Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Pulumi
Pulumi clearly comes out ahead of AWS CDK on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Pulumi's paid plans start at $40/mo.
| Overview |  AWS CDKDefine AWS infrastructure using familiar programming languages. | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Amazon Web Services | Pulumi |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | devops | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | aws-cdk | pulumi |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic Aws Cloudformation Template Generation | ||
| 12X5 Enterprise Support | ||
| Aws Construct Library (Pre-Written Modular Components) | ||
| 24X7 Enterprise Support | ||
| Cdk Cli For Synthesis And Deployment | ||
| 500 Free Deployments Minutes | ||
| Infrastructure As Code (Iac) Using Modern Programming Languages | ||
| Ai Assistance With Pulumi Neo | ||
| Open-Source Framework (Apache License 2.0) | ||
| Audit Logs | ||
| Support For Typescript, Python, Java, C#, And Go | ||
| Audit Logs Export | ||
| Automatic Group & User Sync (Scim) | ||
| Automatic Secrets Rotation | ||
| Built-In Compliance (Nist, Pci, And More) | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Customer Managed Keys | ||
| Drift Detection And Remediation | ||
| Iac State Management | ||
| Internal Developer Platform (Idp) | ||
| Oidc And Org Access Tokens | ||
| Priority Feature Requests | ||
| Private Slack And Professional Services | ||
| Resource Search | ||
| Saml/Sso And Rbac | ||
| Secure Collaboration And Ci/Cd | ||
| Self-Hosting Available | ||
| Time-To-Live Stacks | ||
| Unlimited Projects, Stacks, And Environments | ||
| Unlimited Updates And History |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Pulumi comes out ahead overall, though AWS CDK can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both AWS CDK and Pulumi offer a free tier.
Pulumi scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
