In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, testing teams face constant pressure to deliver high-quality software across multiple platforms and rapidly evolving user interfaces. Traditional automation tools often fall short when application frameworks change — leading to unstable tests, repetitive maintenance, and delayed delivery.
To address these challenges, Tricentis Tosca, now enhanced with Vision AI, introduces a transformative approach to automation. Instead of relying on fragile technical locators, Vision AI “sees” applications visually — just like a human tester would.
The Challenge: Automation That Can’t Keep Up
Enterprise applications have grown increasingly complex. They run across web, desktop, Citrix, VMware, and hybrid environments, often featuring custom controls or frequent UI updates. In these settings, traditional automation struggles to adapt.
Test engineers frequently spend more time repairing automation scripts than creating new ones. When locators break after UI changes, test suites lose reliability, driving up maintenance costs and eroding confidence in automation efforts.
Simply put — conventional test automation can’t keep pace with the speed of modern software development.
The Solution: Vision AI in Tricentis Tosca
Vision AI revolutionizes how automation works by shifting from technical identifiers to visual recognition. Through advanced machine learning and image recognition, Tosca can now identify UI elements like buttons, fields, and icons visually — regardless of the underlying technology.
What This Means for Testing Teams
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Automate any application — including remote desktops, Citrix, or VMware environments.
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Start testing earlier — even from mock-ups or screenshots before the UI is finalized.
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Maintain stability after redesigns — no more script failures after updates.
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Customize recognition — train Vision AI to identify your unique or proprietary controls.
Essentially, Vision AI gives Tosca a pair of “digital eyes,” enabling robust, cross-platform automation that adapts to change — not the other way around.
4 Key Benefits of Vision AI
Test Sooner
Begin automation early in the development cycle using mock-ups or wireframes, then reuse the same tests as the application evolves. This shift-left approach helps teams accelerate release cycles and improve feedback loops.
Test Smarter
Vision AI automatically adapts to interface changes, eliminating locator maintenance and reducing test fragility. Teams can focus on expanding coverage instead of fixing broken scripts.
Test More
Extend automation to virtually any platform — from traditional desktops to virtualized environments. Vision AI ensures consistent performance across technologies.
Test with Everyone
As part of Tosca’s no-code platform, Vision AI opens automation to a broader audience. Business users, domain experts, and QA engineers can all contribute, fostering stronger collaboration across teams.
Why Vision AI Matters
By introducing AI-driven visual recognition, Tricentis Tosca makes automation:
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More resilient — tests survive technology and UI updates.
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More inclusive — non-technical users can contribute meaningfully.
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More future-proof — adaptable to emerging digital interfaces and technologies.
This innovation represents the next evolution in intelligent testing — blending human-like perception with machine-level precision.
Our Perspective
From our experience, Vision AI is not a silver bullet for every automation challenge — but it represents a significant step forward, especially for legacy applications and mockup-driven development. For older systems with outdated frameworks, missing object identifiers, or virtualized front-ends, Vision AI offers a practical way to automate where traditional engines fail.
Likewise, in modern agile environments where teams design interfaces iteratively, the ability to test directly on UI mockups can accelerate feedback and collaboration between business and IT.
While it’s still an evolving technology, its potential to bridge the gap between design, development, and testing makes Vision AI one of the most promising innovations for the future of enterprise automation.
Conclusion
Tricentis Tosca Vision AI marks a major step forward in test automation. By merging AI-powered visual recognition with a no-code approach, it enables organizations to test smarter, faster, and with greater confidence.
concircle helps enterprises harness the full potential of Vision AI — building resilient automation strategies that drive efficiency and innovation.
As a proud partner of Tricentis we have achieved the highest form of partnership for test automation services, called "Solutions Partner". This means that concircle can deliver end-to-end services without any involvement from Tricentis in the early stages of implementation.
