vioscaleAI
Comparison

Backstage vs Roadie

No clear leader: Backstage (60.3) and Roadie (58.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Backstage full profile →Roadie full profile →
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Backstage60
Roadie58
Score
vioscaleAI score
Backstage60 / 100medium · 66%
Roadie58 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Backstage✓
Roadie✗
Model
Backstageopen_source
Roadiecommercial
Price level
Backstagefree
Roadiemid
Starting price
Backstage–
Roadie$24
Transparent
Backstage✓
Roadie✓
Integrations
Count
Backstage9
Roadie20
Security
Certifications
Backstage–
RoadieSOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policy
Backstage✓
Roadie–
Gdpr
Backstage–
Roadie✓
Scorecard
Backstage6.5
Roadie–
Soc2
Backstage–
Roadie✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Backstage–
Roadie✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Backstage518
Roadie–
Github stars
Backstage34,602
Roadie–
Package downloads weekly
Backstage8,721
Roadie–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Backstage100
Roadie–
Release
Cadence days
Backstage3
Roadie–
History
Backstage20 items
Roadie–
License
Spdx
BackstageApache-2.0
Roadie–
Language
Primary
BackstageTypeScript
Roadie–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Backstage6 items
Roadie7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Portal vs orchestrator
BackstageOrchestrator
RoadieBoth
Software / service catalog
Backstage✓
Roadie✓
Self-service actions / golden paths
Backstage✓
Roadie✓
Templated service scaffolding
Backstage✓
Roadie✓
Governance
Production-readiness scorecards
Backstage-
Roadie✓
Orchestration
Workload spec / infra abstraction
Backstage-
Roadie✗
Drives infra provisioning
Backstage✓
Roadie✗
Extensibility
Plugin / extension ecosystem
Backstage✓
Roadie✓
Public API / webhooks
Backstage✓
Roadie✓
Integration
Cloud/CI/K8s/observability breadth
BackstageKubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), SCM systems (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
RoadieSource control (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps), observability (logs, m
Security
RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM
Backstage✓
Roadie✓
Docs
Integrated tech docs
Backstage✓
Roadie✓
Deployment
Hosting
BackstageSelf-hosted only
RoadieCloud 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

Roadie

Roadie integrates data from development tools, infrastructure, and production systems to create a dynamic, queryable graph of your services, teams, and dependencies. It provides centralized context and unified search across documentation, APIs, and tooling.

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 ↗

Roadie

from $24/developer/moSubscription

From $24/developer/month for Teams plan. Custom pricing for Growth and Enterprise plans.

  • Teams$24/developer/month, 50-150 developers
    • Backstage software catalog
    • Automatic Backstage upgrades
    • TechDocs & API specs
    • Self-service automation templates
    • 75+ open-source plugins
    • +2 more
  • GrowthContact sales
    • Everything in Teams, plus:
    • SLA
    • Slack & MS Teams support
    • Custom, private Backstage plugins
    • REST API access
    • +4 more
  • Enterprise ContextContact sales
    • Integration-powered data store
    • 100s of pre-built data sources
    • Custom, private data sources
    • Relationship building
    • Crafted context bundles
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (8)
  • GitHub
  • Kubernetes
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure DevOps
  • Confluence
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Bitbucket Server

Backstage

17 total - 9 not shared
  • MCP servers
  • TechDocs
  • Stack Overflow
  • AWS S3
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • MkDocs
  • Sentry
  • Cloudflare Access
  • Elasticsearch
Independently observed

Roadie

27 total - 19 not shared
  • GitHub Cloud
  • GitHub on-prem
  • GitLab Cloud
  • GitLab on-prem
  • Slack
  • MS Teams
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • Dynatrace
  • Wiz
  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • Crossplane
  • Kratix
  • Rootly
  • OpenAPI
  • AsyncAPI
  • GraphQL
  • gRPC
Independently observed
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Backstage or Roadie: which one depends on you

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