Backstage vs OpsLevel

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

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

Backstage, OpsLevel compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
	Backstage	OpsLevel
Category	DevOps	DevOps
Pricing model	Open Source	Paid
Open source	Yes	Not recorded
GitHub stars	34.8K	Not 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	Service catalog management Operational maturity scoring Automated service checks Custom rubrics and scorecards Integration hub
Use cases	Building internal developer portals Managing microservices architecture Standardizing software development practices Centralizing technical documentation	Managing microservices architecture Improving operational maturity Service ownership tracking DevOps practices adoption
Integrations	GitHub GitLab Kubernetes Jenkins CircleCI Grafana	GitHub GitLab Kubernetes PagerDuty Datadog
Tags	developer-portal microservices service-catalog documentation ci-cd kubernetes spotify platform-engineering internal-tools self-service	service-catalog devops-maturity microservices operational-excellence engineering-metrics service-ownership scorecards platform-engineering
Links	Website (opens in a new tab) GitHub (opens in a new tab) Docs (opens in a new tab)	Website (opens in a new tab)

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.

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OpsLevel

Service Catalog and DevOps Maturity Platform

OpsLevel helps engineering teams manage their microservices architecture and improve operational maturity. It provides a comprehensive service catalog with built-in scoring, automated checks, and customizable rubrics to measure and improve service quality.

Full OpsLevel listing

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