Comparison

Atlantis vs Terraform

On the evidence we track, Terraform leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Atlantis full profile →Terraform full profile →

Machine formatsJSON Markdown GraphQLor send Accept: application/json

Atlantis55

★Terraform64

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Atlantis	TerraformLeader
Vioscale score	55 / 100low · 41%	64 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	10
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.4	6.2
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
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: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fterraform&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2	1,108
Github starsadoption.github_stars	9,254	49,541
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	40	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	31	6
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

Atlantis55 / 100low · 41%

Terraform64 / 100medium · 54%

Pricing

Free tier

Atlantis✓

Terraform✓

Model

Atlantisopen_source

Terraformcommercial

Price level

Atlantisfree

Terraformfree

Integrations

Count

Atlantis7

Terraform10

Security

Disclosure policy

Atlantis–

Terraform✓

Iso27001

Atlantis–

Terraform✓

Scorecard

Atlantis7.4

Terraform6.2

Soc2

Atlantis–

Terraform✓

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

TerraformCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fterraform&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Atlantis–

Terraform✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Atlantis2

Terraform1,108

Github stars

Atlantis9,254

Terraform49,541

Activity

Commits last 30d

Atlantis40

Terraform100

Release

Cadence days

Atlantis31

Terraform6

History

Atlantis20 items

Terraform20 items

License

Spdx

AtlantisApache-2.0

Terraform–

Language

Primary

AtlantisGo

TerraformGo

Market

Availability

AtlantisAvailable worldwide

Terraform–

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	Terraform
Core
Paradigm	Declarative DSL	Declarative DSL
Language	HCL	HCL
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

TerraformDeclarative DSL

Language

AtlantisHCL

TerraformHCL

Portability

Multicloud / cloud-agnostic

Atlantis✓

Terraform✓

Architecture

State management

Atlantis-

TerraformVendor-managed

Extensibility

Pluggable provider ecosystem

Atlantis✓

Terraform✓

Governance

Policy as code

Atlantis✓

Terraform✓

Ops

Drift detection

Atlantis✓

Terraform-

GitOps continuous reconciliation

Atlantis✓

Terraform-

Deployment

Managed SaaS offering

Atlantis✗

Terraform-

Hosting

AtlantisSelf-hosted only

Terraform-

Adoption

Import existing resources

Atlantis-

Terraform✓

Licensing

Open-source engine

Atlantis✓

Terraform✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Atlantis-

Terraform-

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

Terraform

Leader

Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool that lets you build, change, and version infrastructure safely and efficiently. It manages low-level components like compute, storage, and networking as well as high-level components like DNS entries and SaaS features.

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 ↗

Terraform

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

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	Terraform
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Atlantis✓

Terraform✗

CLI

Atlantis✗

Terraform✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Atlantis✓

Terraform✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

GitHub

Atlantis

7 total - 6 not shared

GitLab
Bitbucket
Azure DevOps
Terraform
Terraform Cloud/Enterprise
Slack

Independently observed

Terraform

Leader

10 total - 9 not shared

AWS
Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Oracle Cloud
Docker
Consul
Packer
Vault
Boundary

Independently observed

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