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Comparison

AWS CDK vs Terramate

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.

AWS CDK full profile →Terramate full profile →
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★AWS CDK70
Terramate53
Score
vioscaleAI score
AWS CDK70 / 100high · 75%
Terramate53 / 100low · 36%
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–
Fedramp
AWS CDK✓
Terramate–
Gdpr
AWS CDK✓
Terramate–
Hipaa
AWS CDK✓
Terramate–
Pci
AWS CDK✓
Terramate–
Scorecard
AWS CDK5.9
Terramate–
Soc2
AWS CDK✓
Terramate–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
AWS CDK✓
Terramate–
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS CDK4,665
Terramate0
Github stars
AWS CDK12,933
Terramate3,636
Package downloads weekly
AWS CDK1,569,573
Terramate–
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS CDK99
Terramate19
Release
Cadence days
AWS CDK6
Terramate6
History
AWS CDK20 items
Terramate20 items
License
Spdx
AWS CDKApache-2.0
TerramateMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
AWS CDKTypeScript
TerramateGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
AWS CDK8 items
Terramate6 items

Capabilities

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

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

Terramate coordinates and manages infrastructure projects built with popular tools like Terraform and Kubernetes. It offers both an open-source CLI and a cloud service with features for detecting infrastructure drift, automating deployments through GitOps workflows, and tracking resources across teams and environments.

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 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
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
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AWS CDK or Terramate: which one depends on you

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