Best Pumba Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from chaos engineering platforms ranked against Pumba on the same published basis.
- 1Pumba vs Chaos Toolkit
- 2Pumba vs Chaos Mesh
- 3Pumba vs Reliably
- 4Pumba vs ChaosBlade
- 5Pumba vs Gremlin
- 6Pumba vs Steadybit
- 7Pumba vs PowerfulSeal
- 8Pumba vs LitmusChaos
- 9Pumba vs AWS Fault Injection Service
- 10Pumba vs FaultMesh
- 11Pumba vs Krkn
- 12Pumba vs Tumult
- 13Pumba vs Krkn-AI
- 14Pumba vs Canonical Chaos Engineering Platform
- 16Pumba vs Toxiproxy
- 17Pumba vs chaosd
- 18Pumba vs KubeInvaders
- 19Pumba vs kube-monkey
- 20Pumba vs khaos-monkey
- 21Pumba vs Chaos Monkey for Spring Boot
Pumba alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaos Toolkit | 8.2 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Chaos Mesh | 8.2 | Free plan | Free | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 3 | Reliably | 7.8 | Free plan | £40/mo | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | ChaosBlade | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 5 | Gremlin | 7.2 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 6 | Steadybit | 7.1 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 7 | PowerfulSeal | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted, Web |
| 8 | LitmusChaos | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 9 | AWS Fault Injection Service | 6.6 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 10 | FaultMesh | 6.5 | No | — | Web |
| 11 | Krkn | 6.2 | No | — | Linux |
| 12 | Tumult | 6.1 | No | — | Web, Mac, Linux |
| 13 | Krkn-AI | 5.9 | No | — | — |
| 14 | Canonical Chaos Engineering Platform | 5.9 | No | — | Web, Linux |
| 16 | Toxiproxy | 5.6 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 17 | chaosd | 5.5 | No | — | Linux |
| 18 | KubeInvaders | 5.5 | No | — | self-hosted, Web |
| 19 | kube-monkey | 5.2 | No | — | — |
| 20 | khaos-monkey | 5.1 | No | — | — |
| 21 | Chaos Monkey for Spring Boot | 5.1 | No | — | — |
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Questions about Pumba alternatives
What is the best alternative to Pumba?
Chaos Toolkit, number 1 in chaos engineering platforms with a score of 8.2 out of 10. The others here: Chaos Mesh, Reliably, ChaosBlade and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Pumba?
Chaos Toolkit is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 6 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.