Test Automation Platform through Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid. We enable engineering teams to release high quality web and mobile apps at incredible speed and at a reduced cost.

Applitools Visual AI modernizes important test automation use cases — Functional Testing, Visual Testing, Web and Mobile UI/UX Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Responsive Web Design Testing, Cross Device Testing, PDF Testing, Accessibility Testing and Compliance Testing — to transform the way organizations deliver innovation at the speed of CI/CD at a significantly lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Hundreds of companies from verticals such as Tech, Banking, Insurance, Retail, Pharma, and Publishing — including 50 of the Fortune 100 — use Applitools to deliver the best possible digital experiences to millions of customers on any device and browser, and across every screen size and operating system.

Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, please visit applitools.com.

 

The Visual AI-powered testing platform integrates with GitHub and Microsoft for UI version control and fast build-test workflows with the goal of ensuring a software delivery life cycle that improves quality while rapidly bringing ideas to production

SAN MATEO, Calif., — October 27, 2020 — Applitools (applitools.com), provider of a test automation platform powered by Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid, announces integrations with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and the Microsoft Visual Studio App Center. The integrations allow developers to seamlessly add Visual AI-powered testing to every build and pull request (PR), resulting in greater UI version control and improved developer workflows.

In addition to the testing process improvements, the integrations enable developers to easily and quickly correlate code changes with UI/UX updates for Visual UI version control across web and mobile apps, using any testing framework and programming language.

(pictured above: Applitools Visual AI detects a visual diff between the master & branch)

When feature branches are created, Applitools instantly mirrors the feature branch to allow a new set of baseline images. This process simplifies the automated testing of all feature branches without impacting the trunk and its tests. As PRs are merged back in, the integration automatically updates the target branch with the source branch’s baseline images while ensuring that no conflicts exist between branches, eliminating test maintenance overhead.

(pictured above: Applitools / GitHub integration)

With GitHub Actions, developers get automation directly within their workflow. Now developers can automate visual testing for their code by integrating Applitools through a GitHub Actions workflow. From there, they can quickly address and resolve regressions by using Applitools root cause analysis capabilities. This helps teams customize their workflows to meet developers’ needs while employing Visual AI to help automate and accelerate build, test, and release pipelines.

Applitools Eyes along with the new GitHub integrations is available for free for open source projects hosted on GitHub using the Applitools Open Source plan.

Priyanka Halder, Senior Manager for Quality Engineering at GoodRx, said: “The integration of Applitools with GitHub merges two essential products that enable our team to continuously deliver. This collaboration unlocked new efficiencies without any changes to our workflow. Having used this for a while now, I cannot imagine our team being without UI version control and auto-baseline updating on merge.”

With Visual Studio App Center, developers get streamlined workflows for mobile apps including automated UI testing. By combining this capability with Applitools, developers can now automate functional and visual testing seamlessly and find bugs on any device type before release, while ensuring that the app is functioning properly and is visually compliant across all devices and screen sizes. Developers receive test results, full-resolution screenshots of each step, and performance metrics.

“Expanding our integrations with GitHub and Microsoft helps developers deliver innovative solutions faster,” said Moshe Milman, co-founder and COO of Applitools. “These integrations make it effortless for developers to add Visual AI and cross-browser testing capabilities to their pipeline, allowing them to bring their products to market faster and with higher quality.”

In addition to the GitHub and Microsoft integrations, Applitools has also joined the GitHub Partner Program as a Technology Partner.

“We’re excited to welcome Applitools to the GitHub Partner Program and for them to expand their role within the GitHub ecosystem,” said Jeremy Adams, Director of Business Development and Alliances at GitHub. “Applitools’ Visual AI powered testing platform and GitHub’s automated, streamlined developer workflow pair perfectly to support our shared vision of making it easier to ship higher quality software, faster.”

About Applitools

Applitools enables engineering teams to release web and mobile apps quickly at low cost. Applitools Visual AI modernizes test automation use cases—including functional testing, visual testing, web and mobile UI/UX testing, cross-browser testing, responsive web design testing, cross-device testing, PDF testing, accessibility testing and compliance testing—to help organizations deliver innovation at the speed of CI/CD at a significantly lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

Hundreds of companies from verticals including technology, banking, insurance, retail, pharmaceuticals, and publishing—including 50 of the Fortune 100—use Applitools to deliver digital experiences to millions of customers on any device and browser, across all screen sizes and operating systems. Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, please visit applitools.com.

