Backstage vs Atlassian Compass
Zero of fourteen models named Backstage first on the direct prompt; zero named Atlassian Compass. Both were named by all fourteen models and Backstage carries 72 labels and Atlassian Compass 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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
BackstageFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAtlassian Compass
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Backstage and Atlassian Compass were named in the same answer eighty-eight times, of the 218 answers naming Backstage and the 97 naming Atlassian Compass. In those answers Atlassian Compass took the first choice eight times and Backstage eighteen.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | | |
Backstage Atlassian Compass first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Backstage on the left and Atlassian Compass on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Backstage11%#2 of 7Atlassian Compass7%#3 of 7Backstage12%#2 of 8Atlassian Compass4%#5 of 8Backstage24%#2 of 9Atlassian Compass2%#8 of 9What the models said about Backstage
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“it is arguably the biggest trap for companies without a dedicated "Platform Team" of at least 3–5 senior engineers” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Backstage unless you have a dedicated platform engineering team and >1,000 developers” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Self-Hosting Backstage unless you have 2+ dedicated platform engineers” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“The Best Overall Choice (Zero Monetary Cost): Backstage ... the de facto industry standard for open-source developer portals” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Many teams start with Backstage for its flexibility but later discover they need more managed solutions” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“the best choice is usually open-source Backstage — if you can afford some engineering time” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
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
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.