# Fleet vs PipeCD

| Attribute | Fleet | PipeCD |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 46.2 (22% (low)) | 48.4 (28% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 81 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 103 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 1,724 | 1,346 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Fleet is a container management and deployment engine for Kubernetes clusters that uses GitOps to manage configurations from multiple sources including raw YAML, Helm charts, and Kustomize. It provides centralized control and monitoring across single clusters or large-scale distributed cluster deployments. | - |
| integrations.count | 5 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Helm"},{"name":"Kustomize"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Rancher"}]` | `[{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Stackdriver"},{"name":"Slack"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://fleet.rancher.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T23:33:09.081Z"}` | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | - |
| pricing.price_level | free | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 3 |
| release.history | 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| `[{"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 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Francher%2Ffleet%2Fpkg%2Fapis&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 | Fleet | 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 2026-09-01T14:23:58.186Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*