# Flagger vs PipeCD

| Attribute | Flagger | PipeCD |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 45.2 (28% (low)) | 48.4 (28% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 10 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 10 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,395 | 1,346 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Infrastructure automation tool for Kubernetes that manages staged application releases using canary deployments, A/B testing, or blue-green strategies. It progressively shifts traffic to new versions while monitoring system health and running conformance tests to minimize production risk. | - |
| integrations.count | 12 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Istio"},{"name":"Linkerd"},{"name":"Kuma"},{"name":"Knative"},{"name":"nginx"},{"name":"contour"},{"name":"gloo"},{"name":"traefik"},{"name":"skipper"},{"name":"Apache APISIX"},{"name":"Gateway API"},{"name":"Slack"}]` | `[{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Stackdriver"},{"name":"Slack"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | - | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://flagger.app/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T23:31:50.668Z"}` | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | - |
| pricing.price_level | free | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 50 | 3 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.44.0","date":"2026-07-21T04:41:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.44.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.43.0","date":"2026-04-21T13:24:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.43.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.42.0","date":"2025-10-16T14:03:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.42.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.41.0","date":"2025-04-02T11:48:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.41.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.40.0","date":"2024-12-17T09:46:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.40.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.39.0","date":"2024-11-26T12:09:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.39.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.38.0","date":"2024-07-30T13:43:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.38.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.37.0","date":"2024-03-26T13:45:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.37.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.36.1","date":"2024-03-06T08:16:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.36.0","date":"2024-02-07T19:45:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.35.0","date":"2023-11-30T15:39:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.35.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.34.0","date":"2023-10-04T10:30:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.33.0","date":"2023-08-29T14:56:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.33.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.32.0","date":"2023-07-14T10:29:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.32.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.31.0","date":"2023-05-10T17:08:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.30.0","date":"2023-04-12T15:26:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.29.0","date":"2023-02-21T09:01:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.28.0","date":"2023-01-26T12:25:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.27.0","date":"2022-12-16T10:17:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.26.0","date":"2022-11-23T14:57:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.26.0"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/v0.58.0","date":"2026-08-23T03:22:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.58.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/kubernetes/v0.4.0","date":"2026-08-14T04:48:34Z","type":"stable","version":"pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/kubernetes/v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/v0.57.0","date":"2026-06-25T13:29:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.57.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/ecs/v0.1.0","date":"2026-06-24T08:12:28Z","type":"stable","version":"pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/ecs/v0.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/v0.56.0","date":"2026-05-13T06:35:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.56.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/v0.55.1-rc1","date":"2025-11-07T03:34:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.55.1-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/v0.55.1-rc0","date":"2025-10-29T02:48:53Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.55.1-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pipedv1/exp/v1.0.0-alpha1","date":"2025-10-20T02:26:55Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pipedv1/exp/v1.0.0-alpha1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/wait/v0.1.1","date":"2025-10-09T08:23:49Z","type":"stable","version":"pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/wait/v0.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/terraform/v0.2.1","date":"2025-10-09T08:27:39Z","type":"stable","version":"pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/terraform/v0.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pipedv1/exp/v1.0.0-rc6","date":"2025-10-09T08:20:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pipedv1/exp/v1.0.0-rc6"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/v0.55.0","date":"2025-10-08T08:12:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.55.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/waitapproval/v0.2.0","date":"2025-10-09T08:15:15Z","type":"stable","version":"pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/waitapproval/v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pipedv1/exp/v1.0.0-rc5","date":"2025-09-30T00:56:21Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pipedv1/exp/v1.0.0-rc5"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/v0.54.2","date":"2025-09-24T07:01:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.54.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/terraform/v0.2.0","date":"2025-09-24T04:17:17Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/terraform/v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/kubernetes/v0.3.0","date":"2025-09-26T06:03:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/kubernetes/v0.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/terraform/v0.1.0","date":"2025-09-19T06:53:46Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/terraform/v0.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/kubernetes/v0.2.0","date":"2025-09-18T08:48:55Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pkg/app/pipedv1/plugin/kubernetes/v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd/releases/tag/v0.54.1","date":"2025-09-17T09:50:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.54.1"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 8.8 | 6.7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ffluxcd%2Fflagger&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%2Fpipe-cd%2Fpipecd&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Gitops)

| Capability | Flagger | PipeCD |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Pull based sync | - | - |
| Helm chart support | - | - |
| Kustomize support | - | - |
| Sops vault secrets decryption | - | - |
| Canary blue green rollouts | - | - |
| Multi cluster sync | - | - |
| UI dashboard included | - | - |
| Drift detection healing | - | - |
| SSO SAML RBAC | - | - |
| Cncf graduated incubating | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:59:09.435Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*