# Crossplane vs Terramate

| Attribute | Crossplane | Terramate |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 69.7 (31% (low)) | 53.2 (39% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 11 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 24 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 11,979 | 3,621 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":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. | 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. |
| 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":"both","language":"HCL","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":true,"policy_as_code":true,"drift_detection":true,"import_existing":true,"state_management":"self_managed","open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true,"gitops_reconciliation":true,"managed_saas_offering":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 10 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"OpenTofu"},{"name":"Terragrunt"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"GitLab CI/CD"},{"name":"BitBucket Pipelines"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"Slack"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.crossplane.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:31:56.894Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community","summary":"Free forever. Up to 2 users, 1000 resources, 30-day data retention.","features":["Code Management","Deployment Workflows","Pull Request Previews","Drift Management","Observability & Visibility","Environments and Stacks","Dependencies","Unlimited Workflows","CI/CD Integration","Orchestration","GitOps","Policy as Code (OPA)","Organizations (Multitenancy)","OIDC Integration","Community Support via Discord"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individual DevOps and Platform Engineers to get started.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"2","resources":"1000","data_retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Teams","summary":"$449/month. Unlimited users, 5000 resources, 90-day retention. 14-day free trial.","features":["All Community features","Asset Management","Policies","CIS Benchmarks","DORA Metrics","Incident Management","Email and Chat Support","Dedicated shared Slack Channel","24-hour support response time"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":449,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For SMBs and pioneering DevOps and Platform teams to get started.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","resources":"5000","data_retention_days":"90"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Custom resources/retention. 4-hour support, PoC program, Cloud and Cloud-prem deployment options.","features":["All Teams features","SSO SAML 2.0","RBAC","Audit Logs","Private Source Control System integration","Cloud and Cloud-prem deployment options","4-hour support response time","PoC Program","Onboarding and Training","Dedicated Support and Account Manager"],"description":"For businesses looking to scale their IaC practices.","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","resources":"custom","data_retention_days":"custom"}}],"summary":"From free to $449/month. Free Community plan with 14-day free trial for Teams.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://terramate.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T21:12:58.044Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":449,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 7 |
| 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=nixpkgs&package_name=terramate&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Infrastructure as Code Tools)

| Capability | Crossplane | Terramate |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Paradigm | Declarative DSL | Declarative DSL |
| Language | YAML | HCL |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| Multicloud / cloud-agnostic | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| State management | Vendor-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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:16:56.157Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*