Comparison

Backstage vs Roadie

No clear leader: Backstage (59.6) and Roadie (56.5) 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

Roadie57

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Backstage	Roadie
Vioscale score	60 / 100medium · 67%	57 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	12
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
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
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 · Popular in US, GB · HQ IE

Score

Vioscale score

Backstage60 / 100medium · 67%

Roadie57 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

Backstage✓

Roadie✗

Model

Backstageopen_source

Roadiecommercial

Price level

Backstagefree

Roadiemid

Transparent

Backstage✓

Roadie✓

Integrations

Count

Backstage3

Roadie12

Security

Disclosure policy

Backstage✓

Roadie–

Scorecard

Backstage6.3

Roadie–

Soc2

Backstage–

Roadie✓

Vulnerabilities

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

Roadie–

Reliability

Status page

Backstage–

Roadie✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Backstage518

Roadie–

Github stars

Backstage34,261

Roadie–

Package downloads weekly

Backstage9,162

Roadie–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Backstage100

Roadie–

Release

Cadence days

Backstage5

Roadie–

History

Backstage20 items

Roadie–

License

Spdx

BackstageApache-2.0

Roadie–

Language

Primary

BackstageTypeScript

Roadie–

Market

Availability

BackstageAvailable worldwide

RoadieAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB · HQ IE

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	Roadie
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	-	Source control (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps), observability (logs, m
Security
RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM	✓	✓
Docs
Integrated tech docs	✓	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud only

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

Backstage-

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

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

Roadie

Provides structured context to AI agents by aggregating data from source control systems, monitoring tools, and infrastructure APIs. Enables agents to understand service dependencies, investigate incidents, and manage updates without human intervention.

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 ↗

Roadie

from $24/moSubscription

From $24/developer/month. Enterprise and Context plans custom. No free tier.

Developer Portal - Teams$24/developer/month for 50-150 developers
- Backstage software catalog
- Automatic Backstage upgrades
- TechDocs & API specs
- Self-service automation templates
- 75+ open-source plugins
- +3 more
Developer Portal - GrowthContact sales
- Everything in Teams plus:
- SLA
- Slack & MS Teams support
- Custom, private Backstage plugins
- REST API access
- +4 more
Context - Enterprise ContextContact sales
- Integration-powered data store
- 100s of pre-built data sources
- Custom, private data sources
- Secure on-prem connection
- Relationship building
- +6 more

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	Roadie
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

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 (1)

GitHub

Backstage

3 total - 2 not shared

MCP servers
TechDocs

Independently observed

Roadie

12 total - 11 not shared

GitHub Cloud
GitHub on-prem
GitLab
GitLab Cloud
GitLab on-prem
BitBucket
BitBucket Cloud
BitBucket Server
Azure DevOps
Slack
MS Teams

Independently observed

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