Pulumi

A platform for automating cloud infrastructure using standard programming languages with built-in AI and security capabilities

Also known as: pulumi

Available worldwide · Popular in: US

What is Pulumi?

An infrastructure-as-code system that lets you define, deploy, and manage cloud resources across multiple providers using Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, .NET, and YAML, with declarative provisioning, policy enforcement, and integrated state management.

Independently observed

Pulumi pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of 2026-10-05verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed

Usage-based

Metered pricing per resource-hour and deployment-minute. Contact sales for bulk discounts on annual commitments over $20,000.

Team Edition

Contact sales

What Pulumi does

The capabilities that matter for infrastructure as code tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core

Paradigm: General language
Language: TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Java, YAML

Portability

Multicloud / cloud-agnostic: ✓

Architecture

State management: Vendor-managed

Extensibility

Pluggable provider ecosystem: ✓

Governance

Policy as code: ✓

Ops

Drift detection: ✓
GitOps continuous reconciliation: ✗

Deployment

Managed SaaS offering: ✓
Hosting: Cloud only

Adoption

Import existing resources: ✓

Licensing

Open-source engine: ✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity: -

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed

Platforms

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (28)

Independently observed

container

Kubernetes⇄•

vcs

GitHub⇄•

chat

Slack→

devops

Backstage⇄•

package_manager

npm→
PyPI→
NuGet→

cloud-native

Helm•

secrets

AWS Secrets Manager•
Azure Key Vault•
Vault•
1Password•
External Secrets Operator•
Secrets Store CSI Driver•

infrastructure

Cloudflare•

database

MongoDB•
Snowflake•

ci-cd

GitHub Actions•
GitLab Pipelines•
Jenkins•
CircleCI•
Atlassian Bitbucket•

AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Terraform
CloudFormation
Azure Resource Manager

Security & compliance

Independently observed

SOC 2 Type IIactive

Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

Pulumi FAQ

Common questions about Pulumi, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Pulumi?

A platform for defining and managing cloud infrastructure using TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Java, or HCL instead of domain-specific languages, with built-in policy enforcement, compliance tracking, and AI-powered resource discovery. It is indexed under Infrastructure as Code Tools.

Source: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/

Is Pulumi free to use?

Pulumi is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Paid editions are also offered: Team Edition, Enterprise and Business Critical, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/

What platforms does Pulumi support?

Pulumi supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.

Source: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/

Can Pulumi be self-hosted?

Yes. Pulumi can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.

Source: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/

What does Pulumi integrate with?

We have confirmed 12 integrations for Pulumi, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, GitHub and Slack, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/

What security certifications does Pulumi have?

We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Pulumi. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pulumi not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.

Source: https://www.pulumi.com/tutorials/eval-compliance-terraform/

Is Pulumi open source?

Yes. Pulumi is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.

Source: https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi

Where is Pulumi available?

Pulumi is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.

Source: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/

Pulumi alternatives

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Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Pulumi, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 69 / 100

high · 75%

Signal contributions to the composite score
Signal	Score	Weight	Contribution	Evidence
Package downloads	80	0.17	13.8	✓
Development activity	63	0.12	7.6	✓
Capabilities	87	0.08	7.2	✓
Release cadence	97	0.07	6.5	✓
Dependent projects	56	0.08	4.4	✓
Security posture	45	0.09	3.9	✓
Security score	71	0.05	3.8	✓
Stars	83	0.03	2.7	✓
Integrations	38	0.05	2.0	✓
Developer Q&A activity	0	0.08	0.0	-

Computed 2026-10-05. Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 65%

Adoption

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Github starsadoption.github_stars	25,758	highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90%
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2,143	highsource · 2026-10-05 · 85%
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	1,440,025	highsource · 2026-10-05 · 85%

Content

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65%

Features

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Capabilitiesfeatures.capabilities	Hosting: cloud · Language: TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Java, YAML · Paradigm: general_language · Multicloud: Yes · Policy as code: Yes · Drift detection: Yes	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%

Integrations

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Countintegrations.count	20	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%

Language

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 63%

License

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	highsource · 2026-10-05 · 99%

Market

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Availabilitymarket.availability	PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 50%

Pricing

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%
Transparentpricing.transparent	Yes	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%
Free tierpricing.free_tier	Yes	mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
Modelpricing.model	quote	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%

Release

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	5	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 70%
Historyrelease.history	20 items	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 70%

Reliability

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Status pagereliability.status_page	Yes	mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Security

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	Yes	mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Soc2security.soc2	Yes	highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75%
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.1	highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90%
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40pulumi%2Fpulumi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90%
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.pulumi.com/tutorials/eval-compliance-terraform/	mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%

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