vioscaleAI
Comparison

Backstage vs Qovery

On the evidence we track, Qovery leads this comparison with a composite score of 81/100. 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
★Qovery81
Score
vioscaleAI score
Backstage60 / 100medium · 66%
Qovery81 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Backstage✓
Qovery✓
Model
Backstageopen_source
Qoveryfreemium
Price level
Backstagefree
Qoverylow
Starting price
Backstage–
Qovery$49
Transparent
Backstage✓
Qovery✓
Integrations
Count
Backstage9
Qovery50
Security
Disclosure policy
Backstage✓
Qovery✓
Gdpr
Backstage–
Qovery✓
Hipaa
Backstage–
Qovery✓
Scorecard
Backstage6.5
Qovery–
Soc2
Backstage–
Qovery✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Backstage–
Qovery99.9
Status page
Backstage–
Qovery✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Backstage518
Qovery–
Github stars
Backstage34,602
Qovery–
Package downloads weekly
Backstage8,721
Qovery–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Backstage100
Qovery–
Release
Cadence days
Backstage3
Qovery–
History
Backstage20 items
Qovery–
License
Spdx
BackstageApache-2.0
Qovery–
Language
Primary
BackstageTypeScript
Qovery–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Backstage6 items
Qovery6 items

Capabilities

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

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
BackstageKubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), SCM systems (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
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

A framework that consolidates infrastructure tools, services, and documentation into a single development environment, enabling teams to efficiently manage their microservices and infrastructure.

Independently observed

Qovery

Leader

A self-service infrastructure platform that allows development teams and AI agents to deploy applications across multiple cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Scaleway) while maintaining security controls, audit trails, and policy enforcement without requiring cloud infrastructure expertise.

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 sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Qovery

Leader
HybridFree tier14-day trial

Free tier up to 100 deployments. Paid plans from $49/month.

  • FreeFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Backstage✓
Qovery✓
CLI
Backstage✗
Qovery✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Backstage✗
Qovery✓
Self-hosted
Backstage✓
Qovery✗

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • GitHub
  • Kubernetes
  • Bitbucket

Backstage

17 total - 14 not shared
  • MCP servers
  • TechDocs
  • GitLab
  • Azure DevOps
  • Confluence
  • Stack Overflow
  • AWS S3
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • MkDocs
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Bitbucket Server
  • Sentry
  • Cloudflare Access
  • Elasticsearch
Independently observed

Qovery

Leader
44 total - 41 not shared
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • 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
  • Claude Code
  • +17 more
Independently observed
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