Comparison

Pulumi vs Terramate

On the evidence we track, Pulumi leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Pulumi69

Terramate53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	PulumiLeader	Terramate
Vioscale score	69 / 100high · 75%	53 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	10
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.2	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40pulumi%2Fpulumi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	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	2,143	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	25,610	3,621
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	1,787,798	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	11
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	5	7
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	MPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Pulumi69 / 100high · 75%

Terramate53 / 100low · 39%

Pricing

Free tier

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

Model

Pulumicommercial

Terramatefreemium

Price level

Pulumilow

Terramatelow

Transparent

Pulumi✓

Terramate✗

Integrations

Count

Pulumi6

Terramate10

Security

Disclosure policy

Pulumi✓

Terramate–

Scorecard

Pulumi7.2

Terramate–

Soc2

Pulumi✓

Terramate–

Vulnerabilities

PulumiCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40pulumi%2Fpulumi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

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

Reliability

Status page

Pulumi✓

Terramate–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Pulumi2,143

Terramate0

Github stars

Pulumi25,610

Terramate3,621

Package downloads weekly

Pulumi1,787,798

Terramate–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Pulumi100

Terramate11

Release

Cadence days

Pulumi5

Terramate7

History

Pulumi20 items

Terramate20 items

License

Spdx

PulumiApache-2.0

TerramateMPL-2.0

Language

Primary

PulumiGo

TerramateGo

Market

Availability

PulumiAvailable worldwide · Popular in 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	Pulumi	Terramate
Core
Paradigm	General language	Declarative DSL
Language	TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Java, YAML	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 only	Cloud + self-hosted
Adoption
Import existing resources	✓	✓
Licensing
Open-source engine	✓	✓
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity	-	-

Core

Paradigm

PulumiGeneral language

TerramateDeclarative DSL

Language

PulumiTypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Java, YAML

TerramateHCL

Portability

Multicloud / cloud-agnostic

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

Architecture

State management

PulumiVendor-managed

TerramateSelf-managed

Extensibility

Pluggable provider ecosystem

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

Governance

Policy as code

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

Ops

Drift detection

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

GitOps continuous reconciliation

Pulumi✗

Terramate✓

Deployment

Managed SaaS offering

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

Hosting

PulumiCloud only

TerramateCloud + self-hosted

Adoption

Import existing resources

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

Licensing

Open-source engine

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Pulumi-

Terramate-

What each one is

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

Pulumi

Leader

A cloud infrastructure management platform that lets teams define and deploy resources across multiple cloud providers using standard programming languages. Includes state management, policy enforcement, and tooling for discovering and migrating existing infrastructure.

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.

Pulumi

Leader

HybridFree tier

Team Edition with per-resource-hour and deployment-minute metering. Bulk discounts available for >$20k/year spend. Free credits included.

Team EditionPer resource-hour and per deployment-minute charges. Free credits included.

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	Pulumi	Terramate
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Pulumi✓

Terramate✗

CLI

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Pulumi✓

Terramate✓

Self-hosted

Pulumi✗

Terramate✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Terraform

Pulumi

Leader

6 total - 5 not shared

AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
CloudFormation
Azure Resource Manager

Independently observed

Terramate

10 total - 9 not shared

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.