# Backstage vs Port

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Port

| Attribute | Backstage | Port |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 60.3 (66% (medium)) | 79.3 (63% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 518 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 34,602 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 8,721 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Backstage provides a centralized platform where development teams can discover and manage software components, automate service creation, and access integrated tools and documentation. It is indexed under Internal Developer Platforms.","source":"https://backstage.io","question":"What is Backstage?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Backstage is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://backstage.io","question":"Is Backstage free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Backstage. 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://backstage.io","question":"What platforms does Backstage support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Backstage can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://backstage.io","question":"Can Backstage be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for Backstage, including GitHub, MCP servers and TechDocs. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://backstage.io","question":"What does Backstage integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Backstage is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage","question":"Is Backstage open source?","confidence":0.99}]` | `[{"answer":"An internal developer platform that combines software catalogs, AI agent orchestration, and compliance automation to help teams build, govern, and operate modern software systems at scale. It is indexed under Internal Developer Platforms.","source":"https://www.port.io/pricing","question":"What is Port?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Port offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $30 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.port.io/pricing","question":"Is Port free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Port supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.port.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Port support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Not fully, on what we have confirmed. Port is offered as cloud / SaaS and hybrid, and a hybrid deployment usually means some components can run on your own infrastructure while the rest stays vendor-hosted. We have not confirmed a completely self-hosted option, so check with the vendor if that is a requirement.","source":"https://www.port.io/pricing","question":"Can Port be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 50 integrations for Port, including GitHub, AWS, GCP, Slack, Jira, Cursor, n8n and Terraform, plus 42 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.port.io/pricing","question":"What does Port integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Port. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Port not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.port.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Port have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Port is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Israel.","source":"https://www.port.io/pricing","question":"Where is Port available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true}` |
| description.long | A framework that consolidates infrastructure tools, services, and documentation into a single development environment, enabling teams to efficiently manage their microservices and infrastructure. | An internal developer portal that helps teams catalog software, automate infrastructure and development tasks, and self-serve common operations through customizable workflows, integrations, and AI agents. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","rbac_sso":true,"tech_docs":true,"api_access":true,"scaffolding":true,"provisioning":true,"platform_shape":"orchestrator","plugin_ecosystem":true,"software_catalog":true,"integration_breadth":"Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), SCM systems (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket","self_service_actions":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","rbac_sso":true,"tech_docs":true,"api_access":true,"scorecards":true,"scaffolding":true,"provisioning":true,"platform_shape":"both","plugin_ecosystem":true,"software_catalog":true,"integration_breadth":"AWS, GCP, GitHub, CI/CD, Slack, Jira, observability platforms","self_service_actions":true,"workload_abstraction":true}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 50 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"MCP servers"},{"name":"TechDocs"},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true,"category":"scm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bitbucket","native":true,"category":"scm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Azure DevOps","native":true,"category":"scm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Confluence","native":false,"category":"documentation","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Stack Overflow","native":false,"category":"documentation","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS S3","native":false,"category":"storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Azure Blob Storage","native":false,"category":"storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"MkDocs","native":true,"category":"documentation","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Bitbucket Cloud","category":"scm"},{"name":"Bitbucket Server","category":"scm"},{"name":"Sentry","category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Cloudflare Access","category":"identity"},{"name":"Elasticsearch","category":"search"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"n8n"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Datadog","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OneLogin","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Azure","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Google Cloud","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Terraform Cloud","native":true,"category":"iac","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"ServiceNow","native":true,"category":"itsm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Linear","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"LaunchDarkly","native":true,"category":"feature_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"New Relic","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Dynatrace","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Wiz","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"ArmorCode","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Aikido","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Checkmarx","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Rootly","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"incident.io","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Statuspage","native":true,"category":"status_monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Jenkins","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Codefresh","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bitbucket","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OpenShift","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"FluxCD","native":true,"category":"gitops","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"ArgoCD","native":true,"category":"gitops","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Kafka","native":true,"category":"messaging","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Humanitec","native":true,"category":"platform","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Kratix","native":true,"category":"platform","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amplication","native":true,"category":"scaffolding","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Cookiecutter","native":true,"category":"scaffolding","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Knative","native":true,"category":"serverless","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AsyncAPI","native":true,"category":"api_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Swagger","native":true,"category":"api_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Codecov","native":true,"category":"code_quality","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Split","native":true,"category":"feature_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Trivy