Lost Pixel vs Applitools Eyes

From $30 per month (indicative, hosted platform)

Quote on request

Substantially cheaper than Percy or Chromatic for comparable hosted review.

Quote-based enterprise pricing by checkpoints. Typically the most expensive option in the category.

Open-source runner is free and unlimited when self-hosted.

Free tier for individual developers with a monthly checkpoint allowance.

Emerging

Lost Pixel · since 2022

Widely used

Applitools · since 2013

• Self-host for free or pay a modest fee for the review workflow — you choose per project.
• Works with Storybook and with plain page URLs.
• Clean GitHub Actions integration.

• The lowest false-positive rate in the category — the reason teams migrate to it from pixel-diff tools.
• Ultrafast Grid replaces a lot of cross-browser execution with one render pass.
• Root-cause analysis points at the DOM/CSS change behind a visual diff.

• Small vendor; assess sustainability before making it critical infrastructure.
• Fewer browser and device permutations than the incumbents.
• Less sophisticated diffing than Applitools' visual AI.

• Expensive, and priced opaquely.
• Substantial platform to learn beyond simple snapshot comparison.
• Overkill if you have twenty pages and a stable design.

Cost-conscious teams that want a hosted visual review workflow without enterprise pricing.

Enterprises where visual correctness across many browsers is a business requirement.