Comparison table

Use the comparison table component to compare two products or features in a table format.

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import {ComparisonTable} from '@primer/react-brand'

Examples

Default

<ComparisonTable>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Use case</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>GitHub</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Jenkins</ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Automation & CI/CD</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Comparable native core capabilities
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        <a href="#">Over 13,000 GitHub Actions are available</a> in the GitHub
        Marketplace to automate your development workflow.
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Comparable native capabilities
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        1,800+ community contributed Jenkins plugins{' '}
        <a href="#">in Jenkins Plugin Marketplace.</a>
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Deployment models</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Cloud or self-hosted</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Self-hosted only
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        CloudBees is the cloud alternative
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Footnote>
    *** This is a biased overview of capabilities by use case, based on publicly
    available information as of 2022-05-16.
  </ComparisonTable.Footnote>
</ComparisonTable>

<ComparisonTable>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Use case</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>GitHub</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Jenkins</ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Automation & CI/CD</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Comparable native core capabilities
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        <a href="#">Over 13,000 GitHub Actions are available</a> in the GitHub
        Marketplace to automate your development workflow.
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Comparable native capabilities
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        1,800+ community contributed Jenkins plugins{' '}
        <a href="#">in Jenkins Plugin Marketplace.</a>
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Deployment models</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Cloud or self-hosted</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Self-hosted only
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        CloudBees is the cloud alternative
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Footnote>
    *** This is a biased overview of capabilities by use case, based on publicly
    available information as of 2022-05-16.
  </ComparisonTable.Footnote>
</ComparisonTable>

Optional heading

A heading can be provided using the heading prop on the root <ComparisonTable>. This will render a heading at an appropriate size relative to the table, and present it accordingly.

For granular control over heading markup or appearance, we recommend using Heading.

<ComparisonTable heading="GitHub vs Jenkins">
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Use case</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>GitHub</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Jenkins</ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Automation & CI/CD</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Comparable native core capabilities
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        <a href="#">Over 13,000 GitHub Actions are available</a> in the GitHub
        Marketplace to automate your development workflow.
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Comparable native capabilities
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        1,800+ community contributed Jenkins plugins{' '}
        <a href="#">in Jenkins Plugin Marketplace.</a>
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Deployment models</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Cloud or self-hosted</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Self-hosted only
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        CloudBees is the cloud alternative
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Footnote>
    *** This is a biased overview of capabilities by use case, based on publicly
    available information as of 2022-05-16.
  </ComparisonTable.Footnote>
</ComparisonTable>

<ComparisonTable heading="GitHub vs Jenkins">
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Use case</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>GitHub</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Jenkins</ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Automation & CI/CD</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Comparable native core capabilities
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        <a href="#">Over 13,000 GitHub Actions are available</a> in the GitHub
        Marketplace to automate your development workflow.
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Comparable native capabilities
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        1,800+ community contributed Jenkins plugins{' '}
        <a href="#">in Jenkins Plugin Marketplace.</a>
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Deployment models</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Cloud or self-hosted</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        Self-hosted only
      </Text>
      <Text as="p" size="300">
        CloudBees is the cloud alternative
      </Text>
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Footnote>
    *** This is a biased overview of capabilities by use case, based on publicly
    available information as of 2022-05-16.
  </ComparisonTable.Footnote>
</ComparisonTable>

Featured columns

By default, the first data column will be marked as featured. This is to draw attention to a particular product as the basis of a comparison against adjacent columns.

Featured columns will have the visually-hidden text featured appended to their column title. This text is used to identify the featured column to screen reader users and can be customized using the visuallyHiddenFeaturedLabel prop.

Use featuredColumn to alternate the highlighted column if needed.

Color customization

The default colors can be customized through dedicated CSS variables.

