Kite (Discontinued) vs Applitools
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Kite (Discontinued)
Former AI code completion assistant for editors like VS Code and PyCharm. The company ended development and support and published a farewell note.
Applitools
AI-powered visual testing and monitoring platform that automatically detects UI bugs across web, mobile, and native apps.
Feature Tags Comparison
Only in Kite (Discontinued)
Shared
Only in Applitools
Key Features
Kite (Discontinued)
- • Legacy editor plugins for popular IDEs during active years
- • Local context indexing to improve token suggestions
- • Early language model work for Python and more
- • Documentation lookups and API hinting in editor
- • Telemetry options and privacy settings historically
- • Official shutdown and end of support by the founder
Applitools
- • Visual AI engine | Ultrafast Grid testing | Cross-browser testing | Mobile app testing | Responsive design validation | Automated maintenance | Root cause analysis | CI/CD integration | Selenium/Cypress/Playwright support | Screenshot comparison | PDF testing | Accessibility checks
Use Cases
Kite (Discontinued)
- → Audit machines and remove old plugins to avoid confusion
- → Review legacy repos created during Kite usage periods
- → Educate teams on evolution toward modern copilots
- → Map migration to maintained assistants with security fixes
- → Discuss pricing and PMF lessons in internal tech talks
- → Document editor integration approaches that worked and failed
Applitools
- → UI regression testing
- → cross-browser validation
- → responsive design testing
- → mobile app QA
- → CI/CD pipelines
- → automated visual testing
Perfect For
Kite (Discontinued)
engineering managers developer advocates and students studying the history of AI coding assistants and planning migrations to supported tools
Applitools
QA engineers, test automation engineers, developers, DevOps teams, enterprises, software teams, QA managers
Capabilities
Kite (Discontinued)
Applitools
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