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Argos

by Argos · Visual and snapshot testing for Playwright, Cypress and Storybook

69.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Argos compares each pull request against a baseline and shows what changed, covering screenshots as well as Markdown, JSON, HTML and CSS files. It uses deterministic pixel diffing with a stabilisation engine to cut rendering noise, and plugs into Playwright, Cypress, Storybook, WebdriverIO or its CLI. It also hosts static builds on per-PR preview URLs and tracks flaky tests.

Best for: Teams running Playwright, Cypress or Storybook in CI who need to review visual and file diffs per PR
Pricing: Free Hobby plan up to 5,000 screenshots, then Pro from $100/month including 35,000 screenshots, with extras at $0.004 each ($0.0015 for Storybook).
Runs on: Web

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Diffs any file: screenshots, Markdown, JSON, HTML, CSS
MCP server, CLI and REST API let agents review builds
Hosts Storybook or static builds on a preview URL per PR
Free tier covers 5,000 screenshots, no credit card

Trade-offs

Hobby plan stops at 5,000 screenshots with no overage option
Pro starts at $100/mo even when usage is well below the limit
SSO costs extra: $50/mo for GitHub, $200/mo for SAML
Enterprise volumes and rates are quote-only

Pricing

Published plans from Argos’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Argos pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Hobby Plan	Freeper month	Up to 5,000 screenshots Storybook and static deployments Agent-ready CLI and REST API GitHub and GitLab integration, community support
Pro Plan	$100per month	Includes 35,000 screenshots, then $0.004 each Storybook extras at $0.0015 per screenshot Team collaboration and private deployment protection Slack and Microsoft Teams notifications, Pro support
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom screenshot volume and rates SAML SSO included, fine-grained access control Dedicated support and 99.99% uptime SLA

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 40 out of 100
Documentation: 80 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 78 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 75 out of 100
Operational trust: 35 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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