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What Cortex is

Cortex is an Engineering Operations Platform that connects teams, agents, tools, and processes around a shared source of engineering context. Its AI-based Context Graph maps services, dependencies, and ownership across an engineering stack. More than 50 ready-made integrations include GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog, and Jira, and a plugin framework can accommodate homegrown tools and data sources. Scorecards help teams monitor production readiness, security, and operational requirements. Engineering intelligence surfaces signals about velocity, reliability, efficiency, and AI adoption across teams. Developers can use workflows for tasks such as creating services, onboarding infrastructure, and requesting access. An integration-aware block library and drag-and-drop orchestrator let teams assemble workflows without custom code. Cortex MCP gives AI tools context that can include ownership, service health, standards gaps, and incident history. Cortex identifies itself as SOC Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, and says production data is encrypted at rest and communications are secured in transit. Pricing is customized, per seat, and scales with organization size.

Who it suits

Cortex is aimed at engineering leaders, platform teams, SRE teams, developers, and coding agents. It may fit organizations seeking shared engineering context and standardized workflows across teams.

What it does well

  • More than 50 out-of-the-box integrations
  • Tracks readiness, security, and operational requirements
  • Workflow builder needs no custom code
  • Provides engineering context to AI tools

What to know first

  • Pricing is by customized quote
  • Per-seat pricing scales with organization size

Plans

PlanBilled and limitsPrice
CustomPer-seat pricing · Pricing scales with organization size · Customized quoteOn request
Custom pricingper seat; customized · scales with org sizeOn request

As cortex.io lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Getting started

  1. Visit the Cortex website.
  2. Contact Cortex for a customized per-seat quote.
  3. Choose a plan sized to your organization.
  4. Connect supported tools through out-of-the-box integrations or the plugin framework.
  5. Use scorecards and workflows to manage engineering standards and recurring tasks.

Verdict

Cortex combines engineering context, scorecards, intelligence, and workflow tools for teams coordinating engineering operations. Buyers should consider its organization-scaled, customized per-seat pricing.

Questions

How much does Cortex cost?

Cortex uses customized per-seat pricing that scales with organization size. Contact the maker for a quote.

What platforms does Cortex support?

The listed platforms are API and web. Cortex is a cloud deployment.

What integrations does Cortex provide?

Cortex lists more than 50 out-of-the-box integrations, including GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog and Jira. A plugin framework supports homegrown tools and data sources.

Can teams build workflows without custom code?

Yes. Teams can use an integration-aware block library and drag-and-drop orchestrator to assemble workflows without custom code.

What security certifications does Cortex identify?

Cortex identifies itself as SOC Type 2 Certified and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certified.

Who is Cortex built for?

Cortex is built for engineering leaders, platform teams, SRE teams, developers and coding agents.

Facts from Cortex's own pages

Context Graph
Cortex uses AI to map services, dependencies, and ownership across an engineering stack. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Core purpose
Cortex connects teams, agents, tools, and processes into a single source of truth for engineering operations. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Customer data
Cortex says customer data includes user names and emails and that it does not access, store, or require data from a customer's own users. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Data protection
Cortex states that production data is encrypted at rest and communications are secured with industry-standard methods in transit. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Engineering intelligence
Eng Intelligence surfaces velocity, reliability, efficiency, and AI-adoption signals across teams. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Integration framework
Cortex includes a plugin framework for homegrown tools and data sources. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Integrations
Cortex provides more than 50 out-of-the-box integrations, including GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog, and Jira. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
MCP
Cortex MCP gives AI tools engineering context such as ownership, service health, standards gaps, and incident history. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Password handling
Cortex uses SSO for user login and does not store user passwords. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Product
Cortex is an Engineering Operations Platform that runs mission control for an AI software factory. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Scorecards
Cortex Scorecards automate standards and help teams track production readiness, security, and operational requirements. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Security certifications
Cortex identifies itself as SOC Type 2 Certified and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certified. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Target users
Cortex is built for engineering leaders, platform teams, SRE teams, developers, and coding agents. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Workflow builder
Cortex workflows can be assembled with an integration-aware block library and drag-and-drop orchestrator without custom code. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026
Workflows
Cortex Workflows let developers create services, onboard infrastructure, request access, and perform other standardized tasks. · cortex.io, 30 Sept 2026

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