Comparison

AWS Fault Injection Service vs Gremlin

On the evidence we track, AWS Fault Injection Service leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★AWS Fault Injection Service62

Gremlin18

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS Fault Injection ServiceLeader	Gremlin
Vioscale score	62 / 100high · 76%	18 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	quote
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	unknown
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU

Score

Vioscale score

AWS Fault Injection Service62 / 100high · 76%

Gremlin18 / 100high · 77%

Pricing

Free tier

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin–

Model

AWS Fault Injection Servicefreemium

Gremlinquote

Price level

AWS Fault Injection Servicelow

Gremlinunknown

Transparent

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin✗

Integrations

Count

AWS Fault Injection Service1

Gremlin1

Security

Disclosure policy

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin–

Fedramp

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin–

Gdpr

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin✓

Hipaa

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin–

Pci

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin–

Soc2

AWS Fault Injection Service–

Gremlin✓

Market

Availability

AWS Fault Injection ServiceAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

GremlinAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for chaos engineering. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Chaos Engineering
Capability	AWS Fault Injection Service	Gremlin
Capabilities
Fault injection scope	-	-
Blast radius control	-	-
Automated abort safety	-	-
Kubernetes native	-	-
Scheduling gameday orchestration	-	-
Observability integration	-	-
Experiment as code	-	-
Agent based	-	-
RBAC access control	-	-
Deployment model	-	-
SOC2	-	-
Open source	-	-
Pricing model	-	-

Capabilities

Fault injection scope

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Blast radius control

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Automated abort safety

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Kubernetes native

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Scheduling gameday orchestration

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Observability integration

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Experiment as code

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Agent based

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

RBAC access control

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Deployment model

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

SOC2

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Open source

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

Pricing model

AWS Fault Injection Service-

Gremlin-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AWS Fault Injection Service

Leader

A managed service that helps engineering teams discover application weaknesses by running controlled fault injection experiments. It provides pre-built failure scenarios, automatic safeguards to prevent unintended impact, and monitoring integration to track application behavior during tests.

Independently observed

Gremlin

A chaos engineering platform that intentionally injects failures into systems to identify vulnerabilities before they impact users. Provides forward-looking reliability scores and tools to help teams prove their systems can withstand real-world failure scenarios.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AWS Fault Injection Service

Leader

from $0.10/moUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.10 per action-minute. Free tier available.

Standard Usage$0.10 per action-minute
- Single-account experiments
- Pre-built scenarios
- CloudWatch integration
- Safety controls
Multi-Account Usage$0.10 per action-minute + $0.10 per action-minute per additional account
- Multi-account orchestration
- Cross-account targeting
GovCloud Pricing$0.12 per action-minute in GovCloud
- US GovCloud regions support

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

Gremlin

Quote-based

Custom pricing based on deployment size—contact sales for quote

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AWS Fault Injection Service	Gremlin
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin✓

Linux

AWS Fault Injection Service✗

Gremlin✓

CLI

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS Fault Injection Service✓

Gremlin✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AWS Fault Injection Service

Leader

1 total

AWS CloudWatch

Independently observed

Gremlin

1 total

Jira

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.