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 OpenReplay if product / eng teams who will stay on OSS self-host $0 while they record a first session, then start the
Best for
Chromatic Storybook snapshots you review on a PR
OpenReplay Replays you start at OSS $0 or Dedicated $199
Free plan
Chromatic $0 · / month. 5,000 billed snapshots / month (docs copy: equivalent to 25k TurboSnaps). Chrome. Unlimited projects and collaborators. No card
OpenReplay $0 · you host it. Session replay, DevTools, product analytics, co-browse, Spot, MCP. Low-traffic / self-managed storage. Any cloud
Lowest paid
Chromatic Starter $179
OpenReplay Not published by the vendor
Next step up
Chromatic Pro $399
OpenReplay
Runs where
Chromatic Hosted
OpenReplay Local; you host it
Watch out
Chromatic Free is 5,000 billed snapshots / month and Chrome-only
OpenReplay Dedicated’s floor is $199
Last checked
Chromatic 2026-10-23 · chromatic.com/pricing
OpenReplay 2026-10-22 · openreplay.com/pricing
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 pageproduct / eng teams who will stay on OSS self-host $0 while they record a first session, then start the Dedicated 7-day trial (no card) and land on $199/month when they do not want to run the stack.
Read the OpenReplay page
