# Google Deployment Manager vs SST

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Google Deployment Manager

| Attribute | Google Deployment Manager | SST |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 62.9 (45% (low)) | 50 (64% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 1 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 26,260 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 844,585 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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":"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}` | `{"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 | 12 | 14 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"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 | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://sst.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:34:53.986Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | free | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.17.1","date":"2026-07-12T20:18:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.17.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.17.0","date":"2026-06-26T07:53:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.16.0","date":"2026-06-24T12:25:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.15.2","date":"2026-05-29T11:35:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.15.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.15.1","date":"2026-05-29T11:20:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.15.0","date":"2026-05-29T09:14:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.14.3","date":"2026-05-20T13:48:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.14.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.14.2","date":"2026-05-20T12:42:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.14.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.14.1","date":"2026-05-12T16:53:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.14.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.14.0","date":"2026-05-12T15:40:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.13.2","date":"2026-05-12T14:48:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.13.1","date":"2026-05-05T17:48:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.13.0","date":"2026-05-04T20:10:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.12.11","date":"2026-05-01T12:55:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.12.10","date":"2026-04-29T17:41:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.12.9","date":"2026-04-29T12:39:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.12.8","date":"2026-04-29T12:03:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.12.7","date":"2026-04-29T10:58:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.12.6","date":"2026-04-29T10:07:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/anomalyco/sst/releases/tag/v4.12.5","date":"2026-04-29T08:57:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.5"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"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 | Google Deployment Manager | SST |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Paradigm | Declarative DSL | Declarative DSL |
| Language | YAML, JSON | 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 | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| **Adoption** |  |  |
| Import existing resources | - | ✗ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source engine | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| CNCF maturity | None | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:34:28.077Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*