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Appium vs Percy

Appium

appium.io

Percy

percy.io

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FigureAppiumPercy
Price from—$199/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
iOSYesYes
AndroidYesYes
APIYes—
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published04
Spec score · Testing And Qa8.1 (#12)8.2 (#11)
Spec score · GUI Testing Software8.1 (#13)8.1 (#14)
Spec score · Software Testing Tools8.1 (#13)8.2 (#12)
PurposeAppium is an open-source project and ecosystem of software for UI automation across mobile, browser, desktop, TV and other platforms.Percy automates visual testing by capturing DOM snapshots and assets, rendering them across browsers, and comparing them with prior snapshots to detect visual changes.
SecurityAppium recommends running its server locally or within a protected internal network, avoiding untrusted users and not exposing its ports to the wider internet.BrowserStack states that it is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and that this compliance extends to its data centers and platform.

Plans

Appium

No plans published.

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Percy

  • FreeFree
  • Desktop$199 a month
  • Desktop & Mobile$599 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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In their own words

Appium

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Percy

Percy automates visual testing by capturing DOM snapshots and assets, rendering them across browsers, and comparing results with earlier snapshots to flag visual changes. Responsive checks use configurable widths, while snapshot stabilization freezes animations and other dynamic elements to reduce false positives. Percy groups snapshots into the same build when tests run in separate processes or on different machines. Its review workflow includes status updates, notifications, comments, comparisons, and automatic diff matching. Listed integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Storybook, WebdriverIO, and Jenkins. Documented frameworks include Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Puppeteer, Ember, Appium, and others. Percy documentation describes testing across real devices and desktop and mobile browsers. The free plan includes 5,000 screenshots per month, unlimited users, and unlimited projects. Desktop costs $199 a month, billed annually, for 10,000 screenshots per month; Desktop & Mobile costs $599 a month, billed annually, for 25,000 screenshots per month. Paid plans have fixed screenshot allowances, and additional usage is charged at the overage rate. Enterprise pricing is custom and unlisted.

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