# Chaos Toolkit vs ChaosBlade

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Chaos Toolkit

| Attribute | Chaos Toolkit | ChaosBlade |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 40.3 (59% (medium)) | 35 (80% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 7 | 3 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 30 | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | 2,020 | 6,505 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source framework that lets developers declare and execute chaos engineering experiments using code files, enabling discovery of system weaknesses through intentional disruption and integration with CI/CD pipelines. | 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 | Python | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source under Apache 2 license","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://chaostoolkit.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:51:25.086Z"}` | `{"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 |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 50 | 8 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.scorecard | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=chaostoolkit&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"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 Toolkit | 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 2026-09-01T15:15:10.730Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*