# Configure8 vs Cortex

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Configure8

| Attribute | Configure8 | Cortex |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.2 (55% (medium)) | 47.1 (56% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A platform aggregating infrastructure, service, and cloud resource information across your tech stack in a unified catalog. It empowers developers to perform routine operations independently while enforcing organizational reliability and security standards through automated compliance tracking. It is indexed under Internal Developer Platforms.","source":"https://www.configure8.io/pricing","question":"What is Configure8?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Configure8 offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $22.89 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.configure8.io/pricing","question":"Is Configure8 free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Configure8. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.configure8.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Configure8 support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Configure8 can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.configure8.io/pricing","question":"Can Configure8 be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 20 integrations for Configure8, including Azure DevOps, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure SQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Functions, Azure App Service and Azure Cosmos DB, plus 12 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.configure8.io/pricing","question":"What does Configure8 integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Configure8. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Configure8 not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://configure8.io","question":"What security certifications does Configure8 have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Configure8 is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the United Kingdom. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.configure8.io/pricing","question":"Where is Configure8 available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A platform for building and managing AI software factories, with focus on production AI operations and governance. It is indexed under Internal Developer Platforms.","source":"https://www.cortex.io","question":"What is Cortex?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cortex does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.cortex.io/pricing","question":"How much does Cortex cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Cortex. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.cortex.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Cortex support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Cortex, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.cortex.io/pricing","question":"Can Cortex be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Cortex. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cortex not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.cortex.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Cortex have?","confidence":0.48}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A platform aggregating infrastructure, service, and cloud resource information across your tech stack in a unified catalog. It empowers developers to perform routine operations independently while enforcing organizational reliability and security standards through automated compliance tracking. | Platform that helps engineering teams manage AI agents, enforce development standards, maintain compliance, and provide self-service golden paths for developers and automated systems to ship faster with less risk |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","rbac_sso":true,"tech_docs":true,"api_access":true,"scorecards":true,"scaffolding":true,"provisioning":true,"platform_shape":"both","plugin_ecosystem":true,"software_catalog":true,"integration_breadth":"Multi-cloud (Azure, GCP), CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, APM/observability tools, ","self_service_actions":true,"workload_abstraction":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","rbac_sso":true,"api_access":true,"scorecards":true,"scaffolding":true,"provisioning":true,"platform_shape":"portal","plugin_ecosystem":true,"software_catalog":true,"integration_breadth":"Cloud platforms, CI/CD, security tools, observability platforms, ticketing syste","self_service_actions":true}` |
| integrations.count | 21 | 50 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"Azure Virtual Machines"},{"name":"Azure Kubernetes Service"},{"name":"Azure SQL"},{"name":"Azure Database for MySQL"},{"name":"Azure Functions"},{"name":"Azure App Service"},{"name":"Azure Cosmos DB"},{"name":"Azure Load Balancers"},{"name":"Azure Application Gateways"},{"name":"Azure Cache for Redis"},{"name":"Azure Storage Account"},{"name":"Wiz"},{"name":"OneLogin"},{"name":"Chef"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"Google Cloud Build"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Snyk"},{"name":"Airflow"},{"name":"Argo CI"}]` | `[{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Backstage"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"ArgoCD"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Snyk"},{"name":"Semgrep"},{"name":"SonarQube"},{"name":"Azure Active Directory"},{"name":"Entra ID"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Checkmarx"},{"name":"Veracode"},{"name":"Wiz"},{"name":"FireHydrant"},{"name":"Incident.io"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"Rootly"},{"name":"Azure Resources"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Humanitec"},{"name":"Coralogix"},{"name":"Dynatrace"},{"name":"Instana"},{"name":"Rollbar"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"Splunk Observability Cloud"},{"name":"Sumo Logic"},{"name":"BambooHR"},{"name":"ClickUp"},{"name":"Workday"},{"name":"LaunchDarkly"},{"name":"Apiiro"},{"name":"Codecov"},{"name":"Mend"},{"name":"ServiceNow Cloud Observability"},{"name":"Syntasso Kratix Enterprise"},{"name":"Google Observability Cloud"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month per user or $0/year per user","features":["Unlimited catalog users and items (within data cap)","Unlimited integrations","Scorecards for up to 10 users","Self-serve actions limited to 10 users","Cloud cost tracking up to $7,500/month","Limited data retention","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Community-supported tier with core catalog and limited scorecard capabilities","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"scorecard_users":"10","self_serve_users":"10","tracked_cloud_costs":"$7,500/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$22.89/user/month (monthly) or $228/user/year (17% savings, equivalent to $19/user/month)","features":["Unlimited catalog users and items","Unlimited integrations and custom integrations","Unlimited scorecards with custom metrics","Unlimited self-serve actions and deployment API","Unlimited cloud cost tracking","API access and webhooks","RBAC and SSO","Audit logging","Unlimited data retention","Usage reports","White-glove support"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":22.89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Full-featured tier with unlimited users, custom integrations, and choice of cloud or on-premise hosting","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"scorecard_users":"unlimited","self_serve_users":"unlimited","tracked_cloud_costs":"unlimited"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Enterprise from $22.89/user/month or $19/user/month with annual commitment.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.configure8.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:23:28.631Z","startingPrice":{"amount":22.89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"quote","summary":"Custom per-seat pricing. Contact sales for a quote.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cortex.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-07T13:53:28.352Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | quote |
| pricing.price_level | mid | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27001:2022","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.cortex.io/solutions/compliance-audits |

## Capabilities (Internal Developer Platforms)

| Capability | Configure8 | Cortex |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Portal vs orchestrator | Both | Portal |
| Software / service catalog | ✓ | ✓ |
| Self-service actions / golden paths | ✓ | ✓ |
| Templated service scaffolding | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Production-readiness scorecards | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Orchestration** |  |  |
| Workload spec / infra abstraction | ✓ | - |
| Drives infra provisioning | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Plugin / extension ecosystem | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public API / webhooks | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Cloud/CI/K8s/observability breadth | Multi-cloud (Azure, GCP), CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, APM/observability tools, | Cloud platforms, CI/CD, security tools, observability platforms, ticketing syste |
| **Security** |  |  |
| RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Docs** |  |  |
| Integrated tech docs | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:15:28.308Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*