If you’ve seen both Sitepager and Percy while researching website testing, it may look like they overlap. They both help teams catch visual changes, but they are built for different teams, workflows, and release processes.
This comparison breaks down who each tool is for, what each one does, and when to use which.
At a glance
| Sitepager | Percy | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it’s for | Marketing teams, web teams, agencies | Developer and QA teams |
| Setup | No code. Enter your URL. | Requires SDK integration and test code |
| Primary use | Review website changes before updates go live | Visual regression inside CI/CD |
| Checks | Visual changes, new/removed pages, broken links, SEO issues, Lighthouse audit reports | Visual snapshots across builds |
| When to run | Before publishing any website update | During automated test runs in code |
Two different tools
Sitepager and Percy are two different website testing tools for two different workflows: Sitepager helps marketing and web teams review website changes before updates go live, while Percy helps developer and QA teams run visual testing inside automated test workflows.
Percy fits best when visual testing is part of an engineering workflow. You install an SDK, add visual snapshot commands to your test suite, and Percy captures and compares screenshots inside your CI/CD pipeline.
With Sitepager, you enter a URL and it captures your baseline. Run it again before any update goes live to see what changed: visual changes and pages that were added or removed. It also catches broken links, missing SEO tags, and shows Lighthouse audit reports. No code. No plugins. No developer testing workflow.
The core difference: Percy catches visual regressions inside a development pipeline. Sitepager shows you what changed across your entire site, in one run, so nothing goes live broken, missing, or unreviewed.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Sitepager | Percy |
|---|---|---|
| No-code, URL-based setup | ✓ | Requires SDK/test setup |
| Visual change detection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Staging vs production comparison | ✓ | Possible through test configuration |
| Broken link detection | ✓ | Not built for this |
| New & removed page detection | ✓ | Not built for this |
| SEO checks | ✓ | Not built for this |
| Lighthouse audit reports | ✓ | Not built for this |
| Multi-language / geolocation testing | ✓ | Possible through custom test setup |
| Hover & click state testing | ✓ | Possible through scripted tests |
| Scheduled checks | ✓ | Via CI/CD automation |
| AI assistant integration (MCP) | ✓ | Not built for this |
| CI/CD pipeline integration | Not the primary workflow | ✓ |
When Sitepager is the better fit
Your team publishes frequent website updates and needs to know what changed before anything goes live.
Sitepager fits into the review step between “we made changes” and “we hit publish.” Marketing teams, web teams, and agencies use it to review visual changes, catch broken links, track new and removed pages, and spot SEO issues in a single run.
It covers the checks that matter before publishing:
- Did any pages change visually after a CMS or design update?
- Were any pages added or removed since the last run?
- Are there new broken links after a site restructure?
- Are key SEO tags like H1s, titles, and meta descriptions still intact?
- Did staging introduce anything unexpected compared to production? See how environment comparison works.
No developer required. No test suite to maintain. If you can enter a URL, you can run Sitepager.
Sitepager also supports MCP, so AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf can run scans, read results, and help verify fixes from your existing workflow. See the MCP integration.
When Percy is the better fit
You have a development team running automated tests in CI/CD and need visual regression coverage built into that pipeline.
Percy is designed for engineer-driven workflows. If your team already uses Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Storybook, Percy can fit into that workflow to capture visual snapshots at each build and flag what changed. It works best when:
- Developers control the test suite
- Visual tests need to run automatically on every PR or deploy
- Your team has the bandwidth to write and maintain snapshot tests
You can see Percy’s supported integrations in BrowserStack’s Percy docs.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sitepager a Percy alternative?
Sitepager can be a Percy alternative for marketing and web teams that need a no-code way to review website changes before they publish. If your team needs developer-led visual testing inside CI/CD, Percy is the better fit.
How is Sitepager different from Percy?
Sitepager is built for marketing and web teams that need a repeatable way to review website changes before updates go live. Percy is built for developer and QA teams that want visual snapshot testing inside automated test workflows. Sitepager covers visual changes, broken links, new and removed pages, SEO checks, and Lighthouse audit reports, all in one run, without requiring code.
