Comparison

AWS CDK vs Terramate

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.

AWS CDK full profile →Terramate full profile →

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★AWS CDK65

Terramate53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS CDKLeader	Terramate
Vioscale score	65 / 100high · 76%	53 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	10
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.9	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	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	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=terramate&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	4,665	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	12,876	3,621
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	1,691,427	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	11
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	4	7
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	MPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

AWS CDK65 / 100high · 76%

Terramate53 / 100low · 39%

Pricing

Free tier

AWS CDK✓

Terramate✓

Model

AWS CDKopen_source

Terramatefreemium

Price level

AWS CDKfree

Terramatelow

Transparent

AWS CDK✓

Terramate✗

Integrations

Count

AWS CDK5

Terramate10

Security

Disclosure policy

AWS CDK✓

Terramate–

Hipaa

AWS CDK✓

Terramate–

Pci

AWS CDK✓

Terramate–

Scorecard

AWS CDK5.9

Terramate–

Vulnerabilities

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

TerramateCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=terramate&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

AWS CDK✓

Terramate–

Adoption

Dependent repos

AWS CDK4,665

Terramate0

Github stars

AWS CDK12,876

Terramate3,621

Package downloads weekly

AWS CDK1,691,427

Terramate–

Activity

Commits last 30d

AWS CDK100

Terramate11

Release

Cadence days

AWS CDK4

Terramate7

History

AWS CDK20 items

Terramate20 items

License

Spdx

AWS CDKApache-2.0

TerramateMPL-2.0

Language

Primary

AWS CDKTypeScript

TerramateGo

Market

Availability

AWS CDKAvailable worldwide · HQ US

TerramateAvailable worldwide

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

Core

Paradigm

AWS CDKGeneral language

TerramateDeclarative DSL

Language

AWS CDKTypeScript, Python, Java, .NET, Go

TerramateHCL

Portability

Multicloud / cloud-agnostic

AWS CDK✗

Terramate✓

Architecture

State management

AWS CDKVendor-managed

TerramateSelf-managed

Extensibility

Pluggable provider ecosystem

AWS CDK✓

Terramate✓

Governance

Policy as code

AWS CDK✓

Terramate✓

Ops

Drift detection

AWS CDK✓

Terramate✓

GitOps continuous reconciliation

AWS CDK-

Terramate✓

Deployment

Managed SaaS offering

AWS CDK✗

Terramate✓

Hosting

AWS CDK-

TerramateCloud + self-hosted

Adoption

Import existing resources

AWS CDK✓

Terramate✓

Licensing

Open-source engine

AWS CDK✓

Terramate✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

AWS CDK-

Terramate-

What each one is

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

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

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.

AWS CDK

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Platforms

CLI

AWS CDK✓

Terramate✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS CDK✗

Terramate✓

Self-hosted

AWS CDK✓

Terramate✓

Integrations

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

AWS CDK

Leader

5 total

AWS CloudFormation
AWS Lambda
AWS SNS
AWS Step Functions
AWS EC2

Independently observed

Terramate

10 total

Terraform
OpenTofu
Terragrunt
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI/CD
BitBucket Pipelines
Azure DevOps
Slack

Independently observed

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