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What is Chromatic
Chromatic is a cloud service for testing and reviewing UI components built with Storybook. It focuses on visual regression testing, UI review workflows, and publishing Storybook builds so teams can catch unintended UI changes before release. It is primarily used by front-end engineers and design systems teams working in CI/CD pipelines. The product differentiates through component-level snapshotting, change review in pull requests, and hosted Storybook environments tied to Git workflows.
Component-level visual regression
Chromatic captures baselines for Storybook stories and compares subsequent builds to detect visual changes. This approach fits teams that develop UIs as reusable components and want targeted feedback rather than full end-to-end page diffs. It supports reviewing diffs per component and per story, which can reduce noise compared with broader UI testing approaches. It is well-suited to catching CSS and layout regressions that functional tests may miss.
CI and PR review workflow
Chromatic integrates with common Git-based pull request workflows to surface visual changes alongside code changes. Teams can require approvals for UI diffs before merging, creating an auditable review step. This aligns with DevOps practices by making UI checks part of automated pipelines. It helps coordinate engineers and reviewers without requiring local Storybook builds for every review.
Hosted Storybook publishing
Chromatic hosts Storybook builds and provides shareable URLs for specific commits or branches. This supports asynchronous review and makes it easier to validate component behavior and states across environments. It can also serve as a lightweight distribution mechanism for design system documentation tied to code. Centralized hosting reduces the operational work of running and securing a separate Storybook hosting stack.
Storybook-centric scope
Chromatic’s core capabilities depend on Storybook stories, so teams without Storybook adoption get limited value. It does not replace broader functional or end-to-end testing for user journeys, API interactions, or backend-driven flows. Organizations with multiple UI stacks may need additional tooling for non-Storybook surfaces. This can create gaps if the product UI is not fully represented as component stories.
Visual diffs require maintenance
Visual regression testing can generate expected diffs during legitimate UI changes, requiring baseline updates and reviewer time. Dynamic content, animations, fonts, and rendering differences can introduce noise if not carefully controlled. Teams often need conventions for stable stories and deterministic data to keep results actionable. Without this discipline, the signal-to-noise ratio can degrade over time.
Limited non-UI test coverage
Chromatic focuses on UI rendering and review rather than performance, load, or synthetic monitoring. It does not provide full test orchestration across services, environments, and deployment stages in the way broader DevOps platforms do. Teams typically pair it with separate tools for API testing, device/browser farms, and production monitoring. This increases the number of systems to manage for end-to-end quality assurance.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 / month | 5,000 snapshots/month; Test on Chrome; Unlimited projects & users; Unlimited collaborators; Git & CI integrations; UI version tracking. |
| Starter | $179 / month | 35,000 snapshots/month; Includes cross-browser testing (Safari, Firefox, Edge); Extra snapshots $0.008 each; Everything in Free; "Start a free trial" shown on pricing page. |
| Pro | $399 / month | 85,000 snapshots/month; Custom domain; Extra snapshots $0.008 each; Everything in Starter; "Start a free trial" shown on pricing page. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Everything in Pro; Unlimited accessibility usage; SSO & custom Git integrations; Priority support & SLA; Data retention; Contact sales for pricing and annual/enterprise billing options. |
Seller details
Chromatic, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, USA
2019
Private
https://www.chromatic.com/
https://x.com/chromaticui
https://www.linkedin.com/company/chromaticui/
