Chromatic is the visual testing tool built by the Storybook team. If your entire UI is in Storybook, it's a natural fit. But it requires Storybook and starts at $179/month.
Lastest works with any web application and costs nothing.
The Storybook Lock-In
Chromatic only tests Storybook stories. Full-page testing, user flows, and apps without Storybook can't use it. Lastest tests your running application - real pages, real interactions, real screenshots.
Pricing
| Lastest | Chromatic | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $179+/mo |
| Free tier | Unlimited | 5,000 snapshots/mo |
| Self-hosted | Yes | No |
Test Generation
Chromatic: Captures existing Storybook stories. No generation - you write and maintain stories.
Lastest: AI Play Agent (autonomous 11-step pipeline), no-code recording, spec-driven generation.
Dashboard
Chromatic: Clean review UI per story, TurboSnap.
Lastest: Full dashboard with team management, AI diff analysis, AI failure triage, accessibility auditing (axe-core, WCAG 2.2 AA), branch baselines, PR comments.
When Chromatic Is Better
- Entire UI in Storybook, want zero-config testing
- TurboSnap for changed-component testing
- Fully managed cloud service
When Lastest Is Better
- Full-page and user flow testing
- Apps without Storybook
- AI test generation
- $0 cost with unlimited snapshots
- Self-hosted deployment
- Three diff engines