Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: OpenTofu
OpenTofu clearly comes out ahead of Terramate on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Terramate's paid plans start at $449/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Linux Foundation | Terramate |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | devops | ai-codingdevops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
OpenTofu
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| Feature | opentofu | terramate |
|---|---|---|
| Early Variable/Local Evaluation | ||
| Asset Management | ||
| Exclusion Flag | ||
| Audit Trail | ||
| Provider Iteration With For_Each | ||
| Cis Benchmarks | ||
| State Encryption | ||
| Code Management | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Dedicated Support And Account Manager | ||
| Deployment Option (Cloud, Cloud-Prem) | ||
| Deployment Workflows | ||
| Dora Metrics | ||
| Drift Management | ||
| Incident Management | ||
| Observability & Visibility | ||
| Policies | ||
| Private Source Control System | ||
| Pull Request Previews | ||
| Rbac | ||
| Slack & Email Support | ||
| Sso | ||
| Sso Integration With Saml 2.0 |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, OpenTofu comes out ahead overall, though Terramate can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both OpenTofu and Terramate offer a free tier.
OpenTofu scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
