Backstage vs Roadie
Zero of fourteen models named Backstage first on the direct prompt; one named Roadie. Backstage was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Roadie by thirteen and Backstage carries 72 labels and Roadie 32, 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 modelsRoadie
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Backstage and Roadie were named in the same answer eighty-six times, of the 218 answers naming Backstage and the 103 naming Roadie. In those answers Roadie took the first choice ten times and Backstage twenty-two.
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 Roadie first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Backstage on the left and Roadie on the right.The direct prompt
Roadie first, Backstage not the choice
1 of 14 modelsBackstage was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
5 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
What 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 Roadie
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“starting with a SaaS catalog-first portal like Port or Roadie gives the quickest developer experience lift” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Need speed and developer experience? Port or Roadie.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Roadie for a mid-sized B2B company” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.