# Gremlin vs Steadybit

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Gremlin

| Attribute | Gremlin | Steadybit |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.5 (73% (medium)) | 40.4 (14% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An enterprise platform for identifying and fixing system failure modes through fault injection testing, with AI-assisted analysis and self-hosted deployment options. It is indexed under Chaos Engineering.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"What is Gremlin?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Gremlin does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 1 plan (Gremlin Platform), 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.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"How much does Gremlin cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Gremlin. 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.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Gremlin support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Gremlin can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"Can Gremlin be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Gremlin. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Gremlin not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/security/practices","question":"What security certifications does Gremlin have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Gremlin is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU.","source":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","question":"Where is Gremlin available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A command-line tool that analyzes Kubernetes object definitions to detect issues and provide recommendations for improved deployments. It integrates into CI/CD pipelines and exits with configurable status codes to prevent problematic configurations from being deployed. It is indexed under Chaos Engineering.","source":"https://steadybit.com","question":"What is Steadybit?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Steadybit does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Professional and Enterprise), 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://steadybit.com/pricing/","question":"How much does Steadybit cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Steadybit supports Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://steadybit.com","question":"What platforms does Steadybit support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Steadybit can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://steadybit.com","question":"Can Steadybit be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 50 integrations for Steadybit, including 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 and AWS Managed Streaming for Kafka, plus 42 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://steadybit.com","question":"What does Steadybit integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Steadybit is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Germany.","source":"https://steadybit.com/pricing/","question":"Where is Steadybit available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A platform that conducts controlled failure tests across infrastructure and applications to identify vulnerabilities, validate system resilience, and document compliance with operational resilience regulations. | Analyzes Kubernetes YAML and Helm charts to identify potential reliability and security issues, with recommendations for improvements. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2":true,"agent_based":true,"pricing_model":"subscription","deployment_model":"saas_agent","kubernetes_native":true,"experiment_as_code":true,"blast_radius_control":true,"fault_injection_scope":"multi","observability_integration":true,"scheduling_gameday_orchestration":true}` | `{"kubernetes_native":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Jira"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)"},{"name":"AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)"},{"name":"AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS)"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS Elastic Load Balancers"},{"name":"AWS ElastiCache"},{"name":"AWS Fault Injection Service"},{"name":"AWS Managed Streaming for Kafka"},{"name":"AWS Relational Database Service"},{"name":"Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)"},{"name":"Azure Virtual Machines"},{"name":"Azure Functions"},{"name":"Azure Event Hub"},{"name":"Azure Container Apps"},{"name":"Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)"},{"name":"GCP Virtual Machines"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"containerd"},{"name":"CRI-O"},{"name":"Red Hat OpenShift"},{"name":"minikube"},{"name":"NGINX"},{"name":"HA Proxy"},{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Apache JMeter"},{"name":"Gatling"},{"name":"K6"},{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Dynatrace"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"AppDynamics"},{"name":"Instana"},{"name":"StackState"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Kong"},{"name":"Istio"},{"name":"Spring Applications"},{"name":"Java Virtual Machines"},{"name":"Linux"},{"name":"Ubuntu"},{"name":"Debian"},{"name":"Fedora"},{"name":"Helm"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Gremlin Platform","summary":"Priced per service, custom quote","features":["Dependency discovery","Fault injection & scenarios","Test suites & reliability scores","Disaster recovery testing","Detected risks","Organization-wide benchmarking"],"contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Gremlin Foresight AI"}],"summary":"Custom enterprise pricing. 30-day free trial (no credit card, no auto-conversion). Foresight AI add-on priced per team. Professional Services available.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.gremlin.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T17:54:32.599Z","freeTrialDays":30}` | `{"type":"quote","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Professional","features":["Landscape Explorer","Reliability Advice","Experiment Templates","Unlimited Agents & Targets","Unlimited Users & Teams","Unlimited Experiment Executions","Experiment Scheduling","Standard Customer Support (9-5)"],"description":"For teams getting started with chaos engineering that want to easily launch experiments","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Reporting","Custom Property Management","Pre-flight webhooks","Custom webhooks","On-Prem Installation","SAML","Audit log","Tailored Onboarding","Enterprise Support","Strategic Partner Program"],"description":"For organizations rolling out chaos engineering at scale that need a full reliability platform","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Pricing available by request. 30-day free trial included.","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://steadybit.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:51:42.301Z","freeTrialDays":30}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | quote | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active","auditor":"Smith & Howard PC"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"PCI DSS Level 1","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.gremlin.com/security | - |

## Capabilities (Chaos Engineering)

| Capability | Gremlin | Steadybit |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Fault injection scope | Multi | - |
| Blast radius control | ✓ | - |
| Automated abort safety | - | - |
| Kubernetes native | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling gameday orchestration | ✓ | - |
| Observability integration | ✓ | - |
| Experiment as code | ✓ | - |
| Agent based | ✓ | - |
| RBAC access control | - | - |
| Deployment model | Saas agent | - |
| SOC2 | ✓ | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| Pricing model | Subscription | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:08:20.381Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*