# Backstage vs Qovery

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Qovery

| Attribute | Backstage | Qovery |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.6 (67% (medium)) | 74.4 (72% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 518 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 34,261 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 9,162 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Backstage provides a centralized platform where development teams can discover and manage software components, automate service creation, and access integrated tools and documentation. | An infrastructure orchestration service that translates requests from coding agents into audited infrastructure operations—deployments, scaling, environment provisioning—while enforcing safety guardrails, audit trails, and compliance controls. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","rbac_sso":true,"tech_docs":true,"api_access":true,"scaffolding":true,"provisioning":true,"platform_shape":"orchestrator","plugin_ecosystem":true,"software_catalog":true,"self_service_actions":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","rbac_sso":true,"tech_docs":true,"api_access":true,"provisioning":true,"platform_shape":"orchestrator","integration_breadth":"CI/CD (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS), infrastructure-as","self_service_actions":true,"workload_abstraction":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 50 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"MCP servers"},{"name":"TechDocs"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"GitLab CI"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"AWS EKS"},{"name":"Google Cloud GKE"},{"name":"Azure AKS"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"OpenTofu"},{"name":"Pulumi"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"Doppler"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Dash0"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"AWS Route 53"},{"name":"Docker Hub"},{"name":"Amazon ECR"},{"name":"GitHub Container Registry"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Codex"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"GitHub Copilot"},{"name":"E2B"},{"name":"Daytona"},{"name":"Cloudflare Workers"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://backstage.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:33:25.346Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["Preview environments","Unlimited developers","Community support"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"clusters":"1","environments":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$49 per active user/month","features":["Unlimited deployments","Unlimited environments","24/5 support"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"active user","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Unlimited clusters","Extended security and compliance","Usage reports","RBAC","Custom support"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $49/active user/month. Free tier available with 14-day trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.qovery.com/blog/new-pricing-that-will-give-you-peace-of-mind","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:54:04.441Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 5 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.55.0-next.0","date":"2026-08-25T19:13:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.55.0-next.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.5","date":"2026-08-25T21:27:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.54.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.4","date":"2026-08-24T18:16:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.54.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.3","date":"2026-08-22T14:16:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.54.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.0","date":"2026-08-18T17:51:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.54.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.0-next.3","date":"2026-08-11T19:38:57Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.54.0-next.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.0-next.2","date":"2026-08-04T15:54:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.54.0-next.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.53.1","date":"2026-07-29T20:13:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.53.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.0-next.1","date":"2026-07-28T20:44:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.54.0-next.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.0-next.0","date":"2026-07-21T23:35:18Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.54.0-next.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.53.0","date":"2026-07-14T12:35:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.53.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.53.0-next.2","date":"2026-07-07T16:57:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.53.0-next.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.53.0-next.1","date":"2026-06-30T17:37:51Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.53.0-next.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.52.1","date":"2026-06-26T15:03:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.52.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.53.0-next.0","date":"2026-06-23T19:45:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.53.0-next.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.52.0","date":"2026-06-16T18:16:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.52.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.51.2","date":"2026-06-10T12:20:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.51.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.52.0-next.2","date":"2026-06-09T17:50:52Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.52.0-next.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.52.0-next.1","date":"2026-06-02T20:29:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.52.0-next.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.51.1","date":"2026-05-29T15:44:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.51.1"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.3 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40backstage%2Fcli&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Internal Developer Platforms)

| Capability | Backstage | Qovery |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Portal vs orchestrator | Orchestrator | 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 | - | CI/CD (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS), infrastructure-as |
| **Security** |  |  |
| RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Docs** |  |  |
| Integrated tech docs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Self-hosted only |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:36:52.847Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*