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Comparison

ChaosBlade vs Steadybit

On the evidence we track, ChaosBlade leads this comparison with a composite score of 48/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★ChaosBlade48
Steadybit40
Score
vioscaleAI score
ChaosBlade48 / 100high · 79%
Steadybit40 / 100low · 14%
Pricing
Free tier
ChaosBlade✓
Steadybit✓
Model
ChaosBladeopen_source
Steadybitopen_source
Price level
ChaosBladefree
Steadybitfree
Transparent
ChaosBlade✓
Steadybit✓
Integrations
Count
ChaosBlade3
Steadybit2
Security
Scorecard
ChaosBlade6.6
Steadybit–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
ChaosBlade1
Steadybit–
Github stars
ChaosBlade6,462
Steadybit–
Activity
Commits last 30d
ChaosBlade21
Steadybit–
Release
Cadence days
ChaosBlade6
Steadybit–
History
ChaosBlade20 items
Steadybit–
License
Spdx
ChaosBladeApache-2.0
Steadybit–
Language
Primary
ChaosBladePython
Steadybit–
Market
Availability
ChaosBlade–
SteadybitAvailable worldwide · HQ DE
Content
Faq
ChaosBlade6 items
Steadybit6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

ChaosBlade

Leader

An open-source chaos engineering platform that tests distributed system resilience by simulating failures across hosts, containers, and Kubernetes environments.

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.

ChaosBlade

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
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
Web
ChaosBlade✓
Steadybit✗
Windows
ChaosBlade✗
Steadybit✓
Linux
ChaosBlade✓
Steadybit✓
CLI
ChaosBlade✓
Steadybit✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
ChaosBlade✓
Steadybit✓
Self-hosted
ChaosBlade✓
Steadybit✗
On-premise
ChaosBlade✓
Steadybit✗

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Prometheus
  • Helm

ChaosBlade

Leader
6 total - 2 not shared
  • Java
  • LitmusChaos
Independently observed

Steadybit

51 total - 47 not shared
  • 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
  • containerd
  • CRI-O
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • minikube
  • NGINX
  • HA Proxy
  • Apache Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • +23 more
Independently observed
Still deciding?

ChaosBlade or Steadybit: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

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