Cortex
What it is
Cortex is an Engineering Operations Platform for coordinating engineering teams, agents, tools, and processes. Its Context Graph uses AI to map services, dependencies, and ownership across an engineering stack. More than 50 integrations include GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog, and Jira, and a plugin framework supports homegrown tools and data sources. Scorecards help track production readiness, security, and operational requirements. Engineering intelligence surfaces signals about velocity, reliability, efficiency, and AI adoption. Developers can use workflows to create services, onboard infrastructure, request access, and complete other standardized tasks. An integration-aware block library and drag-and-drop orchestrator let teams assemble workflows without custom code. Cortex MCP gives AI tools context such as ownership, service health, standards gaps, and incident history. The cloud service includes a software catalog, self-service workflows, engineering scorecards, Kubernetes support, and ownership documentation. Cortex identifies SOC Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications. Pricing is per seat, scales with organization size, and is available by customized quote.
For and against
For
- Maps services, dependencies, and ownership with AI
- Offers more than 50 integrations
- Provides scorecards for production and security requirements
- Builds workflows without custom code
- Supplies engineering context through MCP
Against
- Pricing is available by customized quote
- Per-seat pricing scales with organization size
- Cloud deployment only
The verdict
Cortex brings service context, workflows, scorecards, integrations, and engineering intelligence into one cloud platform. Its custom per-seat pricing means teams need an organization-specific quote.
Who it suits
Cortex is built for engineering leaders, platform teams, SRE teams, developers, and coding agents. It fits organizations seeking shared operational context and standardized engineering workflows.
Plans and prices
Custom
Per-seat pricing · Pricing scales with organization size · Customized quote
Read 20 Sep 2026 · cortex.io
Custom pricing
scales with org size
Read 30 Sep 2026 · cortex.io
On the record
- Context Graph
- Cortex uses AI to map services, dependencies, and ownership across an engineering stack.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Core purpose
- Cortex connects teams, agents, tools, and processes into a single source of truth for engineering operations.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 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 · read 30 Sep 2026
- Data protection
- Cortex states that production data is encrypted at rest and communications are secured with industry-standard methods in transit.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Engineering intelligence
- Eng Intelligence surfaces velocity, reliability, efficiency, and AI-adoption signals across teams.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Integration framework
- Cortex includes a plugin framework for homegrown tools and data sources.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Cortex provides more than 50 out-of-the-box integrations, including GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog, and Jira.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- MCP
- Cortex MCP gives AI tools engineering context such as ownership, service health, standards gaps, and incident history.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Password handling
- Cortex uses SSO for user login and does not store user passwords.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Product
- Cortex is an Engineering Operations Platform that runs mission control for an AI software factory.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Scorecards
- Cortex Scorecards automate standards and help teams track production readiness, security, and operational requirements.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Security certifications
- Cortex identifies itself as SOC Type 2 Certified and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certified.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Target users
- Cortex is built for engineering leaders, platform teams, SRE teams, developers, and coding agents.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Workflow builder
- Cortex workflows can be assembled with an integration-aware block library and drag-and-drop orchestrator without custom code.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Workflows
- Cortex Workflows let developers create services, onboard infrastructure, request access, and perform other standardized tasks.cortex.io · read 30 Sep 2026
