# Backlight vs Chromatic

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Backlight

| Attribute | Backlight | Chromatic |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 55.8 (40% (low)) | 48.2 (5% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | - |
| description.long | A code-centric platform for designing, collaborating on, and publishing design systems with integrated visual review and Figma plugin support. | - |
| features.capabilities | `{"architecture_model":"managed_cloud_saas","w3c_design_token_format_specification_support":true,"markdown_and_mdx_custom_documentation_authoring":true,"visual_regression_testing_and_component_history":true,"design_token_variable_translation_engine_figma_to_code":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | 3 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Figma","native":true,"category":"design","direction":"outbound"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"FR","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free","features":["Unlimited users","Up to 2 design systems","Online IDE and Command-line","Instant share","GitHub & GitLab integrations","Visual review of Pull Requests","100 Visual regression reports","Publish on scope @backlight-dev","Markdown, MDJS, MDX2, MDVue, MDsveX and Nunjucks support","Real-time editing","Auto-versioning","Community support on Discord"],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$149/mo (billed annually) or $186/mo (monthly)","features":["All Starter features","Up to 5 design systems","1000 Visual regression reports","Publish to any registry","Publish to any scope","Publish private packages","Export documentation static site","Email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":149,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing (contact sales)","features":["All Pro features","Unlimited design systems","Unlimited Visual regression reports","Email support with SLA","story.to.design (automatically generate and maintain Figma UI Kits)"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free starter plan. Pro from $149/mo (billed annually) or $186/mo (monthly). Enterprise custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://backlight.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-01T16:10:31.708Z","startingPrice":{"amount":149,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | high | - |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":149,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://backlight.dev/legal/privacy-policy | - |

## Capabilities (Design Systems)

| Capability | Backlight | Chromatic |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Architecture model | Managed cloud saas | - |
| Design token variable translation engine figma to code | ✓ | - |
| Interactive storybook react component embedding | - | - |
| Continuous integration ci github gitlab token sync | - | - |
| Visual regression testing and component history | ✓ | - |
| Markdown and mdx custom documentation authoring | ✓ | - |
| Brand asset management hub for logos and fonts | - | - |
| Version control and releaseing for brand guidelines | - | - |
| W3c design token format specification support | ✓ | - |
| Multi tenant theme support for white labeling | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| Mit or apache permissive oss license | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T18:02:19.062Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*