Comparison

Chaos Toolkit 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 Toolkit47
★Gremlin58
Score
vioscaleAI score
Chaos Toolkit47 / 100medium · 56%
Gremlin58 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Chaos Toolkit✓
Gremlin✓
Model
Chaos Toolkitopen_source
Gremlinquote
Price level
Chaos Toolkitfree
Gremlinlow
Transparent
Chaos Toolkit✓
Gremlin✗
Integrations
Count
Chaos Toolkit–
Gremlin1
Security
Certifications
Gdpr
Chaos Toolkit–
Gremlin✓
Iso27001
Chaos Toolkit–
Gremlin✓
Pci
Chaos Toolkit–
Gremlin✓
Scorecard
Chaos Toolkit4.7
Gremlin–
Soc2
Chaos Toolkit–
Gremlin✓
Trust center
Chaos Toolkit–
Reliability
Sla pct
Chaos Toolkit–
Gremlin99.999
Adoption
Dependent repos
Chaos Toolkit30
Gremlin–
Github stars
Chaos Toolkit2,031
Gremlin–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Chaos Toolkit15
Gremlin–
Release
Cadence days
Chaos Toolkit39
Gremlin–
History
Chaos Toolkit20 items
Gremlin–
License
Spdx
Chaos ToolkitApache-2.0
Gremlin–
Language
Primary
Chaos ToolkitPython
Gremlin–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Chaos Toolkit5 items
Gremlin6 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Fault injection scope
Chaos Toolkit-
GremlinMulti
Blast radius control
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin✓
Automated abort safety
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin-
Kubernetes native
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin✓
Scheduling gameday orchestration
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin✓
Observability integration
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin✓
Experiment as code
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin✓
Agent based
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin✓
RBAC access control
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin-
Deployment model
Chaos Toolkit-
GremlinSaas agent
SOC2
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin✓
Open source
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin-
Pricing model
Chaos Toolkit-
GremlinSubscription

What each one is

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

Chaos Toolkit

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.

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 Toolkit

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source under Apache 2 license

as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Chaos Toolkit✗
Gremlin✓
CLI
Chaos Toolkit✓
Gremlin✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Chaos Toolkit✗
Gremlin✓
Self-hosted
Chaos Toolkit✓
Gremlin✓
On-premise
Chaos Toolkit✗
Gremlin✓
Hybrid
Chaos Toolkit✗
Gremlin✓

Integrations

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

Chaos Toolkit

Not documented yet.

Gremlin

Leader
1 total
  • Jira
Independently observed
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