Operator","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Kyverno","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"JumpCloud","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Azure Monitor","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Google Cloud Build","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Claude AI","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OpenAI","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"PagerDuty","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Snyk","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"GitHub Copilot","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"IL","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://backstage.io","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:17:29.897Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free for up to 15 seats. No credit card required.","features":["Access to full platform","Community support","Up to 10k entities","Up to 500 automation runs"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"15","entities":"10k","automation_runs":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"$30/seat/month billed annually","features":["Commercial support (6 hour response)","Up to 50k entities","99.8% uptime SLA","Unlimited AI agent usage with own LLM"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"50","entities":"50k","automation_runs":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$40/seat/month billed annually","features":["Commercial support (6 hour response)","Up to 250k entities","Up to 2k automation runs","Dynamic permissions","Single sign-on","Up to 5 workspaces","99.8% uptime SLA"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"200","entities":"250k","workspaces":"5","automation_runs":"2000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Platform fee plus per-seat pricing.","features":["Enterprise support (4 hour critical response)","SCIM provisioning","IP allowlisting and Private Link","Flexible deployment options","99.9% uptime SLA"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"seats":"unlimited","entities":"1000000+","workspaces":"20","automation_runs":"10000+"}}],"summary":"From $30/seat/month billed annually. Free tier for up to 15 seats.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.port.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:39:23.926Z","startingPrice":{"amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":30,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 3 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.56.0-next.2","date":"2026-10-06T19:39:05Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.56.0-next.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.56.0-next.1","date":"2026-09-29T12:39:50Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.56.0-next.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.55.3","date":"2026-09-29T14:48:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.55.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.55.2","date":"2026-09-25T10:35:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.55.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.9","date":"2026-09-25T09:58:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.54.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.7","date":"2026-09-25T09:27:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.50.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.56.0-next.0","date":"2026-09-22T17:09:55Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.56.0-next.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.55.1","date":"2026-09-21T15:13:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.55.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.55.0","date":"2026-09-15T14:22:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.55.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.8","date":"2026-09-15T16:26:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.54.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.6","date":"2026-09-15T16:06:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.50.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.7","date":"2026-09-11T10:50:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.54.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.49.7","date":"2026-09-11T11:55:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.49.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.55.0-next.2","date":"2026-09-08T22:51:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.55.0-next.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.55.0-next.1","date":"2026-09-01T19:58:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.55.0-next.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.51.3","date":"2026-08-29T09:25:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.51.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.5","date":"2026-08-29T10:53:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.50.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.49.6","date":"2026-08-29T11:21:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.49.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6","date":"2026-08-28T08:26:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.54.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.53.2","date":"2026-08-28T16:42:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.53.2"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.8 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"GDPR","status":"active"},{"name":"CCPA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.5 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.port.io/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40backstage%2Fcli&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Internal Developer Platforms)

| Capability | Backstage | Port |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Portal vs orchestrator | Orchestrator | Both |
| Software / service catalog | ✓ | ✓ |
| Self-service actions / golden paths | ✓ | ✓ |
| Templated service scaffolding | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Production-readiness scorecards | - | ✓ |
| **Orchestration** |  |  |
| Workload spec / infra abstraction | - | ✓ |
| Drives infra provisioning | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Plugin / extension ecosystem | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public API / webhooks | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Cloud/CI/K8s/observability breadth | Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), SCM systems (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket | AWS, GCP, GitHub, CI/CD, Slack, Jira, observability platforms |
| **Security** |  |  |
| RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Docs** |  |  |
| Integrated tech docs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Cloud only |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:52:02.085Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*