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Comparison

Cortex vs Humanitec

On the evidence we track, Humanitec leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Cortex47
★Humanitec60
Score
vioscaleAI score
Cortex47 / 100medium · 56%
Humanitec60 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Cortex✗
Humanitec✓
Model
Cortexquote
Humanitecfreemium
Price level
Cortexunknown
Humanitechigh
Transparent
Cortex✗
Humanitec✓
Integrations
Count
Cortex50
Humanitec14
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Cortex✓
Humanitec–
Gdpr
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Iso27001
Cortex✓
Humanitec–
Soc2
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Market
Availability
Cortex–
HumanitecAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Cortex5 items
Humanitec6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for internal developer platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Portal vs orchestrator
CortexPortal
HumanitecOrchestrator
Software / service catalog
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Self-service actions / golden paths
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Templated service scaffolding
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Governance
Production-readiness scorecards
Cortex✓
Humanitec-
Orchestration
Workload spec / infra abstraction
Cortex-
Humanitec✓
Drives infra provisioning
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Extensibility
Plugin / extension ecosystem
Cortex✓
Humanitec-
Public API / webhooks
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Integration
Cloud/CI/K8s/observability breadth
CortexCloud platforms, CI/CD, security tools, observability platforms, ticketing syste
HumanitecKubernetes, serverless, VMs; multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure); CI/CD; Terraform/IaC
Security
RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Docs
Integrated tech docs
Cortex-
Humanitec✓
Deployment
Hosting
CortexCloud only
HumanitecCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

Cortex

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

Independently observed

Humanitec

Leader

An orchestration platform that allows developers and AI agents to request and deploy infrastructure automatically within organization-defined policies and compliance rules, bypassing manual approval queues while maintaining security and governance.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Cortex

Quote-based

Custom per-seat pricing. Contact sales for a quote.

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Humanitec

Leader
from €1999/moSubscriptionFree tier

From €1,999/month (Teams) to €4,999/month (Pro). Free trial available; custom pricing for Enterprise and Self-hosted.

  • Teams€1,999/month
    • 5 users included
    • Email support
    • Public office hours
    • 1–2 projects maximum
    • 5 environments per project maximum
  • Pro€4,999/month
    • 50 users included
    • Standard support
    • Monthly office hours with platform architect
    • RBAC
    • Sandbox organization
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Unlimited users, projects, and environments
    • Premium support
    • Weekly office hours with dedicated platform architect
    • SAML
    • Audit logs
  • Self-hostedContact sales
    • Full control and compliance
    • Installation support and onboarding
    • Weekly office hours with dedicated platform architect
    • Ideal for regulated industries or private-cloud deployments
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
CLI
Cortex✗
Humanitec✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cortex✓
Humanitec✓
Self-hosted
Cortex✗
Humanitec✓
On-premise
Cortex✗
Humanitec✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • Datadog
  • Backstage
  • AWS
  • ArgoCD

Cortex

49 total - 45 not shared
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Slack
  • Jira
  • Kubernetes
  • Okta
  • ServiceNow
  • Grafana
  • New Relic
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Prometheus
  • Snyk
  • Semgrep
  • SonarQube
  • Azure Active Directory
  • Entra ID
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Checkmarx
  • Veracode
  • Wiz
  • FireHydrant
  • Incident.io
  • OpsGenie
  • +21 more
Independently observed

Humanitec

Leader
14 total - 10 not shared
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • Helm
  • Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS)
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Serverless (ECS)
  • Port
  • Cortex
  • Crossplane
Independently observed
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