# Cortex vs Kratix

| Attribute | Cortex | Kratix |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 47.1 (56% (medium)) | 50.2 (60% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 24 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 779 |
| content.faq | `[{"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}]` | `[{"answer":"A platform engineering framework that enables teams to define capabilities once, deliver them consistently through multiple interfaces, and manage their lifecycle and policies across distributed infrastructure and environments. It is indexed under Internal Developer Platforms.","source":"https://kratix.io","question":"What is Kratix?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Kratix is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://kratix.io","question":"Is Kratix free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Kratix supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://kratix.io","question":"What platforms does Kratix support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Kratix can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://kratix.io","question":"Can Kratix be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for Kratix, including Portals, APIs, CLIs, MCPs, AI agents, Application Orchestrators, Ticketing Systems and GitOps. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://kratix.io","question":"What does Kratix integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Kratix is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix","question":"Is Kratix open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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 | A framework for platform creation that combines development flexibility with cloud infrastructure and self-service capabilities. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"hosting":"self","tech_docs":true,"api_access":true,"scaffolding":true,"provisioning":true,"platform_shape":"orchestrator","software_catalog":true,"integration_breadth":"Portals, APIs, CLIs, GitOps, MCPs, AI agents, ticketing systems, application orc","self_service_actions":true,"workload_abstraction":true}` |
| integrations.count | 50 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"name":"Portals"},{"name":"APIs"},{"name":"CLIs"},{"name":"MCPs"},{"name":"AI agents"},{"name":"Application Orchestrators"},{"name":"Ticketing Systems"},{"name":"GitOps"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://kratix.io","retrievedAt":"2026-09-14T13:21:44.978Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | quote | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/latest","date":"2026-10-14T15:56:45Z","type":"stable","version":"latest"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.125.0","date":"2024-07-08T17:16:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.125.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.124.0","date":"2024-07-08T15:02:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.124.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.123.0","date":"2024-07-04T15:24:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.123.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.122.0","date":"2024-07-03T09:53:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.122.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.121.0","date":"2024-07-01T11:41:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.121.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.120.0","date":"2024-06-27T15:23:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.120.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.119.0","date":"2024-06-27T12:17:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.119.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.118.0","date":"2024-06-26T14:23:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.118.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.117.0","date":"2024-06-26T12:11:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.117.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.116.0","date":"2024-06-26T11:45:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.116.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.115.0","date":"2024-06-25T15:19:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.115.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.114.0","date":"2024-06-25T13:45:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.114.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.113.0","date":"2024-06-24T00:40:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.113.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.112.0","date":"2024-06-21T09:30:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.112.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.111.0","date":"2024-06-20T15:31:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.111.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.110.0","date":"2024-06-20T13:27:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.110.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.109.0","date":"2024-06-20T11:03:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.109.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.108.0","date":"2024-06-20T10:52:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.108.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/syntasso/kratix/releases/tag/v0.107.0","date":"2024-06-19T16:07:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.107.0"}]` |
| 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 | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.cortex.io/solutions/compliance-audits | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsyntasso%2Fkratix&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Internal Developer Platforms)

| Capability | Cortex | Kratix |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Portal vs orchestrator | Portal | Orchestrator |
| 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 | Cloud platforms, CI/CD, security tools, observability platforms, ticketing syste | Portals, APIs, CLIs, GitOps, MCPs, AI agents, ticketing systems, application orc |
| **Security** |  |  |
| RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ | - |
| **Docs** |  |  |
| Integrated tech docs | - | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Self-hosted only |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:15:25.222Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*