Upbound comparisons
Upbound is compared head-to-head with Harness Internal Developer Portal, Backstage and Port and more: 7 head-to-heads in Platform Engineering Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Upbound head-to-head
- Upbound vs Harness Internal Developer Portal
- Upbound vs Backstage
- Upbound vs Port
- Upbound vs Roadie
- Upbound vs Cortex
- Upbound vs Mia-Platform Console
- Upbound vs Cycloid
Upbound vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Self-service provisioning | Infrastructure as code | Workflow automation | Kubernetes support | Deployment model | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Upbound | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hybrid | 6.7 |
| 1 | Harness Internal Developer Portal | Yes | — | — | — | — | Yes | Cloud | 9.0 |
| 2 | Backstage | Yes | None | — | — | — | Yes | Self-hosted | 8.2 |
| 3 | Port | Yes | $30/user/mo | — | — | — | Yes | Cloud | 7.9 |
| 4 | Roadie | No | $24/user/mo | — | — | — | Yes | — | 7.6 |
| 5 | Cortex | — | — | — | — | — | Yes | Cloud | 6.9 |
| 6 | Mia-Platform Console | — | — | — | — | — | Yes | — | 6.9 |
| 8 | Cycloid | No | $29/user/mo | — | — | — | — | — | 6.6 |
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Compared by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026
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