Chromatic vs Percy: Which Visual Regression Testing Tool Is Better?
Detailed comparison of Chromatic and Percy for visual regression testing. Features, pricing, and when to choose each.
Chromatic
Percy
Free (5K snapshots/mo) / $149/mo Starter / custom Enterprise
Free (5K snapshots/mo) / $399/mo Team / custom Enterprise
Teams using Storybook who want visual testing, UI review, and component documentation in one platform
Teams that need cross-browser visual testing for full pages, not just components
- Deep Storybook integration (built by Storybook maintainers)
- Visual regression testing with pixel-level diffing
- UI Review workflow for design approval in PRs
- TurboSnap to only test changed components (saves snapshots)
- Interaction testing that captures visual state after user actions
- Component catalog publishing for stakeholder review
- Cross-browser rendering (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
- Full-page and component-level visual testing
- Responsive snapshot widths for mobile and desktop
- SDKs for Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, and Puppeteer
- BrowserStack integration for device testing
- Smart visual diffing with anti-aliasing tolerance
Chromatic is what I use. Storybook plus Chromatic is the loop my design system teams ship on, and TurboSnap pays for itself the first month. I haven't shipped with Percy, but from the teams I've audited: Percy is the right pick when QA owns the testing and the surface is full-page Cypress or Playwright flows, not isolated components. For design system work, Chromatic. For QA testing user journeys, Percy.
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