Name	Default
`--brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-start`	`--base-color-scale-pink-4`
`--brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-end`	`--base-color-scale-indigo-5`

const App = () => {
  const designTokenOverrides = `
  .custom-colors[data-color-mode='dark'] {

    /*
     * Modify the value of these tokens.
     * Remember to apply light mode equivalents if you're enabling theme switching.
     */
    --brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-start: var(--base-color-scale-green-2);
    --brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-end: var(--base-color-scale-blue-3);

    /*
     * For example only
     */
    padding: 3rem;
    background-color: var(--brand-color-canvas-default);
  }

  .custom-heading {
    background: linear-gradient(271.72deg, var(--brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-end) 7.09%, var(--brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-start) 96.61%);
    -webkit-background-clip: text;
    background-clip: text;
    -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: var(--base-size-32);
  }
`

  return (
    <ThemeProvider colorMode="dark" className="custom-colors">
      <style>{designTokenOverrides}</style>
      <Heading as="h3" className="custom-heading">
        GitHub vs Jenkins
      </Heading>
      <ComparisonTable>
        <ComparisonTable.Row>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Use case</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>GitHub</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Jenkins</ComparisonTable.Cell>
        </ComparisonTable.Row>
        <ComparisonTable.Row>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Automation & CI/CD</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              Comparable native core capabilities
            </Text>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              Over 13,000 GitHub Actions are available in the GitHub Marketplace
              to automate your development workflow.
            </Text>
          </ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              Comparable native capabilities
            </Text>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              1,800+ community contributed Jenkins plugins in Jenkins Plugin
              Marketplace.
            </Text>
          </ComparisonTable.Cell>
        </ComparisonTable.Row>
        <ComparisonTable.Row>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Deployment models</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Cloud or self-hosted</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              Self-hosted only
            </Text>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              CloudBees is the cloud alternative
            </Text>
          </ComparisonTable.Cell>
        </ComparisonTable.Row>
        <ComparisonTable.Footnote>
          *** This is a biased overview of capabilities by use case, based on
          publicly available information as of 2022-05-16.
        </ComparisonTable.Footnote>
      </ComparisonTable>
    </ThemeProvider>
  )
}

render(<App />)

const App = () => {
  const designTokenOverrides = `
  .custom-colors[data-color-mode='dark'] {

    /*
     * Modify the value of these tokens.
     * Remember to apply light mode equivalents if you're enabling theme switching.
     */
    --brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-start: var(--base-color-scale-green-2);
    --brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-end: var(--base-color-scale-blue-3);

    /*
     * For example only
     */
    padding: 3rem;
    background-color: var(--brand-color-canvas-default);
  }

  .custom-heading {
    background: linear-gradient(271.72deg, var(--brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-end) 7.09%, var(--brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-start) 96.61%);
    -webkit-background-clip: text;
    background-clip: text;
    -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: var(--base-size-32);
  }
`

  return (
    <ThemeProvider colorMode="dark" className="custom-colors">
      <style>{designTokenOverrides}</style>
      <Heading as="h3" className="custom-heading">
        GitHub vs Jenkins
      </Heading>
      <ComparisonTable>
        <ComparisonTable.Row>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Use case</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>GitHub</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Jenkins</ComparisonTable.Cell>
        </ComparisonTable.Row>
        <ComparisonTable.Row>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Automation & CI/CD</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              Comparable native core capabilities
            </Text>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              Over 13,000 GitHub Actions are available in the GitHub Marketplace
              to automate your development workflow.
            </Text>
          </ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              Comparable native capabilities
            </Text>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              1,800+ community contributed Jenkins plugins in Jenkins Plugin
              Marketplace.
            </Text>
          </ComparisonTable.Cell>
        </ComparisonTable.Row>
        <ComparisonTable.Row>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Deployment models</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>Cloud or self-hosted</ComparisonTable.Cell>
          <ComparisonTable.Cell>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              Self-hosted only
            </Text>
            <Text as="p" size="300">
              CloudBees is the cloud alternative
            </Text>
          </ComparisonTable.Cell>
        </ComparisonTable.Row>
        <ComparisonTable.Footnote>
          *** This is a biased overview of capabilities by use case, based on
          publicly available information as of 2022-05-16.
        </ComparisonTable.Footnote>
      </ComparisonTable>
    </ThemeProvider>
  )
}

render(<App />)

Dynamic data

Comparison tables are typically generated using data from an API or content management system.

