Selenium handles functional testing — but visual regression requires bolt-on plugins, brittle baselines, and zero AI insight. UIProof adds cloud-based visual captures, 3-viewport responsive testing, and AI-explained diffs triggered directly from your Selenium CI pipeline.
Excellent for functional automation. Visual regression was never a core design goal.
Side-by-side, no spin. They work together.
| Feature | UIProof | Selenium |
|---|---|---|
| Visual testing approach | URL-based, cloud-captured | Custom screenshot scripts |
| AI triage | Minor / Review / Regression | No — manual or pixel diff only |
| Responsive viewports | 3 viewports per URL (auto) | One viewport per test config |
| Historical diff dashboard | Per-URL timeline | CI artifacts only |
| Setup complexity | < 5 minutes | Custom plugin + baseline management |
| Persona / UX review | AI UX + conversion layer | Not available |
| CI trigger | GitHub Actions + REST API | WebDriver test runner |
| Snapshot brittleness | Cloud baseline — no drift | High — env/OS-sensitive PNGs |
| Non-dev stakeholder access | Yes — shareable dashboard | No — developer-only |
Works alongside your existing tests — no Selenium changes required.
Paste any public or staging URL — the same pages your Selenium tests exercise. UIProof captures full-page screenshots at mobile, tablet, and desktop without writing a single line of test code or managing a WebDriver session.
Run your first capture to establish a visual baseline. Every future run diffs against it automatically — no screenshot files in your repo, no OS-sensitive PNG drift, no manual baseline management.
Add a UIProof API call at the end of your Selenium test run. After your functional tests pass, UIProof fires visual captures against the deployed URL and checks for regressions automatically.
Changed pixels are scored minor, review, or regression with a plain-English explanation. UIProof tells your team what changed, where it changed, and whether a real user would notice — no more staring at red diff overlays.
Only regressions block your team. Minor and review-level changes flow through without noise. Slack, webhooks, or email alerts notify the right people — without flooding QA with false positives.
One step in your GitHub Actions workflow. Visual regression runs on every deploy — no WebDriver sessions, no screenshot file management.
- name: Run Selenium tests
run: mvn test -Dtest=SeleniumSuite
- name: UIProof visual regression (post-deploy)
if: success()
uses: uiproof/action@v1
with:
api-key: ${{ secrets.UIPROOF_API_KEY }}
base-url: https://staging.yourapp.comSelenium handles functional automation. UIProof handles visual regression. Both signals, one pipeline.
UIProof is a complement, not a replacement, for Selenium-based screenshot testing. Selenium handles functional browser automation. UIProof adds a cloud-based layer: URL-level captures with AI triage and a shareable dashboard — triggered after your Selenium suite passes.
Yes. After your Selenium tests complete in CI, call the UIProof REST API to trigger a capture run against your deployed URL. You get visual regression results alongside your functional test results — two independent signals, one pipeline.
Three main differences: (1) UIProof captures are cloud-based — no OS/driver-sensitive PNG drift. (2) Every diff is AI-triaged with severity and explanation, not just pass/fail. (3) UIProof runs at 3 viewports automatically, so mobile and tablet regressions surface without writing extra test configurations.
No. UIProof is URL-based. You don't modify your existing Selenium tests, change your WebDriver config, or install any browser extensions. You add a UIProof capture step to your CI workflow that runs against the deployed URL after your test suite completes.
UIProof's AI layer distinguishes expected dynamic content changes from real regressions. Timestamps, rotating banners, and animated components don't generate false regression alerts. The AI focuses on layout, styling, and content changes that would affect real user experience.
Yes. UIProof has a shareable dashboard and per-diff share links. Designers, QA managers, and PMs can review visual changes without digging into Selenium CI logs or managing local WebDriver environments.
No brittle baselines. No single-viewport blind spots. No manual diff reviews. Free to start.