Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Terragrunt
Terragrunt clearly comes out ahead of Terraform on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | Gruntwork | HashiCorp |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | devops | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | terragrunt | terraform |
|---|---|---|
| Access To Gruntwork Private Infrastructure Module Library | ||
| 1 Concurrent Run | ||
| Advanced Automation | ||
| Advanced Governance | ||
| Automation-Friendly Cli | ||
| Advanced Security And Compliance | ||
| Commercial Maintenance And Support | ||
| Core Infrastructure Automation | ||
| Dependency Orchestration | ||
| Enhanced Team Tools | ||
| Drift Detection | ||
| Enterprise Features | ||
| Dry Configuration | ||
| Enterprise Support | ||
| Multi-Environment Support | ||
| Everything In Essentials | ||
| Multi-Repository Management | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Patcher | ||
| Everything In Standard | ||
| Pipelines For Ci/Cd | ||
| Full Control | ||
| Remote State Management | ||
| Private Module Registry | ||
| Self-Hosted Infrastructure-As-Code Libraries | ||
| Remote Plan And Apply | ||
| Testing Infrastructure With Terratest And Terrascan | ||
| Remote State Storage | ||
| Up To 25 Infrastructure Units | ||
| Secure Variable Storage |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Terragrunt comes out ahead overall, though Terraform can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Terragrunt and Terraform offer a free tier.
Terragrunt is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
