SmartBear vs BrowserStack Percy: Best Visual Testing Tool

  • Dedicated Visual AI to eliminate false positives from dynamic content, providing only meaningful diffs.

  • Gain unlimited parallelization and a vast Real Device Cloud access.

  • Accelerate team approvals by 3x using bounding boxes, summaries, and review workflows.

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BrowserStack Percy vs SmartBear for Visual Testing

Compare the advanced Visual AI and scalable Real Device Cloud of BrowserStack Percy against the feature set and cost model of SmartBear VisualTest.

  • Features
SmartBear VisualTest
BrowserStack Percy
Features
Free Plan
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yes
up to 5,000 screenshots per month
AI-Powered Visual Analysis
Basic AI for defect finding, less sophisticated noise filtering
Advanced Visual AI engine for precise noise reduction and prioritization
Cross-Browser & Device Coverage
Limited to integrated BitBar devices and browsers
Extensive cloud of real browsers and devices with broad OS/version support
Integration
Best with SmartBear ecosystem (TestComplete, BitBar)
Seamless, independent integration with CI/CD and major test frameworks
Parallelization & Scalability
Parallelization priced per process, higher cost at scale
Scalable parallel visual tests with efficient resource use and pricing
Collaboration & Review
Basic collaboration, limited reviewer assignment
Rich collaboration features, assignment, and detailed review workflows
Mobile Visual Testing Support
Supported mainly via BitBar integration
Native mobile visual testing with App Percy on real devices
Test History & Debugging
Limited test history retention and debugging details
Extensive test history with root cause analysis and visual diff highlighting
Ease of Setup & Maintenance
Requires infrastructure and maintenance overhead
Cloud-native, minimal setup with automated maintenance
Design Tool Integrations
Limited, no deep Figma or design tool integration
Supports integration and automation around design workflows and visual monitoring

Why Choose BrowserStack Percy over SmartBear VisualTest?

AI Accuracy

Dedicated Visual AI eliminates dynamic content noise, delivering only genuine visual regressions and drastically cutting manual review time.

Access unlimited parallelization and a massive Real Device Cloud, circumventing SmartBear's costly per-process fees and snapshot limitations.

Streamline team approvals by up to three times with bounding boxes and human-readable summaries, offering a collaboration workflow superior to SmartBear's basic functionality.

Includes App Percy for robust, AI-powered visual testing on native mobile apps, extending coverage beyond web views to capture real device nuances.

Features Root Cause Analysis for fast issue identification, a deeper debugging capability often missing in competitors' visual test platforms.
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