Side by side
Kargo Enterprise vs Sveltos
Both stand on gitops tools. 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
Kargo Enterprise combines cross-environment promotion pipelines with governance, audit, metrics, and rollback. Its self-hosted option and broad deployment targets make it suited to organizations coordinating complex delivery setups, subject to paid pricing.
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Free plan Self-hosted
Sveltos provides multi-cluster deployment, drift management, event automation, and staged rollouts. Teams can start with the free core offering and consider Enterprise Premium for its listed support and rollout capabilities.
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| Kargo Enterprise | Sveltos | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | A free trial | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Self-hosted, Web | Self-hosted |
| Lowest paid plan | Akuity Platform Pro: $495 a month | See the plans |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | akuity.io | website.projectsveltos.io |
| On gitops tools | #26 of 35 | #22 of 35 |
Kargo Enterprise: what it does well
- Pipelines span Kubernetes, VMs, serverless, Terraform, and hybrid environments
- Approval policies and promotion windows support release governance
- Filtered audit log records promotion actions
- Rollback is supported
- Self-hosted and web deployment options
What to know first
- No free plan
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
- Enterprise support features are plan-dependent
Sveltos: what it does well
- Supports Helm, YAML/JSON, Kustomize, ytt, and Jsonnet
- Can report or reconcile configuration drift
- Stages cluster rollouts with ClusterPromotion
- Free core features include community Slack support
What to know first
- Enterprise Premium costs $960 a year per cluster
- Priority SLA-backed support is listed for Enterprise Premium
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