# Chaos Mesh vs Chaos Toolkit

| Attribute | Chaos Mesh | Chaos Toolkit |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 47.8 (78% (high)) | 47 (56% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 8 | 15 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 95 | 30 |
| adoption.github_stars | 7,937 | 2,031 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Chaos Mesh enables controlled fault injection within Kubernetes environments to simulate real-world failures and identify system vulnerabilities. It provides orchestrated scenarios across development, testing, and production environments with a user-friendly dashboard and comprehensive fault types. It is indexed under Chaos Engineering.","source":"https://chaos-mesh.org","question":"What is Chaos Mesh?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chaos Mesh 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://chaos-mesh.org","question":"Is Chaos Mesh free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chaos Mesh supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://chaos-mesh.org","question":"What platforms does Chaos Mesh support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Chaos Mesh can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://chaos-mesh.org","question":"Can Chaos Mesh be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Chaos Mesh 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/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh","question":"Is Chaos Mesh open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source framework that lets developers declare and execute chaos engineering experiments using code files, enabling discovery of system weaknesses through intentional disruption and integration with CI/CD pipelines. It is indexed under Chaos Engineering.","source":"https://chaostoolkit.org","question":"What is Chaos Toolkit?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chaos Toolkit 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://chaostoolkit.org","question":"Is Chaos Toolkit free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chaos Toolkit supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://chaostoolkit.org","question":"What platforms does Chaos Toolkit support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Chaos Toolkit can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://chaostoolkit.org","question":"Can Chaos Toolkit be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Chaos Toolkit 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/chaostoolkit/chaostoolkit","question":"Is Chaos Toolkit open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Chaos Mesh is a Kubernetes-native chaos engineering platform that simulates various types of infrastructure and application failures to test system resilience. It provides a visual dashboard for designing experiments and includes automation capabilities for orchestrating complex fault scenarios. | An open-source framework that lets developers declare and execute chaos engineering experiments using code files, enabling discovery of system weaknesses through intentional disruption and integration with CI/CD pipelines. |
| features.capabilities | `{"agent_based":true,"open_source":true,"pricing_model":"open_source","deployment_model":"self_hosted","kubernetes_native":true,"experiment_as_code":true,"rbac_access_control":true,"blast_radius_control":true,"fault_injection_scope":"multi","automated_abort_safety":true,"scheduling_gameday_orchestration":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | 3 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS","native":false,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure","native":false,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"GCP","native":false,"direction":"outbound"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Go | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://chaos-mesh.org","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T11:27:50.671Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source under Apache 2 license","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://chaostoolkit.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:51:25.086Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 69 | 39 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 6.4 | 4.7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":4,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fchaos-mesh%2Fchaos-mesh&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=chaostoolkit&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Chaos Engineering)

| Capability | Chaos Mesh | Chaos Toolkit |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Fault injection scope | Multi | - |
| Blast radius control | ✓ | - |
| Automated abort safety | ✓ | - |
| Kubernetes native | ✓ | - |
| Scheduling gameday orchestration | ✓ | - |
| Observability integration | - | - |
| Experiment as code | ✓ | - |
| Agent based | ✓ | - |
| RBAC access control | ✓ | - |
| Deployment model | Self hosted | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |
| Open source | ✓ | - |
| Pricing model | Open source | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-17T01:38:30.787Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*