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Facets vs W'xOps
Both stand on internal developer portals. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free trial Self-hostedWeb
Choose Facets if your platform team wants governed self-service infrastructure across multiple clouds, with drift management and reusable integrations. Look elsewhere if you need cloud infrastructure costs bundled into the platform price or a free plan.
Visit Facets Free plan APILinuxMac+3
Choose W'xOps if your team already runs Kubernetes and wants self-service workflows routed through reviewed pull requests and GitOps sync. Look elsewhere if you do not plan to use Kubernetes or need a broad third-party plugin ecosystem.
Visit W'xOpsThe facts
| Facets | W'xOps | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | A free trial | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Self-hosted, Web | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | See the plans | Not published |
| Plans published | 2 | None |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | facets.cloud | docs.wxops.cloud |
| On internal developer portals | #18 of 27 | #14 of 27 |
Facets: what it does well
- Orchestrates environments across AWS, GCP and Azure.
- Self-service provisioning lets platform teams maintain guardrails.
- Continuously reconciles configuration to catch and fix drift.
- Policy-as-code includes security, cost and dependency controls.
- Integrations can be extended with any Terraform provider.
What to know first
- Pay-as-you-go includes 20 Resource Instances; extra instances cost $10/RI.
- Cloud infrastructure costs are billed separately.
- Enterprise uses negotiated fixed annual pricing.
W'xOps: what it does well
- Searchable catalog uses Backstage-compatible YAML without a database or catalog server.
- RBAC controls what users can see on spoke clusters.
- Scaffolding previews manifests and opens a pull request.
- Lifecycle promotions use role-gated pull requests.
- Includes a CLI and API reference.
What to know first
- Requires teams to run Kubernetes.
- The maker says it lacks a broad third-party plugin ecosystem.
- The portal image is in a private registry with case-by-case enterprise access.
- Vault secret paths cannot be read back or deleted through the portal.
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