# Cortex vs Massdriver

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Massdriver

| Attribute | Cortex | Massdriver |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 35.5 (56% (medium)) | 55.4 (55% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A platform for building and managing AI software factories, with focus on production AI operations and governance. | Massdriver packages Infrastructure as Code into governed service catalogs, allowing developers to provision and manage cloud infrastructure through visual forms and diagrams while automatically enforcing organizational policies, security controls, and compliance requirements defined by ops teams. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","scorecards":true,"scaffolding":true,"platform_shape":"portal","software_catalog":true,"integration_breadth":"Cloud platforms, CI/CD, security tools, observability platforms, ticketing syste","self_service_actions":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","rbac_sso":true,"tech_docs":true,"api_access":true,"scaffolding":true,"provisioning":true,"platform_shape":"both","software_catalog":true,"integration_breadth":"Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes orchestration, Infrastructure-as-C","self_service_actions":true,"workload_abstraction":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 11 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Backstage"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"OpenTofu"},{"name":"Helm"},{"name":"Azure Bicep"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"AWS Marketplace"},{"name":"Azure Marketplace"}]` |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"quote","summary":"Custom quote required","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cortex.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T09:38:27.300Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$999/month per 15 seats, billed annually","features":["Unlimited projects and cloud accounts","AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes support","Secrets management and RBAC","Audit log retention and deployment history","Integrated monitoring, alerting, and metrics retention","Preview environments","OpenTofu, Terraform, and Helm support","Support via private Slack channel"],"minSeats":15,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":999,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Built for scale","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing with volume discounts after 60 seats. 30-day self-hosted trial available.","features":["All Business tier features","Custom onboarding and training","Self-hosted and on-premises deployment support","Dedicated customer success manager","Custom SLAs","Custom integrations and provisioners"],"description":"Designed for complex orgs","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $999/month per 15 seats (Business, billed annually). Enterprise custom. AWS and Azure Marketplace options.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.massdriver.cloud/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:23:52.073Z","startingPrice":{"amount":999,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | no |
| pricing.model | quote | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | high |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Internal Developer Platforms)

| Capability | Cortex | Massdriver |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Portal vs orchestrator | Portal | Both |
| 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 | Cloud platforms, CI/CD, security tools, observability platforms, ticketing syste | Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes orchestration, Infrastructure-as-C |
| **Security** |  |  |
| RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM | - | ✓ |
| **Docs** |  |  |
| Integrated tech docs | - | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:08:27.343Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*