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Backstage vs Humanitec

Backstage and Humanitec are both listed under DevOps in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

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Backstage vs Humanitec field by field

Backstage, Humanitec compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
Backstage
Humanitec
CategoryDevOpsDevOps
Pricing modelOpen SourcePaid
Open sourceYesNot recorded
GitHub stars34.8KNot tracked
Key features
  • Service Catalog for managing all software components
  • Software Templates for standardized project creation
  • TechDocs for documentation management
  • Kubernetes integration for deployment tracking
  • Plugin ecosystem for extensibility
  • Dynamic environment creation
  • Infrastructure orchestration
  • Configuration management
  • Workload management
  • Multi-cloud support
Use cases
  • Building internal developer portals
  • Managing microservices architecture
  • Standardizing software development practices
  • Centralizing technical documentation
  • Internal platform development
  • Environment management
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Development workflow optimization
Integrations
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Kubernetes
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Grafana
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
Tags
  • developer-portal
  • microservices
  • service-catalog
  • documentation
  • ci-cd
  • kubernetes
  • spotify
  • platform-engineering
  • internal-tools
  • self-service
  • platform-orchestration
  • internal-platform
  • cloud-native
  • devops
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What each one is

Backstage

An open platform for building developer portals

Backstage is an open-source developer portal platform created by Spotify that helps organizations streamline their development infrastructure. It provides a centralized platform where developers can easily create, manage, and discover all their organization's software components, from microservices to documentation.

Full Backstage listing

Humanitec

Internal Developer Platform Orchestrator

Humanitec is a platform orchestrator that helps organizations build and operate internal developer platforms. It provides powerful abstractions for managing applications, environments, and infrastructure across different clouds and tools.

Full Humanitec listing

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