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Comparison

AWS CloudFormation vs Terramate

On the evidence we track, AWS CloudFormation leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

AWS CloudFormation full profile →Terramate full profile →
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★AWS CloudFormation60
Terramate53
Score
Vioscale score
AWS CloudFormation60 / 100medium · 73%
Terramate53 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✓
Model
AWS CloudFormationfreemium
Terramatefreemium
Price level
AWS CloudFormationlow
Terramatelow
Transparent
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✗
Integrations
Count
AWS CloudFormation21
Terramate10
Security
Disclosure policy
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate–
Fedramp
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate–
Gdpr
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate–
Hipaa
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate–
Pci
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate–
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS CloudFormation–
Terramate0
Github stars
AWS CloudFormation–
Terramate3,621
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS CloudFormation–
Terramate11
Release
Cadence days
AWS CloudFormation–
Terramate7
History
AWS CloudFormation–
Terramate20 items
License
Spdx
AWS CloudFormation–
TerramateMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
AWS CloudFormation–
TerramateGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Paradigm
AWS CloudFormationDeclarative DSL
TerramateDeclarative DSL
Language
AWS CloudFormationJSON, YAML, TypeScript, Python, Java, .NET
TerramateHCL
Portability
Multicloud / cloud-agnostic
AWS CloudFormation✗
Terramate✓
Architecture
State management
AWS CloudFormationVendor-managed
TerramateSelf-managed
Extensibility
Pluggable provider ecosystem
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✓
Governance
Policy as code
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✓
Ops
Drift detection
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✓
GitOps continuous reconciliation
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✓
Deployment
Managed SaaS offering
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✓
Hosting
AWS CloudFormationCloud only
TerramateCloud + self-hosted
Adoption
Import existing resources
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✓
Licensing
Open-source engine
AWS CloudFormation✗
Terramate✓
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
AWS CloudFormation-
Terramate-

What each one is

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

AWS CloudFormation

Leader

A managed service for provisioning and managing AWS and third-party cloud resources through declarative templates (JSON/YAML) or programmatic languages. Automates infrastructure deployment across regions and accounts, detects configuration drift, and provides automatic rollback on errors.

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 CloudFormation

Leader
from $0.00/moUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based: $0.0009/handler operation + $0.00008/sec overage. 1,000 free operations/month. Data transfer at AWS rates.

  • Third-party Resources & Custom Hooks$0.0009/handler operation after 1,000 free ops/month
    • Unlimited AWS::* and Alexa::* resource operations (no handler charges)
    • Third-party resource provisioning
    • Custom hook support
    • Handler operation billing after free tier
    • Duration overage billing
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
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✗
CLI
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS CloudFormation✓
Terramate✓
Self-hosted
AWS CloudFormation✗
Terramate✓

Integrations

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

AWS CloudFormation

Leader
21 total
  • MongoDB
  • Datadog
  • Atlassian Opsgenie
  • JFrog
  • Trend Micro
  • Splunk
  • Aqua Security
  • FireEye
  • Sysdig
  • Snyk
  • Check Point
  • Spot by NetApp
  • Gremlin
  • Stackery
  • Iridium
  • AWS CDK
  • AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model)
  • Visual Studio
  • Kiro
  • AWS CloudFormation Registry
  • AWS Partner Network (APN)
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.