Uiprobe vs Pixelay: automated detection vs visual overlay
Uiprobe vs Applitools
Different categories entirely. Applitools is an enterprise visual testing platform that diffs screenshots across browsers at scale. We compare your implementation against the Figma design at the property level.
Applitools uses AI-powered visual diffing in CI/CD. We read the Figma frame and the live DOM, then tell you what diverged. This page shows where.
What we do differently
Four decisions that separate Uiprobe from Applitools.
Applitools is enterprise visual testing infrastructure. We are a developer tool for design-to-code verification. The overlap is smaller than it looks.
01
We compare against the Figma design.
Applitools compares screenshots of the current build against a baseline. It catches visual changes between builds but has no concept of the original design. We read properties from the Figma frame directly. The reference is always the design.
Vs.
Compares builds against builds. No concept of the original Figma design as reference.
02
We surface property-level findings, not visual diffs.
Applitools uses AI to highlight regions that look different. Smarter than raw pixel diffing, but the output is still visual. We surface actual values: font-size 14px instead of 16px, padding 10px instead of 12px.
Vs.
AI highlights which areas look different. You figure out what the actual property difference is.
03
We are built for developers and small teams.
Applitools is enterprise infrastructure with SDK integration and CI/CD pipelines. Typically $10K+/year. We are a Chrome extension with a free tier. Run a comparison before code review in two minutes.
Vs.
Enterprise infrastructure. Typically $10K+/year with SDK integration required.
04
We do not need a test suite to run.
Applitools runs through Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium. You write visual assertions in test code. We run from the browser. Open the page, paste the Figma URL, get findings. No test code needed.
Vs.
Requires test framework integration and visual assertions in code.
Annotated spec sheet
The whole comparison
in one read.
Aspect by aspect. Plain values. No scoring.
Uiprobe
Applitools
Reference source
Figma frame
Direct connection. Design is always the reference.
previous build
Screenshot baseline in CI.
Detection method
automated
Property-level comparison, deterministic.
AI visual diff
AI-assisted screenshot diffing.
Output
expected → actual
Specific property values per finding.
visual diff
AI-highlighted regions with noise reduction.
Cross-browser
current browser
Checks the browser you are in.
multi-browser
Multiple browsers and viewports in CI.
Runs in
browser
Chrome extension. Any page Chrome can open.
CI/CD pipeline
Test framework integration required.
Setup
paste URL
Sign in with Figma, paste frame URL.
SDK integration
SDK, test code, baseline config.
Figma connection
direct
Reads from the Figma frame every run.
none
No concept of a design source.
Free tier
10 probes / month
Free forever. No ads.
limited
free tier with snapshot caps.
Paid
$15/month
~$10K+/year
Enterprise pricing.
Who we built this for
If you verify against Figma, not against the last build, this is what we built.
Uiprobe fits a specific kind of workflow. Enterprise visual testing tools exist for a reason. But if any of this sounds like the work you do, you are the reason this exists.
01
You need design-to-code verification, not cross-browser regression testing.
02
You want to run a comparison from the browser in two minutes, not set up SDK integration and CI pipelines.
03
You are a developer or small team, not an enterprise engineering org with a dedicated QA infrastructure budget.
04
You care about Figma fidelity specifically. Applitools does not know what your Figma design looks like.
Why we built it
We got tired of measuring by hand.
We're builders shipping product UIs. The enterprise tools were built for teams with dedicated QA infrastructure. We needed something we could run from the browser in two minutes. So we built it. If you have felt that same friction, Uiprobe is for you.
Stop pixel-peeping by hand.
Free to start. No credit card. See your first comparison in under a minute.