 

3,112 hours of cross browser testing data empirically proves incredible speed and coverage gains helping engineers release higher quality apps faster than ever before

SAN MATEO, Calif., September 15, 2020 — Applitools (https://applitools.com/), provider of a next generation test automation platform powered by Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid, today announced an industry report empirically proving that modern cross browser testing powered by Visual AI helps engineers test 18.2x faster across the full test cycle including writing, running, analyzing, reporting, and maintaining tests.

To download the “Modern Cross Browser Testing Through Visual AI Report” visit: https://applitools.com/modern-cross-browser-testing-report

Data for the report was sourced from 203 engineers across 75 countries who spent 3,112 hours completing the Ultrafast Cross Browser Testing Hackathon in June 2020. The data shows Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud Powered by Visual AI allowed engineers to complete a full test cycle on a modern, responsive e-commerce application in just 1.6 hours versus 29.2 hours when using traditional cloud testing environments.

Additional highlights from the report include:

• A detailed breakdown of the 18.2x time savings across the end-to-end test cycle including writing, running, analyzing, reporting, and maintaining tests. Because Applitools runs tests once locally, then renders across all browsers, viewports, and devices, it eliminates the need for slow VMs and multiple connections that traditional test cloud solutions rely on.
• 99% reduction in the number of lines of test code virtually eliminating the maintenance overhead that plagues traditional cloud testing solutions.
• 91% reduction in the use of locators due to the use of Applitools Visual AI because it relies on images instead of brittle, flaky locators to support the test scenario.
• 77% increase in software engineer satisfaction vs. traditional cloud testing approaches. Applitools received a Net Promoter Score (NPS)* of 70 compared to -54 for traditional approaches to cross browser testing.
• Engineers of any skill level learned Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud in less than 90 minutes and upskilled to modern cross browser testing as a result.

“The incredible challenges brought on by digital transformation require a modern approach to cross environment testing. Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud combines Visual AI with container-based rendering to address them,” said Gil Sever, CEO and co-founder of Applitools. “Hundreds of software engineers have shown us how Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud is an incredible efficiency multiplier for cross browser testing. It delivers significant time and money savings while helping teams release faster than ever before. It represents the future of testing where continuous quality is key to successful digital transformation for modern engineering teams.”

“Cross browser testing is ultra fast using Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud. Bugs that I missed (and there were lots!) on different browsers and viewports were easily caught without affecting the time it takes to run my tests,” said Marie Drake, Principal Test Engineer at News UK. “Functional testing frameworks automate browsers, but they are not built to catch the visual changes now incredibly common, cross environment. Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud helps engineers succeed when doing modern cross browser testing.”

Learn more about the Future of Testing with Angie Jones, Marie Drake, Microsoft Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Twitter, Salesforce and more. Join an exclusive event for engineering leaders who own quality management: https://applitools.com/future-of-testing-us/

Data from the report was sourced from the Ultrafast Cross Browser Testing Hackathon which challenged participants to author cross browser and cross device tests against a modern, responsive, ecommerce app. The event challenged engineers to test a new release candidate across seven different browsers and three viewport sizes and ensure the new version is bug free. Participants used both their preferred legacy cloud testing solution and Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud Powered by Visual AI integrated into their preferred test framework and desired programming language using over 50 SDKs.

Engineering leaders that participated in the study commented:

• “With Applitools, setting up configurations related to viewports, devices and browsers is very easy and saves a lot of time,” said Himanshu Soni, Lead QA at Amadeus Labs. “Frankly speaking, I spent a heck of a lot of time setting the same configuration for traditional tests, whereas using the Ultrafast Grid it was in a blink of an eye.”
• “The Ultrafast Grid is really the right tool when it comes to cross-browser and responsive design testing,” said Roman Lymariev, Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer at Mobiquity. “You can quickly set up your tests and start catching the related bugs really fast. Traditional approaches do not work quite as well in this department.”
• “I loved how intuitive Applitools Ultrafast Grid is,” said Kerry McKeever, Senior Software Test Engineer at Paylocity. “The speed of learning the API and the dashboard, as well as the speed of developing the tests without the need for dozens of locators, conditional waits, management of drivers/browsers, etc., made testing a breeze.”

Learn more about the Applitools Ultrafast Grid and get started today: https://applitools.com/ultrafast-grid.

