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Chromatic vs Jam

Our take

Pick Chromatic if frontend teams who will stay on Free at $0 (5,000 billed snapshots, Chrome-only) while they open a first PR Activity list, then buy Starter at $179 / month (35,000 snapshots) or Pro at $399 / month (85,000 snapshots) when they need extra browsers or a larger snapshot bucket. Pick Jam if product teams who will stay on Free at $0 (30 Jams, 5 Recording Links) while they open a first event timeline,

Chromatic

Chromatic

hosted visual-review desk

Jam

Jam

hosted bug-replay desk

Best for

Chromatic Storybook snapshots you review on a PR

Jam A replay with console and events you start at $0

Free plan

Chromatic $0 · / month. 5,000 billed snapshots / month (docs copy: equivalent to 25k TurboSnaps). Chrome. Unlimited projects and collaborators. No card

Jam $0 · free for everyone. 30 Jams. 5 Recording Links. Unlimited viewer seats. Unlimited folders

Lowest paid

Chromatic Starter $179

Jam Not published by the vendor

Next step up

Chromatic Pro $399

Jam

Runs where

Chromatic Hosted

Jam Hosted

Watch out

Chromatic Free is 5,000 billed snapshots / month and Chrome-only

Jam Free is 30 Jams and 5 Recording Links

Last checked

Chromatic 2026-10-23 · chromatic.com/pricing

Jam 2026-10-23 · jam.dev/pricing

Which one, then?

Pick Chromatic if

frontend teams who will stay on Free at $0 (5,000 billed snapshots, Chrome-only) while they open a first PR Activity list, then buy Starter at $179 / month (35,000 snapshots) or Pro at $399 / month (85,000 snapshots) when they need extra browsers or a larger snapshot bucket.

Read the Chromatic page

Pick Jam if

product teams who will stay on Free at $0 (30 Jams, 5 Recording Links) while they open a first event timeline, then buy Team at $14 / creator / month yearly when they want 15-minute recordings and 200 AI summaries.

Read the Jam page

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