# Chaos Mesh vs ChaosBlade

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Chaos Mesh

| Attribute | Chaos Mesh | ChaosBlade |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 49.6 (58% (medium)) | 35 (80% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 19 | 3 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 95 | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | 7,857 | 6,505 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Chaos Mesh enables controlled fault injection within Kubernetes environments to simulate real-world failures and identify system vulnerabilities. It provides orchestrated scenarios across development, testing, and production environments with a user-friendly dashboard and comprehensive fault types. | A tool that enables chaos engineering experiments across cloud-native infrastructure, helping organizations test and improve the fault tolerance of distributed systems during cloud migration or native cloud deployments. |
| integrations.count | - | 3 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Java"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://chaos-mesh.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:47:49.021Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://chaosblade.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T15:29:05.714Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | 69 | 8 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 6.4 | 4.8 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":4,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fchaos-mesh%2Fchaos-mesh&per_page=100","last_12m":4,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fchaosblade-io%2Fchaosblade&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Chaos Engineering)

| Capability | Chaos Mesh | ChaosBlade |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Fault injection scope | - | - |
| Blast radius control | - | - |
| Automated abort safety | - | - |
| Kubernetes native | - | - |
| Scheduling gameday orchestration | - | - |
| Observability integration | - | - |
| Experiment as code | - | - |
| Agent based | - | - |
| RBAC access control | - | - |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:14:56.454Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*