Backstage comparisons
Backstage is compared head-to-head with configure8, Harness Internal Developer Portal and Port and more: 7 head-to-heads in Internal Developer Portals, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Backstage head-to-head
- Backstage vs configure8
- Backstage vs Harness Internal Developer Portal
- Backstage vs Port
- Backstage vs Roadie
- Backstage vs OpsLevel
- Backstage vs Red Hat Developer Hub
- Backstage vs Cortex
Backstage vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Software catalog | Self-service workflows | Engineering scorecards | Kubernetes support | Deployment model | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backstage | Yes | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 9.4 |
| 2 | configure8 | Yes | $228/user/yr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | 9.3 |
| 3 | Harness Internal Developer Portal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud | 9.2 | |
| 4 | Port | Yes | $30/seat/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud | 9.0 |
| 5 | Roadie | No | $24/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | 8.9 |
| 6 | OpsLevel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | 8.8 | ||
| 7 | Red Hat Developer Hub | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 8.7 | |
| 8 | Cortex | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud | 8.6 |
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