Comparison

Atlantis vs AWS CDK

On the evidence we track, AWS CDK leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Atlantis55

★AWS CDK65

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Atlantis	AWS CDKLeader
Vioscale score	55 / 100low · 41%updating	65 / 100high · 76%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.4	5.9
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: 2 · 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	9,254	12,876
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	1,691,427
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	40	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	31	4
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

Score

Vioscale score

Atlantis55 / 100low · 41%updating

AWS CDK65 / 100high · 76%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✓

Model

Atlantisopen_source

AWS CDKopen_source

Price level

Atlantisfree

AWS CDKfree

Transparent

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Integrations

Count

Atlantis7

AWS CDK5

Security

Disclosure policy

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Hipaa

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Pci

Atlantis–

AWS CDK✓

Scorecard

Atlantis7.4

AWS CDK5.9

Vulnerabilities

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

Atlantis9,254

AWS CDK12,876

Package downloads weekly

Atlantis–

AWS CDK1,691,427

Activity

Commits last 30d

Atlantis40

AWS CDK100

Release

Cadence days

Atlantis31

AWS CDK4

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

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
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

Atlantis-

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 system that orchestrates Terraform deployments via pull request workflows, providing safety checks, approval gates, and comprehensive audit logging for infrastructure changes across multiple Git platforms.

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	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✗

CLI

Atlantis✗

AWS CDK✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Atlantis✓

AWS CDK✓

Integrations

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

Atlantis

7 total

GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
Azure DevOps
Terraform
Terraform Cloud/Enterprise
Slack

Independently observed

AWS CDK

Leader

5 total

AWS CloudFormation
AWS Lambda
AWS SNS
AWS Step Functions
AWS EC2

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.