ComparisonTable accepts ReactNode as a valid child, to facilitate conditional and dynamic rendering.

const App = () => {
  const comparisonTableData = {
    heading: 'GitHub vs Jenkins',
    footnotes:
      '*** This is a biased overview of capabilities by use case, based on publicly available information as of 2022-05-16.',
    headingLabels: ['', 'GitHub', 'Jenkins'],
    features: [
      {
        label: 'Automation & CI/CD',
        values: [
          {
            name: 'GitHub',
            value:
              'Over 13,000 GitHub Actions are available in the GitHub Marketplace to automate your development workflow.',
          },
          {
            name: 'Jenkins',
            value:
              '1,800+ community contributed Jenkins plugins in Jenkins Plugin Marketplace.',
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        label: 'Deployment models',
        values: [
          {
            name: 'GitHub',
            value: 'Cloud or self-hosted',
          },
          {
            name: 'Jenkins',
            value: 'Self-hosted only. CloudBees is the cloud alternative',
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
  }

  return (
    <ComparisonTable heading={comparisonTableData.heading}>
      <ComparisonTable.Row>
        {comparisonTableData.headingLabels.map((label) => (
          <ComparisonTable.Cell key={label}>{label}</ComparisonTable.Cell>
        ))}
      </ComparisonTable.Row>
      {comparisonTableData.features.map(({label, values}) => {
        return (
          <ComparisonTable.Row key={label}>
            <ComparisonTable.Cell key={label}>{label}</ComparisonTable.Cell>
            {values.map(({value, name}) => (
              <ComparisonTable.Cell key={name}>{value}</ComparisonTable.Cell>
            ))}
          </ComparisonTable.Row>
        )
      })}
      <ComparisonTable.Footnote>
        {comparisonTableData.footnotes}
      </ComparisonTable.Footnote>
    </ComparisonTable>
  )
}

render(<App />)

const App = () => {
  const comparisonTableData = {
    heading: 'GitHub vs Jenkins',
    footnotes:
      '*** This is a biased overview of capabilities by use case, based on publicly available information as of 2022-05-16.',
    headingLabels: ['', 'GitHub', 'Jenkins'],
    features: [
      {
        label: 'Automation & CI/CD',
        values: [
          {
            name: 'GitHub',
            value:
              'Over 13,000 GitHub Actions are available in the GitHub Marketplace to automate your development workflow.',
          },
          {
            name: 'Jenkins',
            value:
              '1,800+ community contributed Jenkins plugins in Jenkins Plugin Marketplace.',
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        label: 'Deployment models',
        values: [
          {
            name: 'GitHub',
            value: 'Cloud or self-hosted',
          },
          {
            name: 'Jenkins',
            value: 'Self-hosted only. CloudBees is the cloud alternative',
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
  }

  return (
    <ComparisonTable heading={comparisonTableData.heading}>
      <ComparisonTable.Row>
        {comparisonTableData.headingLabels.map((label) => (
          <ComparisonTable.Cell key={label}>{label}</ComparisonTable.Cell>
        ))}
      </ComparisonTable.Row>
      {comparisonTableData.features.map(({label, values}) => {
        return (
          <ComparisonTable.Row key={label}>
            <ComparisonTable.Cell key={label}>{label}</ComparisonTable.Cell>
            {values.map(({value, name}) => (
              <ComparisonTable.Cell key={name}>{value}</ComparisonTable.Cell>
            ))}
          </ComparisonTable.Row>
        )
      })}
      <ComparisonTable.Footnote>
        {comparisonTableData.footnotes}
      </ComparisonTable.Footnote>
    </ComparisonTable>
  )
}

render(<App />)

Minimal layout

ComparisonTable has an alternative visual presentation mode called minimal. This will display the data without the featured columns.

