vioscale
Comparison

CDKTF vs Terramate

No leader: the top candidate CDKTF has only 0.10 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

CDKTF full profile →Terramate full profile →
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CDKTF56
Terramate53
Score
Vioscale score
CDKTF56 / 100low · 10%
Terramate53 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tier
CDKTF–
Terramate✓
Model
CDKTFcommercial
Terramatefreemium
Price level
CDKTF–
Terramatelow
Transparent
CDKTF–
Terramate✗
Integrations
Count
CDKTF–
Terramate10
Security
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
CDKTF✓
Terramate–
Adoption
Dependent repos
CDKTF–
Terramate0
Github stars
CDKTF–
Terramate3,621
Activity
Commits last 30d
CDKTF–
Terramate11
Release
Cadence days
CDKTF–
Terramate7
History
CDKTF–
Terramate20 items
License
Spdx
CDKTF–
TerramateMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
CDKTF–
TerramateGo
Market
Availability
CDKTF–
TerramateAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

CDKTF

Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CDKTF) allows developers to use familiar programming languages to define and provision infrastructure, providing access to the entire Terraform ecosystem. IMPORTANT: CDKTF is deprecated as of December 10, 2025, and HashiCorp no longer supports or maintains it.

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.

CDKTF

Pricing not documented yet.

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
CDKTF–
Terramate✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CDKTF–
Terramate✓
Self-hosted
CDKTF–
Terramate✓

Integrations

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

CDKTF

Not documented yet.

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.