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Comparison

Chaos Toolkit vs Steadybit

On the evidence we track, Chaos Toolkit leads this comparison with a composite score of 47/100. 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
Steadybit40
Score
vioscaleAI score
Chaos Toolkit47 / 100medium · 56%
Steadybit40 / 100low · 14%
Pricing
Free tier
Chaos Toolkit✓
Steadybit✓
Model
Chaos Toolkitopen_source
Steadybitopen_source
Price level
Chaos Toolkitfree
Steadybitfree
Transparent
Chaos Toolkit✓
Steadybit✓
Integrations
Count
Chaos Toolkit–
Steadybit2
Security
Scorecard
Chaos Toolkit4.7
Steadybit–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Chaos Toolkit30
Steadybit–
Github stars
Chaos Toolkit2,031
Steadybit–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Chaos Toolkit15
Steadybit–
Release
Cadence days
Chaos Toolkit39
Steadybit–
History
Chaos Toolkit20 items
Steadybit–
License
Spdx
Chaos ToolkitApache-2.0
Steadybit–
Language
Primary
Chaos ToolkitPython
Steadybit–
Market
Availability
Chaos Toolkit–
SteadybitAvailable worldwide · HQ DE
Content
Faq
Chaos Toolkit5 items
Steadybit6 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Steadybit

Analyzes Kubernetes YAML and Helm charts to identify potential reliability and security issues, with recommendations for improvements.

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 ↗

Steadybit

Quote-based30-day trial

Pricing available by request. 30-day free trial included.

  • ProfessionalContact sales
    • Landscape Explorer
    • Reliability Advice
    • Experiment Templates
    • Unlimited Agents & Targets
    • Unlimited Users & Teams
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Reporting
    • Custom Property Management
    • Pre-flight webhooks
    • Custom webhooks
    • On-Prem Installation
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Windows
Chaos Toolkit✗
Steadybit✓
Linux
Chaos Toolkit✗
Steadybit✓
CLI
Chaos Toolkit✓
Steadybit✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Chaos Toolkit✗
Steadybit✓
Self-hosted
Chaos Toolkit✓
Steadybit✗

Integrations

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

Chaos Toolkit

Leader

Not documented yet.

Steadybit

51 total
  • AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
  • AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
  • AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS)
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Elastic Load Balancers
  • AWS ElastiCache
  • AWS Fault Injection Service
  • AWS Managed Streaming for Kafka
  • AWS Relational Database Service
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Virtual Machines
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure Event Hub
  • Azure Container Apps
  • Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
  • GCP Virtual Machines
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • containerd
  • CRI-O
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • minikube
  • NGINX
  • HA Proxy
  • +27 more
Independently observed
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Chaos Toolkit or Steadybit: which one depends on you

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