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Head-to-head · Chaos Engineering Platforms

Steadybit vs Reliably

  • Updated Nov 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Steadybit #5 in Chaos Engineering Platforms 8.8/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Steadybit
Reliably #6 in Chaos Engineering Platforms 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Reliably

Steadybit leads on 0 checks, Reliably on 1, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreSteadybit · 8.8/10
  • Free planonly Reliably
  • Free trialonly Steadybit

Steadybit scores higher on our rubric for chaos engineering platforms: 8.8 against 8.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #6.

Reliably offers free plan; Steadybit doesn't.

Steadybit is the better fit for enterprise reliability workflows and governance. Reliably is the better fit for teams wanting a guided chaos management layer.

  • Steadybit fits best

    Enterprise reliability workflows and governance

  • Reliably fits best

    Teams wanting a guided chaos management layer

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Side by side

Feature Steadybit 8.8/10 Visit ↗ Reliably 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.8 8.7
Ranking #5 in Chaos Engineering Platforms #6 in Chaos Engineering Platforms
Best for Enterprise reliability workflows and governance Teams wanting a guided chaos management layer
Pricing model Paid Free plan + paid
Starting price — £40/mo
Free plan — ✓ (best)
Free trial 30 days —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web, Windows, Linux
Support Email, Tickets, Docs Email, Docs
Integrations 28+ integrations 3 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Steadybit 5/5 · Reliably 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
  • More than 300 actions and probes for experiment design
  • Runs through cloud, GitHub Actions, CLI, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Free plan includes unlimited custom and GitHub executions
Cons
  • Professional and Enterprise plans require contact with Steadybit
  • There is no permanent free plan
  • Advanced governance features are reserved for Enterprise
  • Free plan is limited to one team member
  • Free plan includes only five custom experiments
  • Start limits cloud execution to 300 minutes per month
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…

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Reliably is a resilience engineering platform for software and operations teams that need to plan, run, schedule, and review Chaos Toolkit experiments. Its experiment builder, reusable templates, JSON import, execution journals, timelines,…

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  1. SteadybitChaos Engineering Platforms 8.8Pricing on request · 30-day trial
  2. ReliablyChaos Engineering Platforms 8.7Free plan

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
  • Reliably — where it wins

    • More than 300 actions and probes for experiment design
    • Runs through cloud, GitHub Actions, CLI, Docker, and Kubernetes
    • Free plan includes unlimited custom and GitHub executions

    Where it doesn't

    • Free plan is limited to one team member
    • Free plan includes only five custom experiments
    • Start limits cloud execution to 300 minutes per month
  • Steadybit8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

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

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  • Reliably8.7/10 · Free plan

    A guided chaos management layer with broad execution options and a free entry tier.

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Nov 2026

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