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Backstage vs Port

Backstage and Port 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 Port field by field

Backstage, Port compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
CategoryDevOpsDevOps
Pricing modelOpen SourceFreemium
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
  • Customizable self-service actions
  • Infrastructure management
  • Service catalog
  • Cost monitoring
  • Policy enforcement
Use cases
  • Building internal developer portals
  • Managing microservices architecture
  • Standardizing software development practices
  • Centralizing technical documentation
  • Building internal developer platforms
  • Infrastructure self-service
  • Cloud resource management
  • Development workflow automation
Integrations
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Kubernetes
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Grafana
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub
Tags
  • developer-portal
  • microservices
  • service-catalog
  • documentation
  • ci-cd
  • kubernetes
  • spotify
  • platform-engineering
  • internal-tools
  • self-service
  • developer-portal
  • platform-engineering
  • self-service
  • infrastructure
  • automation
  • service-catalog
  • devops
  • cloud-native
  • internal-platform
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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.

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Port

Modern self-service developer portal platform

Port is a developer portal that enables platform engineering teams to build internal developer platforms quickly and easily. It provides a flexible framework for creating custom self-service actions, managing infrastructure, and accelerating development workflows.

Full Port listing

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