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DevStats (CNCF) vs Jellyfish

DevStats (CNCF) and Jellyfish both land on Depends.

Jellyfish

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Confidence: Medium

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DevStats (CNCF) versus Jellyfish
CompareDevStats (CNCF)Jellyfish
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forCNCF project maintainersEngineering leaders at 100+ dev orgs
Who it's not forEngineering leaders measuring private team productivity . it only sees public CNCF reposStartups under ~50 engineers . serious overkill
PrivacyNo known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁵No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.14
Support qualityNo evidence on support.No usable evidence in sources reviewed
Public sentimentPublic feedback is sparse: users enjoy contribution visibility, while CNCF's own site warns the stats may be inaccurate.⁹G2 users consistently praise Jellyfish's visibility, while pricing is the recurring complaint, and the vendor cites a 90% recommendation rate.
Biggest gotchaAccuracy: CNCF's own site warns stats can be wrong; don't treat them as authoritative.²Pricing is opaque . expect a sales process and quotes starting near $19K/year15

Pick DevStats (CNCF) when

  • CNCF project maintainers
  • OSS community managers
  • Public contribution dashboards
  • Academic OSS research

When DevStats (CNCF) is not a fit

  • Engineering leaders measuring private team productivity . it only sees public CNCF repos
  • Non-CNCF open source projects without serious self-hosting effort
  • Buyers wanting a supported, SLA-backed product
  • Anyone comparing to the commercial $15/mo DevStats . different product, same name

Pick Jellyfish when

  • Engineering leaders at 100+ dev orgs
  • Enterprises tracking AI-assisted engineering
  • R&D execs needing board-level reporting
  • Multi-team orgs with dedicated engineering ops

When Jellyfish is not a fit

  • Startups under ~50 engineers . serious overkill
  • Teams without $20K+/yr budget headroom
  • Anyone wanting simple velocity dashboards
  • Buyers who need transparent, self-serve pricing

Sources

  1. cncf/devstats GitHub repogithub.com
    official
  2. DevStats (CNCF) sitedevstats.cncf.io
    official
  3. CDviz vs CNCF DevStatscdviz.dev
    review
  4. CNCF Q&A with DevStats creatorcncf.io
    news
  5. DevStats security page checkdevstats.cncf.io
    security
  6. KEDA DevStats dashboardkeda.devstats.cncf.io
    official
  7. Example single-project deploymentgithub.com
    official
  8. All CNCF DevStats dashboardsall.devstats.cncf.io
    official
  9. LinkedIn user post on DevStatslinkedin.com
    review
  10. Commercial DevStats pricing (different product)devstats.com
    official
  11. ACM paper on OSS community metricsdl.acm.org
    review
  12. OpenSSF Best Practices entrybestpractices.dev
    security
  13. Jellyfish . official site and G2 leadership claimsjellyfish.co
    official
  14. Jellyfish Trust Centertrust.jellyfish.co
    security
  15. Jellyfish Pricing 2026: no list pricecodepulsehq.com
    review
  16. Jellyfish Pricing from Actual Buyerspricelevel.com
    review