This variant is suitable for embedding into long-form content, or in situations where usage of on-screen color needs to be minimized.

<ComparisonTable heading="What is containerization?" variant="minimal">
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell></ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Containerization</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Virtualization</ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Operating system (OS) </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      Containers use the host OS, meaning all containers must be compatible with
      that OS.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      VMs are effectively separate computers that run their own OS. For example,
      a VM can run Windows even if the host OS is Ubuntu.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Computing resources </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      Containers are lightweight, taking only the resources needed to run the
      application and the container manager.{' '}
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      VMs emulate a full computer, meaning that they replicate much of the host
      environment. That uses more memory, CPU cycles, and disk space.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Shareability </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      Container images are relatively small in size, making them easy to share.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      VM images are often much larger as they include a full OS.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Security</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      Containers might be isolated only very lightly from each other. A process
      in one container could access memory used by another container, for
      example.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      By running a separate OS, VMs running on the same hardware are more
      isolated from one another than containers.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
</ComparisonTable>

<ComparisonTable heading="What is containerization?" variant="minimal">
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell></ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Containerization</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Virtualization</ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Operating system (OS) </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      Containers use the host OS, meaning all containers must be compatible with
      that OS.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      VMs are effectively separate computers that run their own OS. For example,
      a VM can run Windows even if the host OS is Ubuntu.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Computing resources </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      Containers are lightweight, taking only the resources needed to run the
      application and the container manager.{' '}
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      VMs emulate a full computer, meaning that they replicate much of the host
      environment. That uses more memory, CPU cycles, and disk space.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Shareability </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      Container images are relatively small in size, making them easy to share.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      VM images are often much larger as they include a full OS.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
  <ComparisonTable.Row>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>Security</ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      Containers might be isolated only very lightly from each other. A process
      in one container could access memory used by another container, for
      example.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
    <ComparisonTable.Cell>
      By running a separate OS, VMs running on the same hardware are more
      isolated from one another than containers.
    </ComparisonTable.Cell>
  </ComparisonTable.Row>
</ComparisonTable>

Component props

ComparisonTable Required

name	type	default	required	description
`children`	`ComparisonTable.Row`, `ComparisonTable.Cell`, `ComparisonTable.Footnotes`, `ReactNode`	undefined	`true`	Valid children. Accepts `ReactNode` for conditional rendering.
`heading`	`string`	undefined	`false`	Optional heading that appears above table, preconfigured as a `h3`.
`featuredColumn`	`number`	`1`	`false`	Indicates that the data column at the specified index is visually important and unique in relation to its adjacent cells, and will be styled accordingly.
`visuallyHiddenFeaturedLabel`	`string`	`"featured"`	`false`	A visually-hidden label which is appended to the end of the column title. Used to identify the featured column to screen reader users.
`variant`	`"default"`, `"minimal"`	`"default"`	`false`	Applies alternative presentation.

ComparisonTable.Row Required

The first row in a table is automatically styled as a table header row.

name	type	default	required	description
`children`	`ComparisonTable.Cell`	undefined	`true`	Cells (columns) to be displayed inside the row.

ComparisonTable.Cell Required

The first cell in a row is automatically styled as a header cell.

name	type	default	required	description
`children`	`ReactNode`	undefined	`true`	Content to be displayed inside the column cell.

ComparisonTable.Footnote

Optional node that appears below the table. This is useful for adding additional context or disclaimers.

name	type	default	required	description
`children`	`ReactNode`	undefined	`true`	Content to be displayed inside the column cell.

id, className and ref are forwarded by default to all children.

Design tokens

css	js
`--brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-start`	`brand.ComparisonTable.featured.color.start`
`--brand-ComparisonTable-featured-color-end`	`brand.ComparisonTable.featured.color.end`

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