As titled, Alientech KESS3 and Autotuner which is better for beginners?
Here is the clue.
Both are excellent tools to start with, both well supported and respected in the industry. You cant go wrong with either, the right choice often depends on the type of vehicles you plan to work on and how you want to grow your tuning business. Its worth spending a little time going through the application lists.
AutoTuner is particularly strong with newer European vehicles and has become very popular because it’s fast, simple to use and regularly updated. And, with no subscription.
KESS3 on the other hand has extremely wide coverage, not only for cars and vans but also motorbikes, plant, agricultural machinery, marine engines and more. Its a big support team at Alientech the tool is very reliable and well supported
They’re both fantastic machines. AT has no subscription, and a very nice log function. kess launches livelog very soon.
The Alientech suit is fantastic for identifying the ecu on a vehicle without having to connect a tool up, and then depending on my schedule, I’ll read/write with AT, purely because its that little bit faster.
Alientech (Kess3) are great at rolling out updates, but it does come with the caveat of a subscription.
If your budget allows, go for both, starting out, either work just fine, but I think the interface of the Alientech suite is far superior to AT.
It really depends on what market you are looking to approach / break into for tuning. There is no getting away from the fact that the Autotuner is the fastest tool on the market, but, the kess has the biggest range of vehicles supported for tuning. Then you can factor in the Magic Flex in to the mix (just to make the choice nice and easy by adding another tool ), which has a great range of vehicles supported along with some of the best transmission and cloning support out of any tool.
n reality, many professional tuners end up running both platforms as their businesses grow.