Spotify Portal vs Backstage Open Source

Build or buy your internal developer portal? Compare Backstage open source with Spotify Portal to find the right fit.

Meet AiKA. The chatbot plugin for Spotify Portal.

AiKA is the AI knowledge assistant that knows what your org knows. We built it to empower our teams inside Spotify. Now any engineering org can use it as part of Spotify Portal.

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Spotify Portal vs Backstage Open Source

Build or buy your internal developer portal? Compare Backstage open source with Spotify Portal to find the right fit.

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Spotify Portal vs Backstage Open Source

Build or buy your internal developer portal? Compare Backstage open source with Spotify Portal to find the right fit.

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FAQs

Everything you need to know about using Backstage and Spotify Portal

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Is Spotify Portal built on Backstage?

Yes. Portal is a cloud-hosted, Spotify-managed IDP built on top of the Backstage open source framework. As an opinionated version of Backstage, it takes the best of open source and combines it with our deep experience and expertise using Backstage inside Spotify and supporting our enterprise customers.

Who is Portal best for?

Is Spotify Portal built on Backstage?

In the numbers

Backstage is Spotify’s open framework for building internal developer portals, now used by 3,400+ companies across industries worldwide.

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6,000

Hours

AiKA has saved Spotify employees asking questions more than 6,000 hours in the past 20 months.

1,000

Employees

Over 1,000 Spotify employeesuse AiKA daily

6,000

Hours

AiKA has saved Spotify employees asking questions more than 6,000 hours in the past 20 months.

6,000

Hours

AiKA has saved Spotify employees asking questions more than 6,000 hours in the past 20 months.

6,000

Hours

AiKA has saved Spotify employees asking questions more than 6,000 hours in the past 20 months.

6,000

Hours

AiKA has saved Spotify employees asking questions more than 6,000 hours in the past 20 months.

Built on Spotify’s Proven Platform

Whatever you choose, you’re building on the same proven platform used by Spotify to boost developer experience and productivity.

Soundcheck

Ensure quality, reliability, and alignment of software development with codified checks and guidance.

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Control access to actions and data in Backstage with ease.

Skill Exchange

Build an internal marketplace for learning and growth opportunities within R&D.

Soundcheck

Ensure quality, reliability, and alignment of software development with codified checks and guidance.

Spotify Portal vs Backstage Open Source

Build or buy your internal developer portal? Compare Backstage open source with Spotify Portal to find the right fit.

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In the numbers

Backstage is Spotify’s open framework for building internal developer portals, now used by 3,400+ companies across industries worldwide.

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

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Brian Wolowicz

Director of Experience Design, Capital One

Having engineers on the ground actually be your supporters and say, 'Yeah, I adopted this and it has totally changed the game for me' — hearing those messages from two different angles and from two different perspectives is really huge.

2K Games

I did an evaluation on the open-source Backstage before choosing Portal. We use Portal. We wanted to deliver the value of Backstage rather than Backstage itself. And that's where Portal clicked in for us.

Brian Wolowicz

Director of Experience Design, Capital One

This platform is allowing us to actually surface information that hasn't been possible in the past, which is super exciting, all within the context of their applications and their components.

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How the industry builds like Spotify

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Capital One

Brian Wolowicz

Director of Experience Design

In the numbers

Backstage is Spotify’s open framework for building internal developer portals, now used by 3,400+ companies across industries worldwide.

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

In the numbers

Backstage is Spotify’s open framework for building internal developer portals, now used by 3,400+ companies across industries worldwide.

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

We wanted to let the main thing be the main thing. PagerDuty should be paging people at 2 a.m.—not maintaining IDP infrastructure.

Dave Bresci

PagerDuty

In the numbers

Backstage is Spotify’s open framework for building internal developer portals, now used by 3,400+ companies across industries worldwide.

The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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Explore the Backstage ecosystem

Backstage is Spotify’s open framework for building internal developer portals, now used by 3,400+ companies across industries worldwide.

The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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The New Stack

“Spotify is an extreme dogfooding organization.” The New Stack takes a closer look at what went into developing AiKA before we opened it up to our enterprise customers.

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Explore the Backstage ecosystem

Backstage is Spotify’s open framework for building internal developer portals, now used by 3,400+ companies across industries worldwide.

Backstage was the cure for HCA Healthcare's complex infrastructure

Accelerating developer onboarding, reducing operational friction, and promoting security has been transformative for HCA Healthcare's developer experience.

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Developer success met style when H&M adopted Backstage

By integrating Backstage, H&M is improving code quality, compliance, and solving developer pain points.

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Backstage was the cure for HCA Healthcare's complex infrastructure

Accelerating developer onboarding, reducing operational friction, and promoting security has been transformative for HCA Healthcare's developer experience.

Watch the video

Explore the Backstage ecosystem

Backstage is Spotify’s open framework for building internal developer portals, now used by 3,400+ companies across industries worldwide.

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Spotify Portal vs Backstage Open Source

Build or buy your internal developer portal? Compare Backstage open source with Spotify Portal to find the right fit.

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Built on Spotify’s Proven Platform

Whatever you choose, you’re building on the same proven platform used by Spotify to boost developer experience and productivity.

Teams that want to get up and running fast

Organizations without dedicated platform engineering resources

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Teams that want to get up and running fast

Organizations without dedicated platform engineering resources

Portal Free Trial

Explore the Backstage ecosystem

Backstage is Spotify’s open framework for building internal developer portals, now used by 3,400+ companies across industries worldwide.

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Time to Value

Hosting

Cloud-hosted, managed by Spotify

Self-hosted, maintained by your team

Setup Time

Minutes, just log in to get started

Anywhere from days to months to design, build, test

Onboarding Experience

Includes no-code setup guides, onboarding wizards, and plugin installation

Manual, code-based setup and configuration, requiring engineering expertise

Time to Value

Try Spotify Portal for yourself.

Portal is an internal developer portal (IDP) managed by Spotify. Your FREE trial includes:

Dedicated support from Spotify's platform engineering experts and customer success team
Onboarding assistance, including recommended best practices
Spotify's premium plugins
Access to Confidence, our full-featured experimentation platform

What the migration actually looks like

Our engineers do the heavy lifting across each step. Your team stays productive and can start focusing on what’s next, not the migration itself.

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Identity & access (foundation)

We set up SSO, teams, and users so Portal reflects your org from day one.

IDP integration
Team and ownership mapping
Access validated early to avoid surprises

Identity & access (foundation)

We set up SSO, teams, and users so Portal reflects your org from day one.

IDP integration
Team and ownership mapping
Access validated early to avoid surprises

Identity & access (foundation)

We set up SSO, teams, and users so Portal reflects your org from day one.

IDP integration
Team and ownership mapping
Access validated early to avoid surprises