Comparison · Percy
Percy, from BrowserStack, is a visual testing and review product: your tests capture snapshots, Percy compares them with the approved baseline, and your team approves or rejects each change. Sybqa does not use baselines. It works through journeys on a link, checks layout at three widths, runs accessibility rules and reports evidence. If you need to stop unintended visual change across releases, Percy is built for it. If you need a first check of whether a site works, Sybqa is the lighter start.
Facts checked
| Point | Sybqa | Percy |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Checks a site you point it at and reports evidence of what broke | Visual testing and review: captures snapshots, compares them with previously approved baselines and highlights the differences |
| Where you start | A link and an optional goal. You review the plan before anything runs | Add it to existing Storybook, Playwright or Selenium tests, use its SDKs, or start without code; the docs also describe setup from an AI coding agent |
| What you get back | An evidence report (HTML, JSON and JUnit) with screenshots and steps to reproduce; blocked and not-run checks are listed, never counted as passed | A build of snapshot differences that reviewers approve or request changes on; a Visual Review Agent that highlights meaningful changes |
| Approved baselines | None. A run is checked against rules and the journeys in the plan, and compared with the previous run’s findings, not with approved images | The centre of the product; the pricing page lists smart baseline management that picks the base build for each comparison |
| Browsers | A real browser at desktop (1440 px), phone (390 px) and narrow (320 px) widths, with axe-core accessibility checks | Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari are listed on the pricing page, which also lists real mobile browsers as a feature |
| Scheduled page scans | Runs when you or your pipeline start one | The product menu lists a Website Scanner: add pages by sitemap, schedule recurring scans, scan pages behind authentication |
| Public pricing | A free plan after sign-up (10 runs a month, no AI review) and a paid plan with AI credits | Free: 5,000 screenshots a month. Desktop: $199 a month billed annually. Desktop & Mobile: $599 a month billed annually. Enterprise: by inquiry. A screenshot is one page or component in one browser at one width |
For site-wide accessibility scanning from the same vendor, see the BrowserStack Website Scanner comparison.
No. Percy compares snapshots with approved baselines across releases. Sybqa checks a site you point it at and reports evidence from that run. A team can use Sybqa for a first read on a new site and add a visual testing tool once there is a design to protect.
BrowserStack’s pricing page says usage is based on screenshots rendered, and that a screenshot is a rendering of a page or component in one browser and responsive width combination.
Paste a link, review the plan, and read the evidence report. The free plan gives 10 runs a month without AI review after you sign up.