Cortex
Cortex is an Engineering Operations Platform that connects engineering teams, agents, tools, and processes around shared operational context.
What Cortex is
Cortex is an Engineering Operations Platform that connects engineering teams, agents, tools, and processes around shared operational context. Its AI-powered Context Graph maps services, dependencies, and ownership across an engineering stack. More than 50 out-of-the-box integrations include GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog, and Jira, while a plugin framework supports homegrown tools and data sources. Scorecards help teams track production readiness, security, and operational requirements. Engineering intelligence surfaces signals about velocity, reliability, efficiency, and AI adoption across teams. Developers can use workflows to create services, onboard infrastructure, request access, and handle other standardized tasks. A drag-and-drop builder and integration-aware blocks let teams assemble workflows without custom code. Cortex MCP provides AI tools with context such as ownership, service health, standards gaps, and incident history. Cortex identifies itself as SOC Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified. It says production data is encrypted at rest and communications are secured in transit. Pricing is per seat, scales with organization size, and is available by customized quote.
Good
- More than 50 out-of-the-box integrations.
- Workflow creation does not require custom code.
- Scorecards track readiness, security, and operations.
- Per-seat pricing scales with organization size.
Watch out
- Pricing is available by customized quote.
- Per-seat pricing scales with organization size.
Who it suits
Cortex is built for engineering leaders, platform and SRE teams, developers, and coding agents. It may suit organizations seeking shared engineering context, scorecards, and standardized workflows.
Verdict
Cortex brings engineering context, scorecards, intelligence, and workflows into one operations platform. Organizations should request a quote to assess its per-seat pricing for their size.
Plans and prices
From Cortex's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Custom | Priced on request | Per-seat pricing · Pricing scales with organization size · Customized quote |
| Custom pricing | Priced on request | scales with org size · per seat; customized |
The facts
Each one read from Cortex's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Context Graph
- Cortex uses AI to map services, dependencies, and ownership across an engineering stack.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Core purpose
- Cortex connects teams, agents, tools, and processes into a single source of truth for engineering operations.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Customer data
- Cortex says customer data includes user names and emails and that it does not access, store, or require data from a customer's own users.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Data protection
- Cortex states that production data is encrypted at rest and communications are secured with industry-standard methods in transit.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Engineering intelligence
- Eng Intelligence surfaces velocity, reliability, efficiency, and AI-adoption signals across teams.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integration framework
- Cortex includes a plugin framework for homegrown tools and data sources.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Cortex provides more than 50 out-of-the-box integrations, including GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog, and Jira.checked 30 Sep 2026
- MCP
- Cortex MCP gives AI tools engineering context such as ownership, service health, standards gaps, and incident history.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Password handling
- Cortex uses SSO for user login and does not store user passwords.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Product
- Cortex is an Engineering Operations Platform that runs mission control for an AI software factory.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Scorecards
- Cortex Scorecards automate standards and help teams track production readiness, security, and operational requirements.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security certifications
- Cortex identifies itself as SOC Type 2 Certified and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certified.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Target users
- Cortex is built for engineering leaders, platform teams, SRE teams, developers, and coding agents.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Workflow builder
- Cortex workflows can be assembled with an integration-aware block library and drag-and-drop orchestrator without custom code.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Workflows
- Cortex Workflows let developers create services, onboard infrastructure, request access, and perform other standardized tasks.checked 30 Sep 2026
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