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Internal developer portals · November 2026 Edition

Roadie vs OpsLevel

One of fourteen models named Roadie first on the direct prompt; one named OpsLevel. Roadie was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and OpsLevel by fourteen and Roadie carries 32 labels and OpsLevel 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Roadie

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

OpsLevel

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share8%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels3242A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Roadie 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 Roadie · Port vs OpsLevel · Backstage vs Roadie

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.
RoadieFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOpsLevel
Direct11
Paraphrase30
Comparative10
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 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, Roadie and OpsLevel were named in the same answer seventy-three times, of the 103 answers naming Roadie and the 124 naming OpsLevel. In those answers OpsLevel took the first choice three times and Roadie eight.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Roadie 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
Roadie OpsLevel first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Roadie on the left and OpsLevel on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Roadie first, OpsLevel not the choice

1 of 14 modelsOpsLevel was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniRoadie alternatives: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Port

OpsLevel first, Roadie an alternative

1 of 14 modelsRoadie 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

8 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
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
Perplexity SonarPort alternatives: Atlassian Compass, Backstage, Humanitec, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
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
Roadie leads by four points.
Roadie6%#4 of 7
OpsLevel2%#5 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Roadie leads by six points.
Roadie8%#4 of 8
OpsLevel2%#6 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Roadie leads by three points.
Roadie3%#5 of 9
OpsLevel0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

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

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.