# AWS Fault Injection Service vs Steadybit

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** AWS Fault Injection Service

| Attribute | AWS Fault Injection Service | Steadybit |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 52.5 (71% (medium)) | 40.4 (14% (low)) |
| 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":"A command-line tool that analyzes Kubernetes object definitions to detect issues and provide recommendations for improved deployments. It integrates into CI/CD pipelines and exits with configurable status codes to prevent problematic configurations from being deployed. It is indexed under Chaos Engineering.","source":"https://steadybit.com","question":"What is Steadybit?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Steadybit does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Professional and Enterprise), 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://steadybit.com/pricing/","question":"How much does Steadybit cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Steadybit supports Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://steadybit.com","question":"What platforms does Steadybit support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Steadybit can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://steadybit.com","question":"Can Steadybit be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 50 integrations for Steadybit, including AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS), AWS Lambda, AWS Elastic Load Balancers, AWS ElastiCache, AWS Fault Injection Service and AWS Managed Streaming for Kafka, plus 42 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://steadybit.com","question":"What does Steadybit integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Steadybit is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Germany.","source":"https://steadybit.com/pricing/","question":"Where is Steadybit available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":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. | Analyzes Kubernetes YAML and Helm charts to identify potential reliability and security issues, with recommendations for improvements. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"kubernetes_native":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)"},{"name":"AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)"},{"name":"AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS)"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS Elastic Load Balancers"},{"name":"AWS ElastiCache"},{"name":"AWS Fault Injection Service"},{"name":"AWS Managed Streaming for Kafka"},{"name":"AWS Relational Database Service"},{"name":"Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)"},{"name":"Azure Virtual Machines"},{"name":"Azure Functions"},{"name":"Azure Event Hub"},{"name":"Azure Container Apps"},{"name":"Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)"},{"name":"GCP Virtual Machines"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"containerd"},{"name":"CRI-O"},{"name":"Red Hat OpenShift"},{"name":"minikube"},{"name":"NGINX"},{"name":"HA Proxy"},{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Apache JMeter"},{"name":"Gatling"},{"name":"K6"},{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Dynatrace"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"AppDynamics"},{"name":"Instana"},{"name":"StackState"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Kong"},{"name":"Istio"},{"name":"Spring Applications"},{"name":"Java Virtual Machines"},{"name":"Linux"},{"name":"Ubuntu"},{"name":"Debian"},{"name":"Fedora"},{"name":"Helm"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true,"windows":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":"quote","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Professional","features":["Landscape Explorer","Reliability Advice","Experiment Templates","Unlimited Agents & Targets","Unlimited Users & Teams","Unlimited Experiment Executions","Experiment Scheduling","Standard Customer Support (9-5)"],"description":"For teams getting started with chaos engineering that want to easily launch experiments","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Reporting","Custom Property Management","Pre-flight webhooks","Custom webhooks","On-Prem Installation","SAML","Audit log","Tailored Onboarding","Enterprise Support","Strategic Partner Program"],"description":"For organizations rolling out chaos engineering at scale that need a full reliability platform","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Pricing available by request. 30-day free trial included.","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://steadybit.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:51:42.301Z","freeTrialDays":30}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp | - |

## Capabilities (Chaos Engineering)

| Capability | AWS Fault Injection Service | Steadybit |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:29:25.861Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*