# SST vs Terraform

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Terraform

| Attribute | SST | Terraform |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 51.5 (55% (medium)) | 62.4 (53% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 1,108 |
| adoption.github_stars | 26,353 | 49,829 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,193,915 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A framework that defines and deploys complete applications with a single TypeScript config file, automating infrastructure setup for databases, APIs, web servers, and cloud services. It is indexed under Infrastructure as Code Tools.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"What is SST?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SST is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"Is SST free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SST supports Windows and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"What platforms does SST support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for SST, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"Can SST be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for SST, including AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, AWS RDS Aurora, AWS ElastiCache Redis, AWS ECS Fargate, AWS CloudFront, AWS SES and AWS Cognito, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"What does SST integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. SST is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/sst/sst","question":"Is SST open source?","confidence":0.99}]` | `[{"answer":"Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool that lets you build, change, and version infrastructure safely and efficiently. It manages low-level components like compute, storage, and networking as well as high-level components like DNS entries and SaaS features. It is indexed under Infrastructure as Code Tools.","source":"https://www.terraform.io","question":"What is Terraform?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Terraform is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.terraform.io","question":"Is Terraform free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Terraform supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.terraform.io","question":"What platforms does Terraform support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Terraform can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.terraform.io","question":"Can Terraform be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Terraform, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud, Docker, Consul, Packer and Vault, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.terraform.io","question":"What does Terraform integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Terraform. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Terraform not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.terraform.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Terraform have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A framework that defines and deploys complete applications with a single TypeScript config file, automating infrastructure setup for databases, APIs, web servers, and cloud services. | Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code platform that lets teams define, provision, and manage cloud and on-premise infrastructure through declarative configuration files. It generates execution plans before making changes, manages resource dependencies, and enables version control and collaboration on infrastructure definitions. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","language":"TypeScript","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":false,"policy_as_code":false,"drift_detection":false,"import_existing":true,"state_management":"vendor_managed","open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true,"gitops_reconciliation":false,"managed_saas_offering":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","language":"HCL","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":true,"policy_as_code":true,"import_existing":true,"state_management":"vendor_managed","open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true,"managed_saas_offering":true}` |
| integrations.count | 14 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS API Gateway"},{"name":"AWS RDS Aurora"},{"name":"AWS ElastiCache Redis"},{"name":"AWS ECS Fargate"},{"name":"AWS CloudFront"},{"name":"AWS SES"},{"name":"AWS Cognito"},{"name":"PlanetScale"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Next.js"},{"name":"Astro"},{"name":"Rails"},{"name":"Hono"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Oracle Cloud"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Consul"},{"name":"Packer"},{"name":"Vault"},{"name":"Boundary"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Go |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://sst.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:34:53.986Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.terraform.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T09:37:57.093Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | 6 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.6 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40risekit.io%2Fsst&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fterraform&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Infrastructure as Code Tools)

| Capability | SST | Terraform |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Paradigm | Declarative DSL | Declarative DSL |
| Language | TypeScript | HCL |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| Multicloud / cloud-agnostic | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| State management | Vendor-managed | Vendor-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 | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:28:18.142Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*