# AWS Fault Injection Service vs Gremlin

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Gremlin

| Attribute | AWS Fault Injection Service | Gremlin |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 52.5 (71% (medium)) | 57.5 (73% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Chaos Engineering.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/fis/pricing/","question":"What is AWS Fault Injection Service?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AWS Fault Injection Service offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.10. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/fis/pricing/","question":"Is AWS Fault Injection Service free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AWS Fault Injection Service supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/fis/pricing/","question":"What platforms does AWS Fault Injection Service support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for AWS Fault Injection Service, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/fis/pricing/","question":"Can AWS Fault Injection Service be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for AWS Fault Injection Service. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AWS Fault Injection Service not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc","question":"What security certifications does AWS Fault Injection Service have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"AWS Fault Injection Service is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/fis/pricing/","question":"Where is AWS Fault Injection Service available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"An enterprise platform for identifying and fixing system failure modes through fault injection testing, with AI-assisted analysis and self-hosted deployment options. It is indexed under Chaos Engineering.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"What is Gremlin?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Gremlin does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 1 plan (Gremlin Platform), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"How much does Gremlin cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Gremlin. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Gremlin support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Gremlin can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"Can Gremlin be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Gremlin. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Gremlin not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/security/practices","question":"What security certifications does Gremlin have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Gremlin is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"Where is Gremlin available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A platform that conducts controlled failure tests across infrastructure and applications to identify vulnerabilities, validate system resilience, and document compliance with operational resilience regulations. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"soc2":true,"agent_based":true,"pricing_model":"subscription","deployment_model":"saas_agent","kubernetes_native":true,"experiment_as_code":true,"blast_radius_control":true,"fault_injection_scope":"multi","observability_integration":true,"scheduling_gameday_orchestration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"}]` | `[{"name":"Jira"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard Usage","summary":"$0.10 per action-minute","features":["Single-account experiments","Pre-built scenarios","CloudWatch integration","Safety controls"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"action-minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay per action-minute for experiments","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Multi-Account Usage","summary":"$0.10 per action-minute + $0.10 per action-minute per additional account","features":["Multi-account orchestration","Cross-account targeting"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"action-minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"action-minute per additional account"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Additional charges per target account","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"GovCloud Pricing","summary":"$0.12 per action-minute in GovCloud","features":["US GovCloud regions support"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"action-minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.12,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pricing for AWS GovCloud US regions","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Experiment Reports","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":5,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $0.10 per action-minute. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/fis/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:54:27.351Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Gremlin Platform","summary":"Priced per service, custom quote","features":["Dependency discovery","Fault injection & scenarios","Test suites & reliability scores","Disaster recovery testing","Detected risks","Organization-wide benchmarking"],"contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Gremlin Foresight AI"}],"summary":"Custom enterprise pricing. 30-day free trial (no credit card, no auto-conversion). Foresight AI add-on priced per team. Professional Services available.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T17:54:32.599Z","freeTrialDays":30}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | quote |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.999 |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active","auditor":"Smith & Howard PC"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"PCI DSS Level 1","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp | https://www.gremlin.com/security |

## Capabilities (Chaos Engineering)

| Capability | AWS Fault Injection Service | Gremlin |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Fault injection scope | - | Multi |
| Blast radius control | - | ✓ |
| Automated abort safety | - | - |
| Kubernetes native | - | ✓ |
| Scheduling gameday orchestration | - | ✓ |
| Observability integration | - | ✓ |
| Experiment as code | - | ✓ |
| Agent based | - | ✓ |
| RBAC access control | - | - |
| Deployment model | - | Saas agent |
| SOC2 | - | ✓ |
| Open source | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | Subscription |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:29:57.564Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*