# Akuity vs Flagger

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Akuity

| Attribute | Akuity | Flagger |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 76.4 (55% (medium)) | 45.2 (28% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 10 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 10 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 5,395 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Akuity provides enterprise-ready continuous deployment and environment promotion built on open-source Argo CD and Kargo. It combines automated artifact progression across environments with AI-powered monitoring and incident management, helping teams deploy applications faster with built-in safety and auditability. | Infrastructure automation tool for Kubernetes that manages staged application releases using canary deployments, A/B testing, or blue-green strategies. It progressively shifts traffic to new versions while monitoring system health and running conformance tests to minimize production risk. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2_type_ii":true,"pricing_model":"user_seat","sso_saml_rbac":true,"pull_based_sync":true,"deployment_model":"saas","kustomize_support":true,"helm_chart_support":true,"multi_cluster_sync":true,"ui_dashboard_included":true,"drift_detection_healing":true,"canary_blue_green_rollouts":true,"sops_vault_secrets_decryption":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | 12 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Argo CD"},{"name":"Kargo"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Helm"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"OCI Registry"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"AWS EKS"},{"name":"Kustomize"},{"name":"External Secrets Operator (ESO)"},{"name":"Crossplane"}]` | `[{"name":"Istio"},{"name":"Linkerd"},{"name":"Kuma"},{"name":"Knative"},{"name":"nginx"},{"name":"contour"},{"name":"gloo"},{"name":"traefik"},{"name":"skipper"},{"name":"Apache APISIX"},{"name":"Gateway API"},{"name":"Slack"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$495/month, includes 1 control plane, 50 applications, 3 users, 25M AI tokens","features":["1 Argo CD Control Plane","50 Argo CD Applications","1 Kargo Control Plane","50 Kargo Stages","Unlimited Target Clusters","3 Users included","25 million AI tokens/month","Akuity Intelligence with Insights, Dashboards, and Agents","System Accounts (Login or API)","Argo CD Notifications","Custom Subdomain","Custom Roles","Scoped API Keys","Argo CD SSO","HA Control Plane","Akuity Extensions (Rollouts, Sync History, ApplicationSet)","Audit Records (searchable, 6-month retention)","Insights Dashboards","On-Call Agent / Runbooks","Promotion Advisor","Deployment Advisor"],"minSeats":3,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":495,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"GitOps for businesses scaling with Kubernetes","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"kargo_stages":"50","target_clusters":"unlimited","ai_tokens_per_month":"25 million","argo_cd_applications":"50","kargo_control_planes":"1","argo_cd_control_planes":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. 6 months free for qualifying startups and early-stage companies","features":["Custom number of Argo CD Control Planes","Custom number of Argo CD Applications","Custom number of Kargo Stages","Unlimited Target Clusters","Self-hosted and on-premises deployment options","Premium Support with real-time support channel","Dedicated Account Manager","Dedicated Customer Success Manager","CVE notifications with SLA on resolution","Bring your own Encryption Keys","Custom Domain (argocd.acme.com)","Custom Styles","Flexible Architecture","Agent State Customization","Config Management Rights","Enterprise SSO","Audit Records with 1-year searchable retention + 2-year archive export","Volume Pricing","Fast track feature option","Optional Subject Matter Expert Support"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Enterprise-grade GitOps for Kubernetes with custom configurations","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional Application and Stage Capacity","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $495/month. Free 14-day trial. Contact sales for Enterprise pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://akuity.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T12:08:00.895Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":495,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://flagger.app/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T23:31:50.668Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | high | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":495,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 50 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.44.0","date":"2026-07-21T04:41:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.44.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.43.0","date":"2026-04-21T13:24:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.43.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.42.0","date":"2025-10-16T14:03:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.42.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.41.0","date":"2025-04-02T11:48:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.41.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.40.0","date":"2024-12-17T09:46:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.40.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.39.0","date":"2024-11-26T12:09:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.39.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.38.0","date":"2024-07-30T13:43:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.38.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.37.0","date":"2024-03-26T13:45:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.37.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.36.1","date":"2024-03-06T08:16:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.36.0","date":"2024-02-07T19:45:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.35.0","date":"2023-11-30T15:39:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.35.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.34.0","date":"2023-10-04T10:30:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.33.0","date":"2023-08-29T14:56:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.33.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.32.0","date":"2023-07-14T10:29:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.32.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.31.0","date":"2023-05-10T17:08:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.30.0","date":"2023-04-12T15:26:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.29.0","date":"2023-02-21T09:01:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.28.0","date":"2023-01-26T12:25:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.27.0","date":"2022-12-16T10:17:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.26.0","date":"2022-11-23T14:57:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.26.0"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 8.8 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ffluxcd%2Fflagger&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Gitops)

| Capability | Akuity | Flagger |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | Saas | - |
| Pull based sync | ✓ | - |
| Helm chart support | ✓ | - |
| Kustomize support | ✓ | - |
| Sops vault secrets decryption | ✓ | - |
| Canary blue green rollouts | ✓ | - |
| Multi cluster sync | ✓ | - |
| UI dashboard included | ✓ | - |
| Drift detection healing | ✓ | - |
| SSO SAML RBAC | ✓ | - |
| Cncf graduated incubating | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | ✓ | - |
| Pricing model | User seat | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:09:08.280Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*