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Should I use CDviz?

Open-source event-driven CI/CD platform built on CDEvents. Collect software delivery events, visualize DORA metrics and deployment timelines in Grafana, and trigger automated workflows — observe your pipelines before acting on them. - cdviz.dev

· 1 month ago

Worth self-hosting if your team already runs Grafana and wants free, standards-based DORA metrics without vendor lock-in. Skip the young SaaS if you need vendor support, a security posture, or proven staying power.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; few independent user reviews, and several comparisons are self-published by CDviz.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free forever

Community (self-host)

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Cloud (SaaS)~$20/mo (maker-reported)

Best for

  • Platform teams wanting DORA metrics
  • Shops already running Grafana
  • Open-source-first engineering orgs
  • CDEvents standard adopters

Not for

  • Teams wanting turnkey SaaS with support SLAs
  • Non-technical managers wanting polished executive reporting
  • Orgs needing vendor security posture or compliance
  • Buyers needing proven maturity; project is months old

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

SaaS weeks old with zero revenue — could vanish; don't bet critical workflows on it yet

medium

Self-hosting puts collector, database, and Grafana maintenance on your team

medium

No public security page or vulnerability disclosure policy found

low

'Vs competitor' pages are vendor-written marketing, not neutral evaluations

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Self-host free forever under Apache 2.0 license
  • Built on CDEvents standard; event-driven and push-based
  • DORA metrics and deployment timelines as ready Grafana dashboards
  • Collectors transform GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, and Jenkins events
  • Active in CD Foundation and CDEvents community; FOSDEM 2026 talk

Cons

  • $0 SaaS revenue three weeks after launch; very early stage
  • Solo-developer project; bus factor of one
  • Self-host requires assembling collector, database, and Grafana yourself
  • No public security page found
  • Competitor comparisons are self-published; independent reviews scarce

Sources & method

- 11 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x6review x2security x1news x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free forever

    Starting price

  • 11

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free self-host; cheap SaaS tier
  • Ease of use: 2/5. DIY assembly: collector, database, Grafana
  • Feature depth: 3/5. DORA, timelines, workflows; still young
  • Support quality: 2/5. Solo maintainer; no support organization
  • Security posture: 2/5. No public security page found
  • Yes Free self-host Apache 2.0 open-source license
  • ~$20/mo SaaS price per maker's Reddit launch post
  • 2024 Full-time since Creator left his job to build it (FOSDEM)
  • $0 SaaS revenue three weeks after launch

Pricing

Community (self-host)

Free forever

  • Full event collection and storage
  • DORA and changes Grafana dashboards
  • You operate everything

Cloud (SaaS)

~$20/mo (maker-reported)

  • CI/CD visibility for small teams
  • Managed, trends from day one
  • Launched weeks ago; details thin

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Independent user reviews are scarce; most discussion is the maker's own launch posts and self-published comparisons.

“$0 revenue three weeks in, and I'm still proud of it.”
Reddit, r/SaaS (maker's own launch post)

Alternatives

Compare CDviz with each alternative.

  • Swarmia

    Managed delivery analytics; costs money but zero ops

    CDviz vs Swarmia

  • LinearB

    Commercial engineering metrics with workflow automation

  • DevDynamics

    Hosted engineering metrics with custom reporting

  • Faros AI

    Enterprise engineering intelligence platform for larger orgs

Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources; few independent user reviews, and several comparisons are self-published by CDviz.

Free open-source DORA metrics from a one-person project — try it if you run Grafana; skip if you need support.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources; few independent user reviews, and several comparisons are self-published by CDviz.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. CDviz — Monitor Your Software Delivery Pipelinecdviz.dev
    official
  2. CDviz Pricing & Planscdviz.dev
    official
  3. CDviz Cloud — CI/CD visibility for small teamscdviz.dev
    official
  4. cdviz-dev/cdviz on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  5. DORA Metrics Dashboard docscdviz.dev
    official
  6. $0 revenue three weeks in (r/SaaS)reddit.com
    review
  7. Building CDviz — FOSDEM 2026 talkfosdem.org
    news
  8. CD Foundation Project Updates May 2026cd.foundation
    news
  9. CDviz Security pagecdviz.dev
    security
  10. CDviz vs Swarmia (vendor comparison)cdviz.dev
    official
  11. CDviz Reviews — SourceForgesourceforge.net
    review

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