Red Hat Developer Hub
Boost developer productivity to new heights with a Backstage-based internal developer portal built for enterprises.

Red Hat Developer Hub vs. Backstage
Feature description | CNCF Backstage | Red Hat Developer Hub |
Software Catalog | ✔︎ | ✔︎ |
Software Templates for Self-Service | ✔︎ | ✔︎ |
Technical Docs | ✔︎ | ✔︎ |
Global search and query | ✔︎ | ✔︎ |
Helm-based installation | ✔︎ | ✔︎ |
Turnkey Portal Solution | ||
24 x 7 Enterprise Support | ✘ | ✔︎ |
No-code, out-of-the-box portal | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Enterprise-friendly, Kubernetes Operator-based installation | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Advanced Workflow Automation (Orchestrator) | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Validated and supported on all major Kubernetes providers GKE, AKS, EKS, and Red Hat OpenShift | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Local deployments option for faster portal development (RHDH Local) | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Portal Adoption insights analyse how your IDP adoption is progressing | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Enterprise Grade Security | Community Support Only | World Class 24 x 7 |
Hardened, production-ready, RHEL-based UBI container image | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Enterprise authentication with Keycloak federated, PingFederate | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Audit Logging for template creation, execution, catalog creation/modification | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Fast-track Security fixes rapid CVEs resolution within X days | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Simplified extensibility | ||
Simplified Plugin Management (Dynamic Plug-Ins). | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Verified plugin compatibility with each release | ✘ Need to self-verify | ✔︎ No need to self-verify |
Extensions Catalog In-product plugin catalog | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Support for Red Hat's 20+ PlugIns Tekton, ArgoCD, Orchestrator, Cost Management, Kiali, 3scale, ACS, Ansible and many more | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Curated Templates library for rapid development of templates | ✘ | ✔︎ |
Additional supported integration with Red Hat Developer Hub | ||
Capabilities | Red Hat products | |
Application platform with Gitops, Pipelines, Virtualization, | Red Hat OpenShift Application Platform | |
Ansible Automation | Red Hat Ansible Application Platform | |
Secure Software Supply Chain | Red Hat Artifact Signer and Red Hat Profile Analyzer | |
Advanced Kubernetes Cluster Security | Red Hat Advanced Security Cluster | |
Cost Management | Red Hat Cost Management | |
One-Click Dev Environment (Cloud IDE) | Red Hat OpenShift DevSpaces |