# Cortex vs Mia-Platform

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Cortex

| Attribute | Cortex | Mia-Platform |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 35.5 (56% (medium)) | 27.6 (41% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":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. | A platform that maps an organization's technology ecosystem—applications, infrastructure, data, APIs, and policies—into a unified, governed context catalog, enabling AI agents and development teams to build production-ready software with built-in compliance and security controls. |
| 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":false,"tech_docs":false,"api_access":true,"scorecards":false,"scaffolding":true,"provisioning":false,"platform_shape":"both","plugin_ecosystem":false,"software_catalog":true,"integration_breadth":"Cloud platforms, DevOps tools, AI-native protocols (MCP)","self_service_actions":true,"workload_abstraction":false}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Backstage"}]` | `[{"name":"Trustfull"},{"name":"docStribute"}]` |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"IT","primaryMarkets":["IT","EU","US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":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":"quote","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Platform as a Service (PaaS)","summary":"Fully managed cloud platform","description":"Fully managed environment ready to use for development teams","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Bring Your Own Infrastructure (SaaS)","summary":"Managed service on customer infrastructure","description":"Managed service with user-controlled runtime infrastructure","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Self-Hosted (On-Prem)","summary":"Self-managed on-premises deployment","description":"License to install and manage on own infrastructure","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Custom pricing via contact sales. Three deployment models: PaaS, SaaS (BYOI), or Self-Hosted.","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.mia-platform.eu","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:26:44.577Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | no |
| pricing.model | quote | quote |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Internal Developer Platforms)

| Capability | Cortex | Mia-Platform |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 platforms, DevOps tools, AI-native protocols (MCP) |
| **Security** |  |  |
| RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM | - | ✗ |
| **Docs** |  |  |
| Integrated tech docs | - | ✗ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:32:50.987Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*