Head-to-head · Chaos Engineering Platforms
Steadybit vs 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 ↗ |
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| 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 |
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| 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 → |
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,… 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
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.
Visit SteadybitFull verdict → - Reliably8.7/10 · Free plan
A guided chaos management layer with broad execution options and a free entry tier.
Visit ReliablyFull verdict →
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Nov 2026
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