Comparison

Atlantis vs AWS CDK

On the evidence we track, AWS CDK leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Atlantis53

★AWS CDK70

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Atlantis	AWS CDKLeader
vioscaleAI score	53 / 100low · 42%	70 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7	5.9
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frunatlantis%2Fatlantis&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: HIGH	Count: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=aws-cdk-lib&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2	4,665
Github starsadoption.github_stars	9,321	12,933
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	1,569,573
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	45	99
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	29	6
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Atlantis53 / 100low · 42%

AWS CDK70 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✓

Model

Atlantisopen_source

AWS CDKopen_source

Price level

Atlantisfree

AWS CDKfree

Transparent

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Integrations

Count

Atlantis3

AWS CDK5

Security

Disclosure policy

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Fedramp

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Gdpr

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Hipaa

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Pci

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Scorecard

Atlantis7

AWS CDK5.9

Soc2

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Trust center

Atlantis–

AWS CDKhttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp

Vulnerabilities

AtlantisCount: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frunatlantis%2Fatlantis&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: HIGH

AWS CDKCount: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=aws-cdk-lib&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Atlantis2

AWS CDK4,665

Github stars

Atlantis9,321

AWS CDK12,933

Package downloads weekly

Atlantis–

AWS CDK1,569,573

Activity

Commits last 30d

Atlantis45

AWS CDK99

Release

Cadence days

Atlantis29

AWS CDK6

History

Atlantis20 items

AWS CDK20 items

License

Spdx

AtlantisApache-2.0

AWS CDKApache-2.0

Language

Primary

AtlantisGo

AWS CDKTypeScript

Market

Availability

AtlantisAvailable worldwide

AWS CDKAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Content

Faq

Atlantis6 items

AWS CDK8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for infrastructure as code tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Infrastructure as Code Tools
Capability	Atlantis	AWS CDK
Core
Paradigm	Declarative DSL	General language
Language	HCL	TypeScript, Python, Java, .NET, Go
Portability
Multicloud / cloud-agnostic	✓	✗
Architecture
State management	Vendor-managed	Vendor-managed
Extensibility
Pluggable provider ecosystem	✓	✓
Governance
Policy as code	✓	✓
Ops
Drift detection	✓	✓
GitOps continuous reconciliation	✓	-
Deployment
Managed SaaS offering	✗	✗
Hosting	Self-hosted only	-
Adoption
Import existing resources	✓	✓
Licensing
Open-source engine	✓	✓
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity	-	-

Core

Paradigm

AtlantisDeclarative DSL

AWS CDKGeneral language

Language

AtlantisHCL

AWS CDKTypeScript, Python, Java, .NET, Go

Portability

Multicloud / cloud-agnostic

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✗

Architecture

State management

AtlantisVendor-managed

AWS CDKVendor-managed

Extensibility

Pluggable provider ecosystem

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✓

Governance

Policy as code

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✓

Ops

Drift detection

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✓

GitOps continuous reconciliation

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK-

Deployment

Managed SaaS offering

Atlantis✗

AWS CDK✗

Hosting

AtlantisSelf-hosted only

AWS CDK-

Adoption

Import existing resources

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✓

Licensing

Open-source engine

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Atlantis-

AWS CDK-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Atlantis

A self-hosted application that automates Terraform workflows through pull request integration, enabling team collaboration on infrastructure changes.

Independently observed

AWS CDK

Leader

A development framework that lets you define AWS cloud resources and infrastructure using standard programming languages like TypeScript, Python, Java, .NET, and Go. CDK compiles your code into CloudFormation templates for deployment.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Atlantis

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

AWS CDK

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Atlantis	AWS CDK
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✗

CLI

Atlantis✗

AWS CDK✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Atlantis✗

AWS CDK✓

Self-hosted

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Atlantis

10 total

GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
Azure DevOps
Terraform
Terraform Cloud/Enterprise
Slack
Terraform Cloud
OpenTofu
Open Policy Agent

Independently observed

AWS CDK

Leader

5 total

AWS CloudFormation
AWS Lambda
AWS SNS
AWS Step Functions
AWS EC2

Independently observed

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