Comparison

SST vs Terragrunt

On the evidence we track, Terragrunt leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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SST50
Terragrunt65
Score
Vioscale score
SST50 / 100medium · 64%
Terragrunt65 / 100low · 38%
Pricing
Free tier
SST
Terragrunt
Model
Terragruntfreemium
Price level
SSTfree
Terragruntfree
Transparent
SST
Terragrunt
Integrations
Count
SST14
Terragrunt2
Adoption
Dependent repos
SST0
Terragrunt
Github stars
Terragrunt9,807
Package downloads weekly
Terragrunt
Activity
Commits last 30d
SST1
Terragrunt100
Release
Cadence days
SST1
Terragrunt7
History
Terragrunt20 items
License
Spdx
SSTMIT
TerragruntMIT
Language
Primary
TerragruntGo

Capabilities

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

Core
Paradigm
SSTDeclarative DSL
TerragruntDeclarative DSL
Language
SSTTypeScript
TerragruntGo
Portability
Multicloud / cloud-agnostic
SST
Terragrunt
Architecture
State management
SSTVendor-managed
TerragruntSelf-managed
Extensibility
Pluggable provider ecosystem
SST
Terragrunt
Governance
Policy as code
SST
Terragrunt-
Ops
Drift detection
SST
Terragrunt-
GitOps continuous reconciliation
SST
Terragrunt
Deployment
Managed SaaS offering
SST
Terragrunt
Hosting
SSTCloud only
TerragruntSelf-hosted only
Adoption
Import existing resources
SST
Terragrunt-
Licensing
Open-source engine
SST
Terragrunt
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
SST-
Terragrunt-

What each one is

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

SST

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.

Independently observed

Terragrunt

Leader

An open-source orchestrator that streamlines Infrastructure as Code management for Terraform and OpenTofu. Includes free managed CI/CD capabilities to automate and accelerate infrastructure deployment pipelines.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

SST

Open source
as of verify ↗

Terragrunt

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free open source; managed Terragrunt Scale offering available

  • Open SourceFree
  • Terragrunt ScaleContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Windows
SST
Terragrunt
CLI
SST
Terragrunt
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
SST
Terragrunt
Self-hosted
SST
Terragrunt

Integrations

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

SST

14 total
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS API Gateway
  • AWS RDS Aurora
  • AWS ElastiCache Redis
  • AWS ECS Fargate
  • AWS CloudFront
  • AWS SES
  • AWS Cognito
  • PlanetScale
  • Cloudflare
  • Next.js
  • Astro
  • Rails
  • Hono
Independently observed

Terragrunt

Leader
3 total
  • OpenTofu
  • Terraform
  • AWS
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.