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CDviz vs Apache DevLake ​

Looking for an open-source Apache DevLake alternative? This page compares CDviz and DevLake across architecture, integrations, and use cases.

Both are open-source platforms for engineering metrics and SDLC visibility. They take different approaches.

Last updated July 2026. Corrections welcome.

At a glance ​

CDvizApache DevLake
LicenseApache 2.0Apache 2.0
Self-hostedYesYes
SaaS optionCloud (€20/mo, 14-day free trial)No
Commercial supportYesNo
CDEvents standardnativeNo
Data modelEvent-driven (push)Pull-based (polling)
Beyond monitoring: trigger workflowsYesNo
DORA metricsYesYes
Built-in integrationsGitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Kubernetes…50+ (Jira, Jenkins, PagerDuty, SonarQube…)
Customizable storage backendsYes (PostgreSQL, ClickHouse…)No
VisualizationGrafana, any analytics / AI / IDP toolbuilt-in Grafana dashboards
MaturityEarly stageIncubating @ Apache

Key differences ​

  • Standard vs custom model: CDviz uses the open CDEvents specification as its event schema. DevLake uses a proprietary domain model. CDviz data is inherently portable; DevLake data is optimized for its own dashboards.
  • Push-native, pull-capable: CDviz collects events in real-time as they happen, and can also poll APIs (HTTP polling source) for historical backfill or systems without webhooks, such as the Jenkins Remote API and legacy CI servers. Either way, inputs are normalized to CDEvents. DevLake is polling-only, against a proprietary domain model. It is simpler to start, but it adds latency and API load, and has no portable event schema.
  • Observe and act: The same CDviz event stream that feeds the dashboards can also trigger downstream workflows. DevLake is monitoring-only.
  • Customization depth: CDviz lets you enrich events at ingestion (add context, normalize fields), route to different storage backends (PostgreSQL, ClickHouse…), and visualize in any tool: Grafana, BI platforms, AI agents, MCP-connected tools, Internal Developer Platforms.
  • Ecosystem breadth vs composability: DevLake has significantly more ready-made integrations today; CDviz relies on webhooks, HTTP polling, and community-contributed transformers. CDviz is a toolkit: the collector, database, and dashboards each work standalone and you can extend them. You wire in exactly the integrations you need (custom sources, transformers, storage backends) rather than depending on a fixed integration catalog.
  • Commercial support: CDviz offers commercial support, making total cost of ownership lower than self-managing an unsupported open-source stack.

When to choose CDviz ​

  • Your team wants to adopt or contribute to the CDEvents open standard.
  • You need real-time event streaming (not periodic snapshots).
  • You want events to trigger workflows, not only to be observed.
  • You already run Grafana and want to add SDLC visibility to existing dashboards.
  • You need flexible storage (ClickHouse, PostgreSQL) or reporting (BI, AI, MCP, IDP).
  • You want commercial support without building and maintaining everything yourself.
  • You prefer a managed option: the Cloud plan hosts it for you (€20/mo, 14-day free trial).

When to choose Apache DevLake ​

  • You need broad out-of-the-box integrations (Jira, Jenkins, PagerDuty, SonarQube…) without writing custom collectors. (CDviz can pull from many of these via HTTP polling, for example the Jenkins Remote API, but ships fewer ready-made collectors today.)
  • Your team prefers a batteries-included setup with less configuration.
  • Monitoring and dashboards are sufficient, and you do not need to trigger workflows.

Summary ​

DevLake is the safer "broad coverage" choice for pure metrics and dashboards. CDviz is the right bet if open standards, real-time events, event-driven automation, and composable tooling matter to your team, or if you want commercial support to reduce operational risk.

Get started with CDviz

Self-host CDviz: free, Apache 2.0. Or try CDviz Cloud: €20/mo, 14-day free trial, no credit card.

FAQ ​

Which has more out-of-the-box integrations? Apache DevLake (50+). CDviz covers GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes today; more via webhooks and custom transformers.

Does Apache DevLake support CDEvents? No. DevLake uses a proprietary domain model optimized for its own dashboards.

Does CDviz only support push? No. Push (webhooks, Kafka, NATS, SSE) is the real-time default, but the collector can also pull via HTTP polling and file/object-storage sources, for historical backfill and APIs without webhooks (Jenkins, legacy CI). All inputs are normalized to CDEvents.

Is CDviz free? Yes. The Community plan is free forever (Apache 2.0, infrastructure costs only). Cloud (€20/month) adds managed hosting; Pro (€200/month) adds extra integrations and support. Both are billed per organization, not per seat.