*Net Promoter Score ranges from +100 (high satisfaction)  to -100 (low satisfaction). NPS is calculated by ignoring the passive responses and subtracting the % of detractors from the % of promoters. Products with an NPS over 50 are considered world-class while products below 0 are in decline and losing users.

About Applitools

Applitools delivers a Next Generation Test Automation Platform powered by Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid. We enable engineering teams to release high quality web and mobile apps at incredible speed at a reduced cost.

Applitools Visual AI modernizes important test automation use cases — Functional Testing, Visual Testing, Web and Mobile UI/UX Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Responsive Web Design Testing, Cross Device Testing, PDF Testing, Accessibility Testing and Compliance Testing — to transform the way organizations deliver innovation at the speed of CI/CD at a significantly lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Hundreds of companies from verticals such as Tech, Banking, Insurance, Retail, Pharma, and Publishing — including 50 of the Fortune 100 — use Applitools to deliver the best possible digital experiences to millions of customers on any device and browser, and across every screen size and operating system.

Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, please visit applitools.com.

 

Experts from Twitter, Salesforce, Microsoft Playwright, Cypress.io, Selenium Project, and Test Automation University Director Angie Jones Lead a Diverse Lineup of Live Sessions

SAN MATEO, Calif., August 19, 2020 — Applitools (https://applitools.com/), provider of a next generation test automation platform through Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid, today announced open registration to Applitools prestigious Future of Testing | 2020 Event.

Experts from Twitter, Salesforce, Cypress.io and Microsoft are confirmed for the September 17 event, with more sessions and industry-leader speakers soon to be announced. Eight live sessions on a state-of-the-art platform are now scheduled, including the following highlights:

• Where’s My Flying Car: Test Automation in the Space Age — keynote session from Angie Jones, Automation Architect at Applitools and Director of Test Automation University.
• The Future of Test Frameworks — an expert panel featuring Arjun Attam, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Playwright, Amir Rustamzadeh, Head of DX Engineering at Cypress.io, and Manoj Kumar, Selenium Committer and member of the Project Leadership committee, and moderator Gil Tayar, Sr. Architect at Applitools.
• Accessibility Testing 101 — live session with Crystal Preston-Watson, Quality and Accessibility Engineer at Salesforce.
• Decentralized Testing— live talk by Omose Agala, Software Engineer in Test II at Twitter, and Nupur Pallavi, Sr. Test Engineer at Twitter.
• Successful Test Automation Practices from Innovative Brands — an expert panel featuring Abel Wang, Principal Advocate, DevOps Lead at Microsoft, Omose Ogala, Software Engineer in Test II at Twitter, and moderated by Angie Jones.

See What You Missed: Excerpts From the Future of Testing – Spring 2020

This is the second Future of Testing event Applitools has hosted this year.

In May 2020, an invite-only private event was held with 300 engineers. “Based on the success of this event and the amazing feedback from attendees, we decided to organize a second event with free, open access  to everyone in the global engineering community,” said Moshe Milman, co-founder and COO of Applitools.

To learn first-hand what this event is like, feel free to view a series of 2-minute videos from the previous Future of Testing virtual event, held in May 2020. Visit (https://info.applitools.com/uINp) to experience highlights from talks by Angie Jones (Applitools & TAU), Abel Wang (Microsoft), and Bijoya Chatterjee & Shantanu Prasade (Sony PlayStation).

The event will be hosted by Joe Colantonio, Founder of TestGuild, and available for live stream viewing on multiple platforms.

Unlike other virtual events that simply move the offline event to a series of pre-recorded presentations — all talks on Future of Testing are presented 100% live, and are highly interactive via polls, live Q-and-A, and chat, which facilitate learning and discussion among the quality engineering community.

“Applitools is truly committed to promoting excellence in the global engineering community,” said Joe Colantonio. “Expanding on their industry leadership role with initiatives such as Test Automation University and the Visual AI Hackathons, they are now adding Future of Testing Virtual Events to the mix. It’s an incredible event with amazing sessions by leading industry experts, which I am proud to be a part of and host — please join us!”

To learn more about The Future of Testing Live Virtual Event, visit https://info.applitools.com/uIIS

About Applitools

Applitools delivers a Next Generation Test Automation Platform through Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid. We enable engineering teams to release high quality web and mobile apps at incredible speed at a reduced cost.

