diff --git a/platypush/plugins/inspect/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/inspect/__init__.py
index 226778779..f1307bd16 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/inspect/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/inspect/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from platypush.plugins import Plugin, action
 from platypush.message import Message
 from platypush.message.event import Event
 from platypush.message.response import Response
+from platypush.utils import get_enabled_backends, get_enabled_plugins
 from platypush.utils.mock import auto_mocks
 from platypush.utils.manifest import Manifest, Manifests
 
@@ -270,5 +271,19 @@ class InspectPlugin(Plugin):
 
         return Config.get()
 
+    @action
+    def get_enabled_plugins(self) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Get the list of enabled plugins.
+        """
+        return list(get_enabled_plugins().keys())
+
+    @action
+    def get_enabled_backends(self) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Get the list of enabled backends.
+        """
+        return list(get_enabled_backends().keys())
+
 
 # vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
diff --git a/platypush/utils/__init__.py b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
index a1e99d078..b49b158fc 100644
--- a/platypush/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
@@ -564,6 +564,29 @@ def get_enabled_plugins() -> dict:
     return plugins
 
 
+def get_enabled_backends() -> dict:
+    """
+    Get the enabled backends.
+
+    :return: A dictionary with the enabled backends, in the format ``name`` ->
+        :class:`platypush.backend.Backend` instance.
+    """
+    from platypush.config import Config
+    from platypush.context import get_backend
+
+    backends = {}
+    for name in Config.get_backends():
+        try:
+            backend = get_backend(name.removeprefix('backend.'))
+            if backend:
+                backends[name] = backend
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning('Could not initialize backend %s', name)
+            logger.exception(e)
+
+    return backends
+
+
 def get_redis_conf() -> dict:
     """
     Get the Redis connection arguments from the configuration.