Diffy vs SnapDiff

Diffy is a visual regression testing service that captures website pages and compares screenshots to show changes. It can capture pages as logged-in users and test admin pages without requiring code. To help with changing content, users can mock dynamic page elements while checking layout and styles. Diffy detects vertical shifts and provides pixel-perfect comparisons, thumbnails, individual approvals and shareable diff links. AI summaries group changes by type and prioritize them by impact. Listed integrations include GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, Playwright, GitHub pull requests, Zapier, Figma, Slack, webhooks and a Claude skills plugin. Local development integrations include DDEV, Lando and Docksal, and an on-premises installation option is listed. The free plan includes 500 screenshots per month, two environments and one month of data retention. Pro costs $67 a month when billed annually and includes 2,000 screenshots per month, multiple environments, CI automation and six months of retention. CI and API access, custom environments and history beyond one month require a paid plan.

SnapDiff captures web pages and compares screenshots pixel by pixel to identify visual regressions. Its HTTP API can compare two URLs without a test suite or CI/CD pipeline, and each diff returns a percentage, a highlighted image, and bounding boxes around changed regions. A GitHub Action runs visual checks on pull requests and can discover Vercel preview URLs. For scheduled monitoring, the watch API checks URLs on a cron schedule and sends webhooks when changes exceed a threshold. Comparisons use pixelmatch with antialiasing detection, configurable thresholds, ignore regions, and CSS selector masking. SnapDiff accepts HTTPS preview, staging, Storybook, and deployment URLs, including those on Vercel, Netlify, and Cloudflare Pages. Its MCP server supports Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and other MCP clients for verifying UI changes. The service says it hides more than 40 cookie banners and 20 chat widgets and blocks more than 30 ad and tracker domains during capture. Free includes 200 diffs and 2,000 screenshots per month; paid plans start with Dev at $19 a month. Screenshots and diff images are retained during a subscription and for 30 days afterward.