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AWS OpsWorks vs. HashiCorp Terraform

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS OpsWorks

    Score4.3 out of 10
    N/AAWS OpsWorks is a configuration management service that provides managed instances of Chef and Puppet.N/A

    HashiCorp Terraform

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ATerraform from HashiCorp is a cloud infrastructure automation tool that enables users to create, change, and improve production infrastructure, and it allows infrastructure to be expressed as code. It codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned. It is available Open Source, and via Cloud and Self-Hosted editions.

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    AWS OpsWorksHashiCorp Terraform
    Editions & Modules
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    Open Source
    $0
    Team & Governance
    $20/user
    per user/per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    AWS OpsWorksHashiCorp Terraform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose AWS OpsWorks
    Opsworks will become EOL soon and we have been using the recommended Systems Manager solution recently which offers a lot more flexibility in terms of orchestration technology (ie. higher Chef versions) and easier to integrate with even more AWS services.
    Incentivized
    Chose AWS OpsWorks
    OpsWorks isn't really a direct competitor to Terraform/Cloudformation, but it does allow you to do some of the more simple things on offer quite quickly and effectively. Opsworks was used for this reason, along with existing internal knowledge of Chef. Along with some of the …
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    HashiCorp
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Features
    AWS OpsWorksHashiCorp Terraform
    Configuration Management
    Comparison of Configuration Management features of AWS OpsWorks and HashiCorp Terraform
    Feature
    AWS OpsWorks
    -
    Ratings
    HashiCorp Terraform
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    Infrastructure Automation00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Automated Provisioning00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Parallel Execution00 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    Node Management00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Reporting & Logging00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Version Control00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AWS OpsWorksHashiCorp Terraform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (30 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)