Comparison

Backstage vs Qovery

On the evidence we track, Qovery leads this comparison with a composite score of 74/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Backstage full profile →Qovery full profile →

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Backstage60

★Qovery74

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Backstage	QoveryLeader
Vioscale score	60 / 100medium · 67%updating	74 / 100medium · 72%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	50
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.3	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40backstage%2Fcli&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	518	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	34,261	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	9,162	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	5	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Backstage60 / 100medium · 67%updating

Qovery74 / 100medium · 72%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

Model

Backstageopen_source

Qoveryfreemium

Price level

Backstagefree

Qoverymid

Transparent

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

Integrations

Count

Backstage3

Qovery50

Security

Disclosure policy

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

Hipaa

Backstage–

Qovery✓

Scorecard

Backstage6.3

Qovery–

Soc2

Backstage–

Qovery✓

Vulnerabilities

BackstageCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40backstage%2Fcli&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Qovery–

Reliability

Sla pct

Backstage–

Qovery99.9

Status page

Backstage–

Qovery✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Backstage518

Qovery–

Github stars

Backstage34,261

Qovery–

Package downloads weekly

Backstage9,162

Qovery–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Backstage100

Qovery–

Release

Cadence days

Backstage5

Qovery–

History

Backstage20 items

Qovery–

License

Spdx

BackstageApache-2.0

Qovery–

Language

Primary

BackstageTypeScript

Qovery–

Market

Availability

BackstageAvailable worldwide

QoveryAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for internal developer platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Internal Developer Platforms
Capability	Backstage	Qovery
Core
Portal vs orchestrator	Orchestrator	Orchestrator
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	-	CI/CD (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS), infrastructure-as
Security
RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM	✓	✓
Docs
Integrated tech docs	✓	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Self-hosted only

Core

Portal vs orchestrator

BackstageOrchestrator

QoveryOrchestrator

Software / service catalog

Backstage✓

Qovery-

Self-service actions / golden paths

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

Templated service scaffolding

Backstage✓

Qovery-

Governance

Production-readiness scorecards

Backstage-

Qovery-

Orchestration

Workload spec / infra abstraction

Backstage-

Qovery✓

Drives infra provisioning

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

Extensibility

Plugin / extension ecosystem

Backstage✓

Qovery-

Public API / webhooks

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

Integration

Cloud/CI/K8s/observability breadth

Backstage-

QoveryCI/CD (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS), infrastructure-as

Security

RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

Docs

Integrated tech docs

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

Deployment

Hosting

BackstageSelf-hosted only

QoverySelf-hosted only

What each one is

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

Backstage

Backstage provides a centralized platform where development teams can discover and manage software components, automate service creation, and access integrated tools and documentation.

Independently observed

Qovery

Leader

An infrastructure orchestration service that translates requests from coding agents into audited infrastructure operations—deployments, scaling, environment provisioning—while enforcing safety guardrails, audit trails, and compliance controls.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Backstage

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Qovery

Leader

from $49/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $49/active user/month. Free tier available with 14-day trial.

FreeFree
- Preview environments
- Unlimited developers
- Community support
Team$49 per active user/month
- Unlimited deployments
- Unlimited environments
- 24/5 support
EnterpriseContact sales
- Unlimited clusters
- Extended security and compliance
- Usage reports
- RBAC
- Custom support

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Backstage	Qovery
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

CLI

Backstage✗

Qovery✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Backstage✓

Qovery✓

Integrations

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

Backstage

3 total

GitHub
MCP servers
TechDocs

Independently observed

Qovery

Leader

32 total

GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Bitbucket
AWS EKS
Google Cloud GKE
Azure AKS
Terraform
OpenTofu
Pulumi
AWS Secrets Manager
HashiCorp Vault
Doppler
Datadog
Prometheus
Splunk
Dash0
Cloudflare
AWS Route 53
Docker Hub
Amazon ECR
GitHub Container Registry
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
+8 more

Independently observed

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