AWS CloudFormation alternatives
On the evidence we track, the strongest alternative to AWS CloudFormation is Crossplane at 70/100. AWS CloudFormation itself ranks #8 of 15 in infrastructure as code tools. Every product below is scored on the same independent signals, so the ranking is comparable rather than a matter of opinion.
Ranked alternatives to AWS CloudFormation
- 1Crossplanevs AWS CloudFormation →low · 31%updating
- 2Pulumivs AWS CloudFormation →high · 75%updating
- 3OpenTofuvs AWS CloudFormation →low · 45%updating
- 4Terragruntvs AWS CloudFormation →low · 38%updating
- 5AWS CDKvs AWS CloudFormation →high · 76%updating
- 6Terraformvs AWS CloudFormation →medium · 54%updating
- 7Google Deployment Managervs AWS CloudFormation →
A Google Cloud service for automating the deployment and management of cloud infrastructure through template-based configuration
low · 45%updating - 8CDKTFvs AWS CloudFormation →
A programmatic approach to infrastructure configuration using TypeScript or Python instead of HCL
low · 10%updating - 9Atlantisvs AWS CloudFormation →low · 41%updating
- 10Env0vs AWS CloudFormation →
A cloud infrastructure management platform that automates governance and control at scale for infrastructure-as-code workflows
medium · 63%updating - 11Terramatevs AWS CloudFormation →low · 39%updating
- 12SSTvs AWS CloudFormation →medium · 64%updating
Why these ones
An alternative here means a product in the same category as AWS CloudFormation (Infrastructure as Code Tools), ranked by the Vioscale composite: a confidence-weighted blend of independent signals such as adoption, release activity, pricing transparency and security posture. There are no user reviews in it, and no vendor can pay to appear or to rank higher. Where we have not confirmed something, we show that rather than guessing.
Generated . See the method for how the composite is built, and why we are independent.