Competitive landscape

Most orgs stitch together a scanner (findings), a CD tool (deployments), and tickets/spreadsheets (approvals + audit).

Stella Ops Suite is the control plane that binds those into one digest-first system: SBOM → reachability → policy decision → promotion → deployment → audit export.

Unique combination

Hybrid reachability evidence (not just CVE counts)
VEX-aware decisioning with exportable rationale
Decision Capsules + deterministic replay (audit packs)
Offline/sovereign operation (signed update kits)

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Full Feature Matrix

Legend: Yes = native capability · Limited = constrained scope · Via custom = achievable through scripting · N/S = not stated in public docs

Feature	Stella Ops	Octopus	Harness CD	GitLab CI/CD	GitHub Actions	Snyk	Trivy / Syft / Grype	JFrog Xray	AWS toolchain
1) Environment model (Dev/Stage/Prod)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/S	N/S	N/S	Limited
2) Promotions between environments	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/S	N/S	N/S	Yes
3) Manual approval gate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/S	N/S	N/S	Yes
4) Deployment freeze windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Via custom	N/S	N/S	N/S	Via custom
5) Canary deployments	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited	Via custom	N/S	N/S	N/S	Via custom
6) Blue/green deployments	Yes	Yes	Yes	Via custom	Via custom	N/S	N/S	N/S	Via custom
7) Rollback (redeploy prior version)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Via custom	Via custom	N/S	N/S	N/S	Limited
8) Target inventory / "machines" model	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited	Limited	N/S	N/S	N/S	Limited
9) Non-K8s targets (hosts/Compose/ECS/Nomad)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Via custom	Via custom	N/S	N/S	N/S	Limited
10) Scriptable steps / hooks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/S	Yes	Limited	Yes
11) Policy-as-code gate (OPA/Rego)	Yes	Via custom	Yes	Yes	Limited	N/S	N/S	Limited	Via custom
12) "Why blocked?" decision trace	Yes	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	N/S	Limited	Limited
13) Promotion-level Decision Capsule (signed)	Yes	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S
14) Deterministic replay/verify of decisions	Yes	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S
15) "What is deployed where" history	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited	N/S	N/S	N/S	Limited
16) SBOM generation	Yes	Via custom	Via custom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
17) SBOM ingest / scan SBOM as input	Yes	N/S	N/S	Limited	Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/S
18) VEX support (ingest/export/use)	Yes	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	Yes	Limited	N/S
19) Reachability analysis	Yes	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	Yes	N/S	N/S	N/S
20) Hybrid reachability (static + runtime)	Yes	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S
21) Vulnerability scanning of container images	Yes	Via custom	Via custom	Yes	Via custom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
22) Secrets detection	Yes	Via custom	Via custom	Yes	Via custom	Limited	Yes	Yes	N/S
23) SARIF export	Yes	Via custom	Via custom	Yes	Yes	N/S	Yes	N/S	N/S
24) Attestation signing (in-toto/DSSE/cosign)	Yes	Via custom	Via custom	Via custom	Yes	N/S	Yes	N/S	Yes
25) Transparency log (Rekor) integration	Yes	Via custom	Via custom	Via custom	Limited	N/S	Yes	N/S	N/S
26) Offline/air-gapped operation posture	Yes	Limited	N/S	Limited	N/S	Limited	Yes	Yes	N/S
27) Offline vuln DB mirroring / update kits	Yes	N/S	N/S	Limited	N/S	N/S	Yes	Yes	N/S
28) CI/CD gating to fail builds on policy	Yes	Via custom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Via custom	Yes	Via custom
29) Connector/runtime integrations (SCM/CI/registry)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Via custom	Yes	Yes
30) Audit trail (change events / approvals)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited	N/S	Yes	Yes
31) Export "audit pack" / bundle for auditors	Yes	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	Via custom	Limited	Limited
32) Deploy freeze override / break-glass	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Via custom	N/S	N/S	N/S	Via custom

Methodology: Capabilities assessed from vendor documentation, product demos, and published feature lists as of January 2026. Competitor features and pricing change frequently — verify current state before purchasing decisions.

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