Best Pumba Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 tools from chaos engineering platforms ranked against Pumba on the same published basis.
- 1Pumba vs Reliably
- 2Pumba vs Chaos Toolkit
- 3Pumba vs ChaosBlade
- 4Pumba vs Chaos Mesh
- 5Pumba vs Gremlin
- 6Pumba vs LitmusChaos
- 7Pumba vs Steadybit
- 8Pumba vs AWS Fault Injection Service
- 9Pumba vs PowerfulSeal
- 10Pumba vs Krkn
- 11Pumba vs Toxiproxy
- 12Pumba vs KubeInvaders
- 13Pumba vs Tumult
- 14Pumba vs Canonical Chaos Engineering Platform
- 15Pumba vs chaosd
- 16Pumba vs FaultMesh
- 18Pumba vs Tencent Cloud API Gateway
- 19Pumba vs Zuul
- 20Pumba vs Chaos Monkey for Spring Boot
- 21Pumba vs khaos-monkey
Pumba alternatives compared
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reliably | 7.6 | Free plan | £40/mo | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Chaos Toolkit | 7.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 3 | ChaosBlade | 7.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | Chaos Mesh | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 5 | Gremlin | 7.1 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 6 | LitmusChaos | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 7 | Steadybit | 7.1 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 8 | AWS Fault Injection Service | 6.8 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 9 | PowerfulSeal | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted, Web |
| 10 | Krkn | 6.6 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 11 | Toxiproxy | 6.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 12 | KubeInvaders | 6.2 | No | — | self-hosted, Web |
| 13 | Tumult | 6.2 | No | — | Web, Mac, Linux |
| 14 | Canonical Chaos Engineering Platform | 6.0 | No | — | Web, Linux |
| 15 | chaosd | 5.9 | No | — | Linux |
| 16 | FaultMesh | 5.9 | No | — | Web |
| 18 | Tencent Cloud API Gateway | 5.9 | No | — | Web |
| 19 | Zuul | 5.9 | No | — | Linux |
| 20 | Chaos Monkey for Spring Boot | 5.8 | No | — | — |
| 21 | khaos-monkey | 5.7 | No | — | — |
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Questions about Pumba alternatives
What is the best alternative to Pumba?
Reliably, number 1 in chaos engineering platforms with a score of 7.6 out of 10. The others here: Chaos Toolkit, ChaosBlade, Chaos Mesh and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Pumba?
Reliably 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 on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.