Gremlin
7.2#2 in chaos engineering platformsFrom $3,750 a monthWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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LitmusChaos
6.1#11 in chaos engineering platformsFree planFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Gremlin | LitmusChaos |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Documented integrations include AWS, Azure, GCP, Jira and configurable REST webhooks. | The project documentation describes a Backstage plugin for displaying Litmus experiments, Chaos Hubs, environments, and experiment runs. |
| Intended users | Gremlin describes its users as SRE and platform teams, and says financial services, retail, media, and B2B SaaS companies use the product. | The site describes Litmus as designed for developers, Kubernetes developers, and SREs. |
| Purpose | Gremlin helps engineering teams find failure modes, fix them, and validate reliability before failures become outages. | Litmus is an open-source chaos engineering platform for identifying infrastructure weaknesses through controlled chaos tests. |
| Security | Gremlin states it is SOC 2 Type II certified and encrypts data in transit with TLS and at rest with AES-256. | The homepage says the MCP Server uses tokens and scoped access for safer experimentation workflows. |
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
LitmusChaos plans
- Hosted SaaSFree
- Open-source LitmusChaosFree
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.
Pick LitmusChaos if…
LitmusChaos suits developers, Kubernetes developers, and SREs who want to run controlled infrastructure experiments. Its experiment scheduling and Prometheus metrics may help teams review impact over time.