Tech riderRev. 5 Oct 2026
- 1Runs onAPI, self-hosted
- 2CostsFree plan · free trial
- 3℗Ownership documentationYes
- 4Software catalogNo
- 5Self-service workflowsYes
- 6Kubernetes supportYes
- 7Deployment modelself-hosted
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Overview
Kratix is ranked #15 of 30 in platform engineering software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Self-hosted. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered.
Kratix plans and pricing
All plansKratix Open Source Free Open-source core · Community Slack support · Promise-writing CLI and Go/Python SDKs · Promise revisions and upgrades · Metrics and observability endpoint · Marketplace syntasso.io · 5 Oct 2026
Syntasso Kratix Agentic (SKA) Not published Contact Us Includes open-source features · Supported MCP integration · Enterprise Terraform integration (TFE & HCP) · Business-hours support · Onboarding and training · Secure base images, SBOMs, nightly scans syntasso.io · 5 Oct 2026
Syntasso Kratix Enterprise (SKE) Not published Contact Us Includes SKA features · SKE GUI · Supported Backstage, Cortex and Port integrations · Upgrade Orchestrator · Business-hours support · Secure base images, SBOMs, nightly scans syntasso.io · 5 Oct 2026
Syntasso Integrator Not published Contact Us Includes SKE features · Specialised support and training · Partner events · Co-marketing · Dedicated partnership account manager syntasso.io · 5 Oct 2026
Compared on platform engineering software
Facts
- Purpose
- Kratix is an open-source framework for building internal developer platforms and orchestrating platform capabilities.docs.kratix.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Promises
- Promises define self-service APIs, embedded workflows, and fleet management for platform resources.docs.kratix.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Workflow automation
- Kratix workflows can encode organisation and department-level policy and governance into reusable Promises and Workflows.syntasso.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Fleet management
- Kratix manages platform resources across clusters as a unified automated fleet.docs.kratix.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- The maker describes capabilities as consumable through portals, APIs, CLIs, GitOps workflows, MCPs, automation, and AI agents.kratix.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The enterprise offering lists supported integrations for Backstage, Cortex, Port, MCP, and Terraform Enterprise and HCP Terraform.syntasso.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Marketplace
- The Kratix Marketplace offers community-built Promises and Pipeline Stages, and the pricing page names Redis, Jenkins, and Amazon S3 examples.docs.kratix.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- Enterprise plans include secure base images, software bills of materials, and nightly security scans.syntasso.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- SKE support is available from 9:00 to 17:00 UK time on business days, with incident response targets described in its support policy.docs.kratix.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The documentation says the quick-start SeaweedFS-backed state store is configured for learning and is not robust or durable enough for production use.docs.kratix.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The installation guide covers Azure Kubernetes Service, Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, and other Kubernetes setups.docs.kratix.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes the open-source tier as suited to practitioners getting hands-on and the enterprise offering as suited to teams planning production use.syntasso.io · 5 Oct 2026
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Sources
- docs.kratix.io· checked 5 Oct 2026
- syntasso.io/pricing· checked 5 Oct 2026
- kratix.io· checked 5 Oct 2026
- docs.kratix.io/marketplace· checked 5 Oct 2026
- docs.kratix.io/ske/support· checked 5 Oct 2026
- docs.kratix.io/main/guides/installing-kratix-others· checked 5 Oct 2026




