# Chaos Mesh vs Toxiproxy

| Attribute | Chaos Mesh | Toxiproxy |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 47.8 (78% (high)) | 49.3 (76% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 8 | 13 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 95 | 33,999 |
| adoption.github_stars | 7,937 | 12,418 |
| 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":"A Go-based TCP proxy tool designed for testing and CI environments that injects controlled network failures, latency, and corruption to verify applications handle degraded connectivity gracefully. Enables developers to simulate chaos deterministically or with randomization during testing. It is indexed under Chaos Engineering.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What is Toxiproxy?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Toxiproxy is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Is Toxiproxy free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Toxiproxy supports Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Toxiproxy support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Toxiproxy can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Can Toxiproxy be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Toxiproxy is published under the MIT 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/Shopify/toxiproxy","question":"Is Toxiproxy 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. | A TCP proxy that allows developers to inject network and system faults in a controlled manner to verify how their applications behave and recover under adverse conditions |
| 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}` | `{"open_source":true,"pricing_model":"open_source","deployment_model":"self_hosted","experiment_as_code":true,"blast_radius_control":true,"fault_injection_scope":"network"}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS","native":false,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure","native":false,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"GCP","native":false,"direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Ruby"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://chaos-mesh.org","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T11:27:50.671Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T21:34:52.190Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 69 | 74 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| security.trust_center | - | https://github.com/security |
| 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=go&package_name=github.com%2FShopify%2Ftoxiproxy&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Chaos Engineering)

| Capability | Chaos Mesh | Toxiproxy |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Fault injection scope | Multi | Network |
| 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 | Self hosted |
| SOC2 | - | - |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing model | Open source | Open source |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T05:52:01.809Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*