# AWS CloudFormation vs Google Deployment Manager

| Attribute | AWS CloudFormation | Google Deployment Manager |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 60.3 (73% (medium)) | 62.9 (45% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A managed service for provisioning and managing AWS and third-party cloud resources through declarative templates (JSON/YAML) or programmatic languages. Automates infrastructure deployment across regions and accounts, detects configuration drift, and provides automatic rollback on errors. | Automates the provisioning and configuration of Google Cloud resources using declarative templates. Organizations define infrastructure as YAML or JSON files that specify which cloud services to create and how they should be configured, then use Deployment Manager to instantiate those resources as coordinated deployments. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","language":"JSON, YAML, TypeScript, Python, Java, .NET","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":false,"policy_as_code":true,"drift_detection":true,"import_existing":true,"state_management":"vendor_managed","open_source_engine":false,"provider_ecosystem":true,"gitops_reconciliation":true,"managed_saas_offering":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","language":"YAML, JSON","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":false,"cncf_member":"none","state_management":"vendor_managed","open_source_engine":false,"provider_ecosystem":true,"managed_saas_offering":true}` |
| integrations.count | 21 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Atlassian Opsgenie"},{"name":"JFrog"},{"name":"Trend Micro"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Aqua Security"},{"name":"FireEye"},{"name":"Sysdig"},{"name":"Snyk"},{"name":"Check Point"},{"name":"Spot by NetApp"},{"name":"Gremlin"},{"name":"Stackery"},{"name":"Iridium"},{"name":"AWS CDK"},{"name":"AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model)"},{"name":"Visual Studio"},{"name":"Kiro"},{"name":"AWS CloudFormation Registry"},{"name":"AWS Partner Network (APN)"}]` | `[{"name":"Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Compute Engine"},{"name":"Cloud SQL"},{"name":"Cloud Load Balancing"},{"name":"Cloud Logging"},{"name":"Cloud Monitoring"},{"name":"Cloud VPN"},{"name":"Cloud Interconnect"},{"name":"Cloud HSM"},{"name":"Secret Manager"},{"name":"Cloud KMS"},{"name":"Confidential Computing"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Third-party Resources & Custom Hooks","summary":"$0.0009/handler operation after 1,000 free ops/month","features":["Unlimited AWS::* and Alexa::* resource operations (no handler charges)","Third-party resource provisioning","Custom hook support","Handler operation billing after free tier","Duration overage billing"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"handler operation"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0009,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"second"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00008,"currency":"USD","description":"Duration overage beyond 30 seconds per operation"}],"description":"Pay-per-operation model for third-party resource providers and custom hooks","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"free_handler_operations":"1,000/month","free_duration_per_operation":"30 seconds"}}],"summary":"Usage-based: $0.0009/handler operation + $0.00008/sec overage. 1,000 free operations/month. Data transfer at AWS rates.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:36:19.015Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.00008,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}` | `{"type":"free","summary":"Free as part of Google Cloud. $300 free credit for new accounts.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://docs.cloud.google.com/deployment-manager/docs","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:07:10.391Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | free |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Infrastructure as Code Tools)

| Capability | AWS CloudFormation | Google Deployment Manager |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Paradigm | Declarative DSL | Declarative DSL |
| Language | JSON, YAML, TypeScript, Python, Java, .NET | YAML, JSON |
| **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 only |
| **Adoption** |  |  |
| Import existing resources | ✓ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source engine | ✗ | ✗ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| CNCF maturity | - | None |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:20:09.372Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*