chaosd
5.8#16 in chaos engineering platformsFree planFree planAPILinuxSelf-hosted
Visitchaosd vs Gremlin
What both publish
| Fact | chaosd | Gremlin |
|---|---|---|
| License | The GitHub repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0. | Gremlin's commercial reliability platform is not offered as an open-source product; a G2 reviewer specifically notes that no open-source version is available. |
| Purpose | Chaosd is a Chaos Engineering tool for injecting and recovering faults in physical machine environments. | Gremlin helps engineering teams find failure modes, fix them, and validate reliability before failures become outages. |
| Security | The PhysicalMachineChaos guide shows Chaosd configured with TLS certificates and says running the service without generated certificates is not recommended for cluster security. | Gremlin states it is SOC 2 Type II certified and encrypts data in transit with TLS and at rest with AES-256. |
chaosd plans
- ChaosdFree
Gremlin plans
- Gremlin 30-day trialFree
- Gremlin Platform trialFree
- Gremlin Reliability Management Platform on AWS Marketplace$45,000 a year
- Gremlin Foresight AIPriced on request
- Fault injection suite (stand-alone)Priced on request
- Professional ServicesPriced on request
Pick chaosd if…
chaosd suits teams running Chaos Engineering experiments on physical or virtual machines, especially those using Chaos Mesh PhysicalMachineChaos. It is intended for Linux environments that meet its documented requirements.
Pick Gremlin if…
Gremlin is aimed at SRE and platform teams, including teams in financial services, retail, media, and B2B SaaS. It also suits teams that need self-hosting rather than SaaS.