Best Chaos Engineering Platforms in 2026
Updated
In short: Chaos Toolkit is ranked #1 of 21 as of 3 October 2026, ahead of Chaos Mesh and Gremlin. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Chaos Mesh. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Reliably at £40/mo.
21 chaos engineering platforms ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Kubernetes support | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaos Toolkit | 8.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 2 | Chaos Mesh | 8.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 3 | Gremlin | 8.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | Yes | View |
| 4 |  ChaosBlade | 8.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 5 | AWS Fault Injection Service | 7.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 6 | Reliably | 7.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | £40/mo | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 7 | FaultMesh | 6.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | 49 /mo | Yes | View |
| 8 |  Steadybit | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | Yes | View |
| 9 |  Krkn | 6.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 10 |  PowerfulSeal | 6.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 11 |  LitmusChaos | 6.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 12 |  Tumult | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 13 |  Toxiproxy | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | No | View |
| 14 |  chaosd | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | No | View |
| 15 |  Krkn-AI | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 16 |  Canonical Chaos Engineering Platform | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 17 |  Pumba | 5.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 18 |  Chaos Monkey for Spring Boot | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 19 | KubeInvaders | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 20 |  kube-monkey | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 21 |  khaos-monkey | 4.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
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Questions about this list
Which chaos engineering platform is ranked first on Inferse?
Chaos Toolkit is ranked #1 of 21 with a score of 8.9. Chaos Mesh is second and Gremlin third.
How many of these have a free plan?
5 of the 21 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Reliably has the lowest first paid tier we found: £40/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.