Applitools Visual AI modernizes important test automation use cases — Functional Testing, Visual Testing, Web and Mobile UI/UX Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Responsive Web Design Testing, Cross Device Testing, PDF Testing, Accessibility Testing and Compliance Testing — to transform the way organizations deliver innovation at the speed of CI/CD at a significantly lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Hundreds of companies from verticals such as Tech, Banking, Insurance, Retail, Pharma, and Publishing — including 50 of the Fortune 100 — use Applitools to deliver the best possible digital experiences to millions of customers on any device and browser, and across every screen size and operating system.

Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, please visit applitools.com.

 

Dev teams running automated functional, cross-browser, and cross-device tests reduce maintenance time by up to 90 percent and radically improve test efficiency yielding faster, higher quality releases 

SAN MATEO, Calif., July 21, 2020 — Applitools (https://applitools.com/), provider of a next generation test automation platform through Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid, today announced new AI capabilities for its end-to-end automated testing platform. Auto-maintenance AI leverages the power of Applitools Visual AI technology to accelerate test maintenance efficiency through virtual assistant recommendations. AI powered smart assist automatically analyzes large batches of test results, often numbering in the hundreds or even thousands of tests. It then removes all redundancies by grouping similar visual and functional regressions together. Applitools auto-maintenance AI instantly performs the mundane and redundant tasks often associated with manual testing without fatigue or errors. It reduces maintenance time by up to 90 percent so users reach better results with less effort, and allow engineering teams to release higher quality apps much faster with greater confidence.

To see Applitools auto-maintenance AI in action, set a quick call with a test automation expert at (https://info.applitools.com/uG9U).

Hundreds of Applitools customers use AI auto-maintenance and smart assist to reduce maintenance costs and improve efficiency:

• “It’s well-known that AI has transformed how businesses make decisions. In today’s climate, it’s not only business decisions that benefit from AI – engineering teams are also leveraging AI to help digitally transform their application development,” said Parasar Saha, Enterprise Automation Architect at a leading North American airline. “AI that can reduce repetitive and error-prone tasks to free up time and resources is what you should look for to help transform your team. Applitools AI powered auto-maintenance does exactly this and is a perfect example of how AI can be leveraged effectively.”
• “We use Applitools extensively in our regression testing at Branch,” said Joe Emison, CTO at Branch Financial. “Visual AI is incredibly accurate, but equally impressive are the AI powered maintenance features. With the volume of tests that we run, the time savings that the AI auto-maintenance features afford us are extensive.”
• “Applitools auto-maintenance AI has transformed the repetitive and tedious process of analysing results into a streamlined process saving us an incredible amount of time,” said Marie Drake, Principal Test Automation Engineer at News UK.

Test maintenance overhead is the leading challenge for QA and development teams with most teams spending 40-70 percent of their time on maintenance. As businesses digitally transform, the maintenance work required to ensure a visually and functionally perfect user experience across all browsers, devices, and viewports continues to increase. Dev teams are unable to maintain quality while also working toward faster release cycles.

“Test maintenance is a painstaking and error-prone task, which is exactly what AI is meant to solve,” said Adam Carmi, CTO of Applitools. “Applitools’ core Visual AI technology helps automate test maintenance processes and does most of the heavy lifting to save test engineers and developers time while reducing errors. The assistant-like Visual AI recommendations are uniquely intelligent, accurate, and right-on-time to ensure that customers are tapping the full potential of the Applitools Platform. We are giving test engineers the time back to write new tests instead of getting bogged down in laborious and tedious maintenance work.”

Developers and Test Engineers can start using AI auto-maintenance and AI virtual assist today. To learn more about Applitools and the latest developments around Visual AI, visit (https://applitools.com/).

About Applitools

Applitools delivers a Next Generation Test Automation Platform through Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid. We enable engineering teams to release high quality web and mobile apps at incredible speed at a reduced cost.

Applitools Visual AI modernizes important test automation use cases — Functional Testing, Visual Testing, Web and Mobile UI/UX Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Responsive Web Design Testing, Cross Device Testing, PDF Testing, Accessibility Testing and Compliance Testing — to transform the way organizations deliver innovation at the speed of CI/CD at a significantly lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Hundreds of companies from verticals such as Tech, Banking, Insurance, Retail, Pharma, and Publishing — including 50 of the Fortune 100 — use Applitools to deliver the best possible digital experiences to millions of customers on any device and browser, and across every screen size and operating system.

Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, please visit applitools.com.