FaultMesh
7.2#1 in chaos engineering platformsFrom $49 a monthFree planWebAPISelf-hosted
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What both publish
| Fact | FaultMesh | Toxiproxy |
|---|---|---|
| API | A single REST gateway exposes endpoints for authentication, experiments, game days, incidents, remediation, scoring, topology and licensing. | The HTTP API supports creating, updating, listing, and deleting proxies and toxics, resetting proxies, and retrieving version and Prometheus-compatible metrics. |
| Deployment | FaultMesh is available as managed SaaS or as a Kubernetes Operator deployed in the customer's cluster, where data stays inside the perimeter. | The project provides Linux packages and binaries, macOS installation through Homebrew or MacPorts, a Windows download, a GitHub Container Registry image, and a source build option. |
| Purpose | FaultMesh injects controlled failures, detects anomalies in real time, remediates automatically and scores system resilience on a Kubernetes-native platform. | Toxiproxy is a TCP proxy for simulating network and system conditions in chaos and resiliency testing. |
FaultMesh plans
- StarterFree
- Growth$49 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Toxiproxy plans
- ToxiproxyFree
Pick FaultMesh if…
Starter is described for small teams beginning chaos engineering, while Growth suits teams making it routine. Enterprise is aimed at organizations that want to run FaultMesh inside their own perimeter.
Pick Toxiproxy if…
Toxiproxy suits developers and teams testing service failure handling in development, unit and integration tests, or CI. It is intended for checking that applications do not depend on a single point of failure.