Head-to-head · Chaos Engineering Platforms
Steadybit vs Tumult
Steadybit leads on 1 check, Tumult on 0, 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 trialonly Steadybit
- Most featuresSteadybit · 5 of 5
Steadybit scores higher on our rubric for chaos engineering platforms: 8.8 against 8.1 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #12.
Steadybit offers experiment scheduling; Tumult doesn't. On deployment model, Steadybit gives you Hybrid where Tumult offers Self_hosted.
Steadybit is the better fit for enterprise reliability workflows and governance. Tumult is the better fit for governed, observable self-hosted experiments.
- Steadybit fits best
Enterprise reliability workflows and governance
- Tumult fits best
Governed, observable self-hosted experiments
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Side by side
| Feature | Steadybit 8.8/10 Visit ↗ | Tumult 8.1/10 Visit ↗ |
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| At a glance | ||
| Editor score | 8.8 | 8.1 |
| Ranking | #5 in Chaos Engineering Platforms | #12 in Chaos Engineering Platforms |
| Best for | Enterprise reliability workflows and governance | Governed, observable self-hosted experiments |
| Pricing model | Paid | Free |
| Starting price | — | Open source |
| Free plan | — | Not checked yet |
| Free trial | 30 days | — |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web | Web, macOS, Linux |
| Support | Email, Tickets, Docs | Docs |
| Compliance | GDPR, SSO/SAML | SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS |
| Integrations | 28+ integrations | 3 integrations |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Features Steadybit 5/5 · Tumult 4/5 | ||
| Kubernetes support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud fault injection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Network fault injection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Experiment scheduling | ✓ (best) | — |
| Blast-radius controls | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Deployment model | Hybrid | Self_hosted |
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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 → |
Tumult is an open-source chaos engineering platform for reliability, platform, and SRE teams. It provides web UI and CLI experiment authoring, with support for Kubernetes pods, deployments, nodes, and network policies; AWS, Azure, and GCP… 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
Tumult — where it wins
- Risk-tiered approvals with quorum, TTL, and content-hash pinning
- Kubernetes, multi-cloud, network, and system-fault experiment coverage
- OpenTelemetry traces, DuckDB analytics, and compliance reports
Where it doesn't
- Self-hosted deployment requires a static binary or Docker image
- Native experiment scheduling is not currently available
- Integrations are centered on OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, and SigNoz
- Steadybit8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial
A governed, no-code platform for running controlled reliability experiments at scale.
Visit SteadybitFull verdict → - Tumult8.1/10 · Open source
A self-hosted platform for controlled, observable Kubernetes and multi-cloud experiments.
Visit TumultFull verdict →
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Nov 2026
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