Comparison

Gremlin vs Toxiproxy

On the evidence we track, Toxiproxy leads this comparison with a composite score of 53/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Gremlin18
Toxiproxy53
Score
Vioscale score
Gremlin18 / 100high · 77%
Toxiproxy53 / 100high · 80%
Pricing
Free tier
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
Model
Gremlinquote
Toxiproxycommercial
Price level
Gremlinunknown
Toxiproxyfree
Transparent
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
Integrations
Count
Gremlin1
Toxiproxy1
Security
Gdpr
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
Scorecard
Gremlin
Toxiproxy6.8
Soc2
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gremlin
Toxiproxy33,999
Github stars
Gremlin
Toxiproxy12,285
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gremlin
Toxiproxy2
Release
Cadence days
Gremlin
Toxiproxy66
History
Gremlin
Toxiproxy20 items
License
Spdx
Gremlin
ToxiproxyMIT
Language
Primary
Gremlin
ToxiproxyGo

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Fault injection scope
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Blast radius control
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Automated abort safety
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Kubernetes native
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Scheduling gameday orchestration
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Observability integration
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Experiment as code
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Agent based
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
RBAC access control
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Deployment model
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
SOC2
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Open source
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-
Pricing model
Gremlin-
Toxiproxy-

What each one is

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

Gremlin

A chaos engineering platform that intentionally injects failures into systems to identify vulnerabilities before they impact users. Provides forward-looking reliability scores and tools to help teams prove their systems can withstand real-world failure scenarios.

Independently observed

Toxiproxy

Leader

A Go-based TCP proxy tool designed for testing and CI environments that injects controlled network failures, latency, and corruption to verify applications handle degraded connectivity gracefully. Enables developers to simulate chaos deterministically or with randomization during testing.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Gremlin

Quote-based

Custom pricing based on deployment size—contact sales for quote

as of verify ↗

Toxiproxy

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
macOS
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
Windows
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
Linux
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
CLI
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gremlin
Toxiproxy
Self-hosted
Gremlin
Toxiproxy

Integrations

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

Gremlin

1 total
  • Jira
Independently observed

Toxiproxy

Leader
1 total
  • Ruby
Independently observed

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