Comparison

Chaos Toolkit vs Gremlin

On the evidence we track, Chaos Toolkit leads this comparison with a composite score of 40/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Chaos Toolkit40
Gremlin18
Score
Vioscale score
Chaos Toolkit40 / 100medium · 59%
Gremlin18 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Chaos Toolkit
Gremlin
Model
Chaos Toolkitopen_source
Gremlinquote
Price level
Chaos Toolkitfree
Gremlinunknown
Transparent
Chaos Toolkit
Gremlin
Integrations
Count
Chaos Toolkit
Gremlin1
Security
Gdpr
Chaos Toolkit
Gremlin
Scorecard
Chaos Toolkit3.7
Gremlin
Soc2
Chaos Toolkit
Gremlin
Adoption
Dependent repos
Chaos Toolkit30
Gremlin
Github stars
Chaos Toolkit2,020
Gremlin
Activity
Commits last 30d
Chaos Toolkit7
Gremlin
Release
Cadence days
Chaos Toolkit50
Gremlin
History
Chaos Toolkit20 items
Gremlin
License
Spdx
Chaos ToolkitApache-2.0
Gremlin
Language
Primary
Chaos ToolkitPython
Gremlin
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Fault injection scope
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin-
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-
Gremlin-
SOC2
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin-
Open source
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin-
Pricing model
Chaos Toolkit-
Gremlin-

What each one is

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

Chaos Toolkit

Leader

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

A chaos engineering platform that intentionally injects failures into systems to identify vulnerabilities before they impact users. Provides forward-looking reliability scores and tools to help teams prove their systems can withstand real-world failure scenarios.

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

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source under Apache 2 license

as of verify ↗

Gremlin

Quote-based

Custom pricing based on deployment size—contact sales for quote

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
Linux
Chaos Toolkit
Gremlin
CLI
Chaos Toolkit
Gremlin
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Chaos Toolkit
Gremlin
Self-hosted
Chaos Toolkit
Gremlin

Integrations

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

Chaos Toolkit

Leader

Not documented yet.

Gremlin

1 total
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Independently observed

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