Tooling

As the landscape of internal developer portals (IDPs) grows, many engineering teams are turning to platforms like OpsLevel and Cortex to manage software components, enforce standards, and improve developer productivity. While Cortex presents itself as a robust solution for managing service catalogs and enforcing standards, its complexity, high costs, and manual processes often leave organizations searching for a better alternative.‍ In this article, we’ll compare OpsLevel against Cortex, highlighting why OpsLevel’s automated, flexible approach outperforms Cortex in critical areas like software catalog creation, standards enforcement, and developer productivity.

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