Choosing the right infrastructure-as-code tool can be a strategic decision for any DevOps team. In this post, we compare two of the most popular tools: Terraform by HashiCorp and CloudFormation by AWS.
You’ll learn that while CloudFormation is deeply integrated with AWS and offers native support for most AWS services, Terraform provides a multi-cloud, provider-agnostic approach. Terraform uses its own language (HCL) and offers features like reusable modules, a larger ecosystem of community plugins, and simpler cross-cloud deployments.
We dive into areas like:
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Syntax and configuration structure
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State management and drift detection
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Modularity and reusability
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Error handling and rollback support
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Ecosystem and toolchain compatibility
This post helps you decide which tool is right for your project, whether you’re all-in on AWS or working across multiple cloud platforms.
