Comparison

Chaos Mesh vs Gremlin

On the evidence we track, Gremlin leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Chaos Mesh48

★Gremlin58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Chaos Mesh	GremlinLeader
vioscaleAI score	48 / 100high · 78%	58 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	quote
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	1
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Level 1
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.4	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://www.gremlin.com/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.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	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.999
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	95	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	7,937	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	8	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	69	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Chaos Mesh48 / 100high · 78%

Gremlin58 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin✓

Model

Chaos Meshopen_source

Gremlinquote

Price level

Chaos Meshfree

Gremlinlow

Transparent

Chaos Mesh–

Gremlin✗

Integrations

Count

Chaos Mesh3

Gremlin1

Security

Certifications

Chaos Mesh–

GremlinSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Level 1

Gdpr

Chaos Mesh–

Gremlin✓

Iso27001

Chaos Mesh–

Gremlin✓

Pci

Chaos Mesh–

Gremlin✓

Scorecard

Chaos Mesh6.4

Gremlin–

Soc2

Chaos Mesh–

Gremlin✓

Trust center

Chaos Mesh–

Gremlinhttps://www.gremlin.com/security

Vulnerabilities

Chaos MeshCount: 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

Gremlin–

Reliability

Sla pct

Chaos Mesh–

Gremlin99.999

Status page

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Chaos Mesh95

Gremlin–

Github stars

Chaos Mesh7,937

Gremlin–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Chaos Mesh8

Gremlin–

Release

Cadence days

Chaos Mesh69

Gremlin–

History

Chaos Mesh20 items

Gremlin–

License

Spdx

Chaos MeshApache-2.0

Gremlin–

Language

Primary

Chaos MeshGo

Gremlin–

Market

Availability

Chaos Mesh–

GremlinAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU

Content

Faq

Chaos Mesh5 items

Gremlin6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for chaos engineering. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Chaos Engineering
Capability	Chaos Mesh	Gremlin
Capabilities
Fault injection scope	Multi	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	Saas agent
SOC2	-	✓
Open source	✓	-
Pricing model	Open source	Subscription

Capabilities

Fault injection scope

Chaos MeshMulti

GremlinMulti

Blast radius control

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin✓

Automated abort safety

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin-

Kubernetes native

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin✓

Scheduling gameday orchestration

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin✓

Observability integration

Chaos Mesh-

Gremlin✓

Experiment as code

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin✓

Agent based

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin✓

RBAC access control

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin-

Deployment model

Chaos MeshSelf hosted

GremlinSaas agent

SOC2

Chaos Mesh-

Gremlin✓

Open source

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin-

Pricing model

Chaos MeshOpen source

GremlinSubscription

What each one is

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

Chaos Mesh

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.

Independently observed

Gremlin

Leader

A platform that conducts controlled failure tests across infrastructure and applications to identify vulnerabilities, validate system resilience, and document compliance with operational resilience regulations.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Chaos Mesh

Open source

as of 2026-10-14verify ↗

Gremlin

Leader

SubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Custom enterprise pricing. 30-day free trial (no credit card, no auto-conversion). Foresight AI add-on priced per team. Professional Services available.

Gremlin PlatformContact sales
- Dependency discovery
- Fault injection & scenarios
- Test suites & reliability scores
- Disaster recovery testing
- Detected risks
- +1 more

as of 2026-09-04verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Chaos Mesh	Gremlin
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin✓

CLI

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Chaos Mesh✗

Gremlin✓

Self-hosted

Chaos Mesh✓

Gremlin✓

On-premise

Chaos Mesh✗

Gremlin✓

Hybrid

Chaos Mesh✗

Gremlin✓

Integrations

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

Chaos Mesh

3 total

AWS
Azure
GCP

Independently observed

Gremlin

Leader

1 total

Jira

Independently observed

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