Arcentry

What Arcentry is

Arcentry creates interactive infrastructure diagrams for cloud, on-premises, and open-source systems. Users can build diagrams in 2D or 3D, then export them as images or embed them in websites and blog posts with an interactive viewer. The product can import Terraform, OpenTofu, and CloudFormation templates, analyze the infrastructure, and turn it into a diagram. Users can also describe infrastructure in natural language for Arcentry to generate an Infrastructure Description Format document and corresponding diagram.

Arcentry says its library contains more than 700 components across cloud providers, APIs, AI platforms and models, open-source software, and on-premise infrastructure. Listed components include AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, IBM, Oracle, OpenAI, and Hetzner; multiple providers can share a canvas. Users can customize components with 3D models, colors, and icons, or upload images. The real-time API can stream monitoring metrics, deployment state, and auto-scaling changes into diagrams. Its REST API creates and updates documents, objects, metadata, images, and embeds, with changes reflected in real time. Plans range from a free tier with three architectures to Standard at $9.90 per month and a priced-on-request Enterprise option. Enterprise supports self-hosted deployment, identity integrations, permissions, data control, and direct support from Arcentry.

Who it suits

Arcentry suits infrastructure teams that need interactive diagrams of cloud, on-premises, or open-source systems, especially when they work with imported infrastructure templates or multiple providers. Its Enterprise offering is aimed at organizations that want self-hosting, organizational authentication, and control of diagram and integration data within their own infrastructure.

Limits

The free plan includes three architectures, 30 items per architecture, and 5,000 API and service requests per month. Standard includes unlimited architectures and items and 30,000 requests per month; each additional request costs $0.0001.

Getting started

1. Visit Arcentry and create a free account; the free plan requires no credit card.
2. Create an architecture and add components, or import a Terraform, OpenTofu, or CloudFormation template.
3. Use natural-language description to generate an Infrastructure Description Format document and diagram.
4. Choose Standard at $9.90 per month for unlimited architectures and items, or contact Arcentry about Enterprise.
5. For Enterprise, plan a self-hosted deployment and identity integration with Arcentry.

Verdict

Choose Arcentry if you need interactive infrastructure diagrams, template imports, live updates, or a way to show several providers on one canvas. The free plan has architecture, item, and request limits; organizations needing self-hosting, SSO, or custom authentication will need the Enterprise plan, whose price is available on request.