# Argo Rollouts vs Kargo

| Attribute | Argo Rollouts | Kargo |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 47.3 (28% (low)) | 42.8 (28% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 19 | 73 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 23 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 3,561 | 3,602 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A Kubernetes controller that enables advanced deployment strategies including blue-green and canary deployments, with optional integration to traffic management systems and metrics analysis for automated deployment validation and rollback. | A continuous promotion orchestration platform that manages the deployment of applications through multiple stages and environments while adhering to GitOps principles and integrating with Kubernetes infrastructure. |
| integrations.count | 15 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Wavefront"},{"name":"Kayenta"},{"name":"Graphite"},{"name":"InfluxDB"},{"name":"Istio"},{"name":"NGINX"},{"name":"Apache APISIX"},{"name":"Traefik"},{"name":"Gateway API"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Nats.io"},{"name":"ALB"}]` | `[{"name":"Argo CD"},{"name":"Helm"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://argo-rollouts.readthedocs.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:49:34.101Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available; enterprise hosting available by inquiry","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://kargo.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T13:14:01.651Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| release.cadence_days | 44 | 4 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.scorecard | 7.2 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fargoproj%2Fargo-rollouts&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":4,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fakuity%2Fkargo&per_page=100","last_12m":4,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Gitops)

| Capability | Argo Rollouts | Kargo |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:26:57.919Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*