# Backlight

> Collaborative design system platform for front-end development teams

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/backlight
- **Category:** Design Systems
- **Vendor:** DIV-RIOTS SAS
- **Homepage:** https://backlight.dev
- **Also known as:** backlight
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01T16:13:14.940Z

## Vioscale score

**56.5 / 100**, confidence 37% (low). Computed 2026-09-01. _(updating — computed under an earlier model version or past its freshness window.)_

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 25 | 0.052 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| reliability | 0 | 0.073 | 0 | - |
| capabilities | 67.1 | 0.049 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| integrations | 17.3 | 0.041 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 5 | 0.073 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 0.084 | 8.4 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-09-01, [verify at source](https://backlight.dev/pricing). Independently observed._

from $149/mo · Hybrid · Free tier

> Free starter plan. Pro from $149/mo (billed annually) or $186/mo (monthly). Enterprise custom pricing.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Starter | Free | ✓ | - |
| Pro | $149/mo (billed annually) or $186/mo (monthly) | - | - |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | - | - |

### Starter

- 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

### Pro

- 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

### Enterprise (Contact sales)

- All Pro features
- Unlimited design systems
- Unlimited Visual regression reports
- Email support with SLA
- story.to.design (automatically generate and maintain Figma UI Kits)

## About

A code-centric platform for designing, collaborating on, and publishing design systems with integrated visual review and Figma plugin support.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Integrations (3)

_Independently observed._

- GitHub — version_control (native, bi-directional)
- GitLab — version_control (native, bi-directional)
- Figma — design (native, outbound)

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Design Systems. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **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 | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 3 | [link](https://backlight.dev/pricing) | 2026-09-01 | 60% (medium) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"FR","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://backlight.dev/pricing) | 2026-09-01 | 75% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://backlight.dev/pricing) | 2026-09-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://backlight.dev/pricing) | 2026-09-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | high | [link](https://backlight.dev/pricing) | 2026-09-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":149,"currency":"USD"}` | [link](https://backlight.dev/pricing) | 2026-09-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://backlight.dev/pricing) | 2026-09-01 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://backlight.dev/legal/privacy-policy) | 2026-09-01 | 75% (high) |
| security.trust_center | https://backlight.dev/legal/privacy-policy | [link](https://backlight.dev/pricing) | 2026-09-01 | 60% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/backlight). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*