# Crossplane vs SST

| Attribute | Crossplane | SST |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 69.7 (31% (low)) | 50 (64% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 1 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 24 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 11,979 | 26,260 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 844,585 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A Kubernetes-based platform engineering framework that allows organizations to create declarative APIs exposing infrastructure capabilities. It enables safe self-service provisioning for users, automation systems, and AI agents while enforcing policies and governance through a centralized control plane. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","language":"YAML","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":true,"policy_as_code":true,"drift_detection":true,"state_management":"vendor_managed","open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true,"gitops_reconciliation":true,"managed_saas_offering":false}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","language":"TypeScript","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":false,"policy_as_code":false,"drift_detection":false,"import_existing":false,"state_management":"vendor_managed","open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true,"gitops_reconciliation":false,"managed_saas_offering":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 14 |
| 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"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.crossplane.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:31:56.894Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://sst.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:34:53.986Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.scorecard | 9.6 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":5,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcrossplane%2Fcrossplane&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40jaydeebee%2Fsst&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Infrastructure as Code Tools)

| Capability | Crossplane | SST |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Paradigm | Declarative DSL | Declarative DSL |
| Language | YAML | TypeScript |
| **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 | Self-hosted only | Cloud only |
| **Adoption** |  |  |
| Import existing resources | - | ✗ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| CNCF maturity | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:37:02.692Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*