Steadybit vs LitmusChaos

SSteadybit8.8Visit LitmusChaos8.6Visit

Higher score S Steadybit #5 in Chaos Engineering Platforms 8.8/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Steadybit

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LitmusChaos #7 in Chaos Engineering Platforms 8.6/10 Open source ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit LitmusChaos

• Steadybit fits best

  Enterprise reliability workflows and governance

• LitmusChaos fits best

  Open-source Kubernetes and cloud platforms

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Side by side

Feature	SSteadybit 8.8/10 Visit ↗	LitmusChaos 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.6
Ranking	#5 in Chaos Engineering Platforms	#7 in Chaos Engineering Platforms
Best for	Enterprise reliability workflows and governance	Open-source Kubernetes and cloud platforms
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	—	Open source
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Tickets, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	28+ integrations	2 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Steadybit 5/5 · LitmusChaos 5/5
Kubernetes support	✓	✓
Cloud fault injection	✓	✓
Network fault injection	✓	✓
Experiment scheduling	✓	✓
Blast-radius controls	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Our review
Pros	No-code experiments with blast-radius controls and emergency stops Broad fault injection across Kubernetes, cloud, networks, hosts, and applications CI/CD, API, CLI, scheduled execution, reports, and audit logs	Supports Kubernetes plus AWS, GCP, and Azure experiments Composes, schedules, and repeats multi-step chaos workflows Uses probes, Prometheus metrics, and scope controls for validation
Cons	Professional and Enterprise plans require contact with Steadybit There is no permanent free plan Advanced governance features are reserved for Enterprise	The listed integration set is limited to Prometheus and Kubernetes Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of narrowly focused teams Teams must choose between hosted SaaS and self-hosted deployment
Our verdict	Steadybit is a chaos engineering and reliability testing platform for software, platform, and reliability teams. It helps organizations discover system components, identify reliability risks, design no-code experiments, inject faults, and… Read the review →	LitmusChaos is an open-source chaos engineering platform for cloud-native infrastructure and applications. It is designed for developers, QA teams, and site reliability engineers who need to design, orchestrate, schedule, and analyze… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Steadybit — where it wins

  • No-code experiments with blast-radius controls and emergency stops
  • Broad fault injection across Kubernetes, cloud, networks, hosts, and applications
  • CI/CD, API, CLI, scheduled execution, reports, and audit logs

  Where it doesn't

  • Professional and Enterprise plans require contact with Steadybit
  • There is no permanent free plan
  • Advanced governance features are reserved for Enterprise

• LitmusChaos — where it wins

  • Supports Kubernetes plus AWS, GCP, and Azure experiments
  • Composes, schedules, and repeats multi-step chaos workflows
  • Uses probes, Prometheus metrics, and scope controls for validation

  Where it doesn't

  • The listed integration set is limited to Prometheus and Kubernetes
  • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of narrowly focused teams
  • Teams must choose between hosted SaaS and self-hosted deployment

• SSteadybit8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A governed, no-code platform for running controlled reliability experiments at scale.

  Visit SteadybitFull verdict →
• LitmusChaos8.6/10 · Open source

  A broad chaos platform for Kubernetes and cloud teams that need controlled failure experiments.

  Visit LitmusChaosFull verdict →