It’s time to break up with Backstage.
Learn why Canva moved to Cortex from Backstage
"What it comes down to is what you want to spend your time and energy on... in the end, the product that we end up with will be very similar to the thing that we can get off the shelf. And we could have been spending all that time doing things that we value more highly.”
Tyler Davis
Software Engineer
Ready to migrate?
Stop babysitting an open‑source framework. Unlock the results you always expected.
Why the world’s best engineering teams choose Cortex instead
We help multiple Backstage adopters migrate to Cortex every month. Here’s why enterprises switch:
*Forrester report
50+ vendor‑maintained integrations
Hosted & upgraded for you
Scorecards, initiatives, and DORA metrics – built in
Solves service ownership with AI
Your team focuses on investments unique to your organization
ROI in < 6 months*
Community plugins you own & patch
You patch frequently and bump every package, dealing with breaking changes as they come
DIY scorecards, reporting, notifications, and more
Manual ownership initiatives that end up out of date immediately, you never solve ownership
Your team has to learn Typescript, React, and Backstage just to keep it running
6‑12 months just to launch the MVP
*Forrester report
What would you ship if you could get 10,000 hours back every year?
Backstage is a framework. If you can afford to spend 10,000+* engineering hours, and another 10,000+ engineering hours every year maintaining it, then sure, maybe Backstage can be the right tool for you.
*5 FTEs for 1 year
“Backstage is not a packaged service that you can use out of the box”
-Backstage FAQ
Compare Cortex vs Building In-House
10% adoption can’t be the new normal
“The average Backstage adoption rate is stuck at 10%”
Head of Engineering
Cortex works for your whole engineering team to drive forward operational excellence
Customers who switched to Cortex
Join these happy customers who migrated from Backstage – who are now driving forward mission critical initiatives, rather than investing in a never-ending Backstage initiative.
