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Finch vs Pastel.

How Finch compares with Pastel, the visual website feedback tool: what reviewers can do, what happens to their feedback, and which to choose.

The short answer

Pastel lets people leave pinned comments on live websites, images and PDFs, then hand them to your project tools. Finch lets reviewers change the page itself, and once you approve, Claude Code makes those changes in your code and deploys them.

Side by side

Finch and Pastel, compared.

FeatureFinchPastel
What reviewers doMake real edits on the live page (text, colours, spacing, size, layout, order) or leave a noteLeave pinned comments on a shared copy of the site; also works for images and PDFs
What happens nextYou approve on the page; Claude Code makes the changes on a git branch, one commit each, then merges and deploysComments can go to Trello, Asana, Jira, ClickUp, Monday and webhooks (Team plan)
Changes your codeYes, in your own repository, after you approveNo. Someone makes the change from the comment
Reviewers needGoogle sign-in, one click. Nothing to installGuests comment without logging in
Works onYour own code: HTML, React + Vite, Next.js, Nuxt, Astro, AmpleAny website by link, plus images and PDFs
PriceFree in early access (applying uses your own Claude plan)Free plan (1 user, 1 active canvas); Pro from $29 a month billed yearly

Checked November 2026 from Pastel’s own pages. Prices in US dollars. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@finchnotes.co.

Which one

Choose the one that fits.

Choose Pastel if

  • You review images and PDFs as well as websites
  • You want a free plan for occasional, light feedback
  • You don’t use Claude Code, or the site isn’t in a codebase you control

Choose Finch if

  • The site is code you (or Claude) wrote
  • Reviewers should make real edits you can accept in one click
  • You want feedback to end as shipped code, not a to-do list

Sources

Get started

Ready to ship your next change?

Add the plugin to Claude Code and run /finch-install in your project. It takes about two minutes, and Finch is free while it’s in early access.

Read the install guide

Claude Code
# needs a paid Claude plan (Pro or higher)> Add the Claude Code plugin finch@finch from the GitHub marketplace usefinch/notes (put it in my Claude Code settings if /plugin isn’t available here), then tell me how to load it and run /finch-install on this site.# or, in the terminal: /plugin marketplace add usefinch/notes
#   then /plugin install finch@finch
# open a new session in your site’s folder
> /finch-install
# sign in with Google, choose who sees Finch
✓ Finch is set up with editing on.
# deploy your site the way you usually do
# open it and click Edit, change anything, click Apply changes
# then, in a new session:
> /finch-apply
✓ Your changes are live.