vioscale
Comparison

Atlantis vs Terramate

No clear leader: Atlantis (54.8) and Terramate (53.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Atlantis55
Terramate53
Score
Vioscale score
Atlantis55 / 100low · 41%
Terramate53 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tier
Atlantis✓
Terramate✓
Model
Atlantisopen_source
Terramatefreemium
Price level
Atlantisfree
Terramatelow
Transparent
Atlantis–
Terramate✗
Integrations
Count
Atlantis7
Terramate10
Security
Scorecard
Atlantis7.4
Terramate–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Atlantis2
Terramate0
Github stars
Atlantis9,254
Terramate3,621
Activity
Commits last 30d
Atlantis40
Terramate11
Release
Cadence days
Atlantis31
Terramate7
History
Atlantis20 items
Terramate20 items
License
Spdx
AtlantisApache-2.0
TerramateMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
AtlantisGo
TerramateGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Paradigm
AtlantisDeclarative DSL
TerramateDeclarative DSL
Language
AtlantisHCL
TerramateHCL
Portability
Multicloud / cloud-agnostic
Atlantis✓
Terramate✓
Architecture
State management
Atlantis-
TerramateSelf-managed
Extensibility
Pluggable provider ecosystem
Atlantis✓
Terramate✓
Governance
Policy as code
Atlantis✓
Terramate✓
Ops
Drift detection
Atlantis✓
Terramate✓
GitOps continuous reconciliation
Atlantis✓
Terramate✓
Deployment
Managed SaaS offering
Atlantis✗
Terramate✓
Hosting
AtlantisSelf-hosted only
TerramateCloud + self-hosted
Adoption
Import existing resources
Atlantis-
Terramate✓
Licensing
Open-source engine
Atlantis✓
Terramate✓
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
Atlantis-
Terramate-

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

Terramate

An open-source orchestration and code generation platform that enables teams to manage infrastructure-as-code at scale, providing structure, governance, and self-service capabilities for developers and platform engineers.

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 verify ↗

Terramate

from $449/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From free to $449/month. Free Community plan with 14-day free trial for Teams.

  • CommunityFree
    • Code Management
    • Deployment Workflows
    • Pull Request Previews
    • Drift Management
    • Observability & Visibility
    • +10 more
  • Teams$449/month. Unlimited users, 5000 resources, 90-day retention. 14-day free trial.
    • All Community features
    • Asset Management
    • Policies
    • CIS Benchmarks
    • DORA Metrics
    • +4 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Teams features
    • SSO SAML 2.0
    • RBAC
    • Audit Logs
    • Private Source Control System integration
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Atlantis✓
Terramate✗
CLI
Atlantis✗
Terramate✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Atlantis✗
Terramate✓
Self-hosted
Atlantis✓
Terramate✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • GitHub
  • Azure DevOps
  • Terraform
  • Slack

Atlantis

7 total - 3 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Terraform Cloud/Enterprise
Independently observed

Terramate

10 total - 6 not shared
  • OpenTofu
  • Terragrunt
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • BitBucket Pipelines
Independently observed

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