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Chromatic vs Percy

Chromatic (Visual AI testing) and Percy (Visual AI testing) differ on 3 documented facts below. Each cell shows its evidence level, source and verification date. This page does not rank or rate either tool.

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Chromatic and Percy, fact by fact, with evidence per cell
FactChromaticPercy
Category
Visual AI testing (also MCP servers for testing)
Vendor-statedSource
Visual AI testing
DocumentedSource
Status
Active
DocumentedSource
Acquired
DocumentedSource
Test creation
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented
Test output
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented
Surfaces
Web
DocumentedSource
Web, Mobile native
DocumentedSource
Hosting
Cloud
DocumentedSource
Cloud
DocumentedSource
Pricing model
Free tier, Flat tier, Usage credits, Enterprise quote
DocumentedSource
Free tier, Flat tier, Enterprise quote
DocumentedSource
Published prices
Free: $0 / month (5,000 billed snapshots); Starter: $179 / month (35,000 billed snapshots); Starter: extra billed snapshots: $0.008 (Extra billed snapshots); Pro: $399 / month (85,000 billed snapshots)
DocumentedSource
Free: $ 0 / month (5000 free monthly screenshots); Desktop: $ 199 / month (billed annually; each additional screenshot at $0.036); Desktop & Mobile: $ 599 / month (billed annually; each additional screenshot at $0.048)
DocumentedSource
Free tier
Yes
DocumentedSource
Yes
DocumentedSource
CI integrations
GitHub Actions, GitLab, CircleCI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Other
DocumentedSource
GitHub Actions, GitLab, CircleCI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Other
DocumentedSource
Self-healing
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented
Agent integration
Publishes the Storybook MCP server (@storybook/addon-mcp, Storybook 10.3+ and React) as a remote MCP endpoint for coding agents; only documentation tools are available in the published version
DocumentedSource
BrowserStack MCP server (browserstack/mcp-server) with Percy tools such as percyVisualTestIntegrationAgent, addPercySnapshotCommands, runPercyScan, fetchPercyChanges and managePercyBuildApproval
DocumentedSource
Open source
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented

Documented differences

Listed only where both tools document the fact, or where one documents it and the other's documentation does not mention it. Vendor-stated values appear in the table but do not create a difference here.

  • Status: active for Chromatic; acquired for Percy. [1][2]
  • Surfaces: web for Chromatic; web and native mobile for Percy. [1][2]
  • Pricing model: flat-tier, usage-credit and enterprise-quote pricing for Chromatic; flat-tier and enterprise-quote pricing for Percy. [1][2]

When each fits

Chromatic

Fits a team that needs web testing. Documented for Chromatic.

Sources: [1]

Percy

Fits a team that needs native mobile testing. Documented for Percy.

Sources: [1]

Drawn from documented scope only. Neither text compares the two tools on quality.

Sources

  1. chromatic.com (Chromatic: Category; Chromatic: Surfaces)
  2. browserstack.com (Percy: Category)
  3. chromatic.com (Chromatic: Status; Chromatic: Pricing model; Chromatic: Published prices; Chromatic: Free tier)
  4. browserstack.com (Percy: Status)
  5. browserstack.com (Percy: Surfaces)
  6. chromatic.com (Chromatic: Hosting)
  7. browserstack.com (Percy: Hosting)
  8. browserstack.com (Percy: Pricing model; Percy: Published prices; Percy: Free tier)
  9. chromatic.com (Chromatic: CI integrations)
  10. browserstack.com (Percy: CI integrations)
  11. chromatic.com (Chromatic: Agent integration)
  12. github.com (Percy: Agent integration)

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