Comparison

Terragrunt vs Terramate

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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★Terragrunt65

Terramate53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	TerragruntLeader	Terramate
Vioscale score	65 / 100low · 38%	53 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	10
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.2	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=terramate&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	9,807	3,621
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	11
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	7	7
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	MPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Terragrunt65 / 100low · 38%

Terramate53 / 100low · 39%

Pricing

Free tier

Terragrunt✓

Terramate✓

Model

Terragruntfreemium

Terramatefreemium

Price level

Terragruntfree

Terramatelow

Transparent

Terragrunt✗

Terramate✗

Integrations

Count

Terragrunt2

Terramate10

Security

Scorecard

Terragrunt7.2

Terramate–

Vulnerabilities

Terragrunt–

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

Adoption

Dependent repos

Terragrunt–

Terramate0

Github stars

Terragrunt9,807

Terramate3,621

Activity

Commits last 30d

Terragrunt100

Terramate11

Release

Cadence days

Terragrunt7

Terramate7

History

Terragrunt20 items

Terramate20 items

License

Spdx

TerragruntMIT

TerramateMPL-2.0

Language

Primary

TerragruntGo

TerramateGo

Market

Availability

Terragrunt–

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	Terragrunt	Terramate
Core
Paradigm	Declarative DSL	Declarative DSL
Language	Go	HCL
Portability
Multicloud / cloud-agnostic	✓	✓
Architecture
State management	Self-managed	Self-managed
Extensibility
Pluggable provider ecosystem	✓	✓
Governance
Policy as code	-	✓
Ops
Drift detection	-	✓
GitOps continuous reconciliation	✓	✓
Deployment
Managed SaaS offering	✓	✓
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted
Adoption
Import existing resources	-	✓
Licensing
Open-source engine	✓	✓
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity	-	-

Core

Paradigm

TerragruntDeclarative DSL

TerramateDeclarative DSL

Language

TerragruntGo

TerramateHCL

Portability

Multicloud / cloud-agnostic

Terragrunt✓

Terramate✓

Architecture

State management

TerragruntSelf-managed

TerramateSelf-managed

Extensibility

Pluggable provider ecosystem

Terragrunt✓

Terramate✓

Governance

Policy as code

Terragrunt-

Terramate✓

Ops

Drift detection

Terragrunt-

Terramate✓

GitOps continuous reconciliation

Terragrunt✓

Terramate✓

Deployment

Managed SaaS offering

Terragrunt✓

Terramate✓

Hosting

TerragruntSelf-hosted only

TerramateCloud + self-hosted

Adoption

Import existing resources

Terragrunt-

Terramate✓

Licensing

Open-source engine

Terragrunt✓

Terramate✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Terragrunt-

Terramate-

What each one is

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

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

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.

Terragrunt

Leader

HybridFree tier

Free open source; managed Terragrunt Scale offering available

Open SourceFree
Terragrunt ScaleContact sales

as of 2026-08-01verify ↗

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	Terragrunt	Terramate
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

CLI

Terragrunt✓

Terramate✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Terragrunt✓

Terramate✓

Self-hosted

Terragrunt✓

Terramate✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

OpenTofu
Terraform

Terragrunt

Leader

3 total - 1 not shared

Independently observed

Terramate

10 total - 8 not shared

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.