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Internal developer portals · November 2026 Edition

Atlassian Compass vs OpsLevel

Zero of fourteen models named Atlassian Compass first on the direct prompt; one named OpsLevel. Both were named by all fourteen models and Atlassian Compass carries 30 labels and OpsLevel 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Atlassian Compass

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

OpsLevel

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels3042A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Atlassian Compass reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Port was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Port vs Atlassian Compass · Port vs OpsLevel · Backstage vs Atlassian Compass

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the internal developer portals page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Atlassian CompassFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOpsLevel
Direct01
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained20
Scale-constrained001 against Atlassian Compass
Negative004 against Atlassian Compass · 3 against OpsLevel
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Atlassian Compass and OpsLevel were named in the same answer fifty-six times, of the 97 answers naming Atlassian Compass and the 124 naming OpsLevel. In those answers OpsLevel took the first choice two times and Atlassian Compass two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Atlassian Compass and OpsLevel stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Atlassian Compass OpsLevel first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Atlassian Compass on the left and OpsLevel on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Atlassian Compass and OpsLevel stood in it.

OpsLevel first, Atlassian Compass not the choice

1 of 14 modelsAtlassian Compass was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud alternatives: Backstage, Harness IDP, Roadie

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashPort alternatives: Atlassian Compass, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Roadie
Perplexity SonarPort alternatives: Atlassian Compass, Backstage, Humanitec, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Grok 4.20Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud alternatives: OpsLevel, Port, Roadie
DeepSeek V4 FlashPort alternatives: OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Llama 4 MaverickPort alternatives: Backstage, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Kimi K2Port alternatives: OpsLevel
GLM 4.7 FlashXPort alternatives: Backstage, Humanitec, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
GPT-6 LunaPort alternatives: Backstage, OpsLevel
Muse Glimmer 30BPort alternatives: Backstage, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniRoadie alternatives: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Port
Mistral SmallPort
Qwen 3.7 FlashPort alternatives: Humanitec

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Atlassian Compass leads by six points.
Atlassian Compass7%#3 of 7
OpsLevel2%#5 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Atlassian Compass leads by two points.
Atlassian Compass4%#5 of 8
OpsLevel2%#6 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Atlassian Compass leads by two points.
Atlassian Compass2%#8 of 9
OpsLevel0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Atlassian Compass

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“I would not start a new evaluation with Atlassian Compass as a standalone option.” GPT-6 Luna · scale prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for new implementations — Atlassian is winding this down” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Ecosystem-centric portals like Atlassian Compass... can lack the deep extensibility or custom integration freedom” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best internal developer portal for a company with a limited budget is Atlassian Compass, which is a cheap per-user IDP at $8/user/mo” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Atlassian Compass is usually the best paid choice” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“If you're already using Atlassian tools, Compass is the most budget-friendly paid option.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative

What the models said about OpsLevel

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Proprietary Closed‑Source Portals (e.g., Port.io, OpsLevel, Atlassian Compass) | *Vendor lock‑in.*” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“proprietary portals (Port.io, OpsLevel, Atlassian Compass, etc.) carry vendor lock-in risks” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Proprietary SaaS IDPs with Rigid Lock-In (Port, Cortex, OpsLevel)... Data Model Lock-In” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend Cortex or OpsLevel” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“OpsLevel if automated cataloging, service ownership, and enforcing engineering standards are the main goals.” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · alternative
“When to choose OpsLevel: If automated catalog discovery and "maturity" tracking are your biggest pain points” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.