Both platforms run chaos experiments safely across a broad range of infrastructure. The difference is what you get back — experiment results or reliability measurement. Here's an honest comparison to help you decide.
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Both platforms can run chaos experiments safely. The right choice depends on what you need beyond that.
Steadybit is organized around experiments: discover targets, design tests, run them, report on what happened. Gremlin is organized around measurement: service-level reliability scores tracked over time and benchmarked across teams.
Steadybit delivers capabilities through open-source extensions you deploy and maintain. Gremlin builds all capabilities into the platform and fully supports them as part of it.
Gremlin includes centralized DR simulation with auditable, compliance-ready reporting. Steadybit has no dedicated DR workflow — you'd build it from general-purpose experiments.
Where experiment design ends and reliability management begins.
Both approaches have strengths. Here's where they differ most.
One of the largest banks in the world used Gremlin to go from running 4,000 distinct DR tests manually to completing full disaster recovery testing in a tenth of the time — a 90% reduction.
At a Fortune 500 insurer
At a top-5 US bank
At a global auto parts retailer
During 100M-customer migration
Gremlin allowed us to launch our new platform for Black Friday with zero major incidents.
“We developed our team's expertise to handle issues that other teams couldn't test. At the same time, we championed Chaos Engineering, demonstrating its value in rapidly evaluating various scenarios.”
Lead Performance Engineer
Sephora
Honest guidance to help you choose the right approach for your team.
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