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Best AWS Controllers for Kubernetes Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from infrastructure as code tools ranked against AWS Controllers for Kubernetes on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Terraform Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.10/mo6.7
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Terraform
  2. 2
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free6.6
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs AWS CloudFormation
  3. 3
    Cloudify Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Cloudify
  4. 4
    Kusion Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Kusion
  5. 5
    Pulumi Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $40/mo6.6
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Pulumi
  6. 6
    Terramate Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin $449/mo6.6
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Terramate
  7. 7
    AWS CDK Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs AWS CDK
  8. 8
    OpenTofu Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs OpenTofu
  9. 9
    Terragrunt Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin $500/mo6.5
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Terragrunt
  10. 10
    Terrateam Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $1,000/mo6.5
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Terrateam
  11. 11
    env0 Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs env0
  12. 12
    Scalr Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Scalr
  13. 13
    Spacelift Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $1666.67/mo6.4
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Spacelift
  14. 14
    Harness Infrastructure as Code Management Free plan Web Free6.3
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Harness Infrastructure as Code Management
  15. 15
    CDK8s Free plan self-hosted Free6.2
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs CDK8s
  16. 16
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.6
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs HashiCorp Nomad
  17. 17
    Azure Bicep LinuxMacWebWin 5.5
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Azure Bicep
  18. 18
    Google Config Connector LinuxMacWin 5.4
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Google Config Connector
  19. 19
    Sceptre LinuxMac 5.3
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Sceptre
  20. 21
    Azure Service Operator 5.1
    AWS Controllers for Kubernetes vs Azure Service Operator

AWS Controllers for Kubernetes alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Terraform6.7Free plan$0.10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2AWS CloudFormation6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
3Cloudify6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Kusion6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Pulumi6.6Free plan$40/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Terramate6.6Free plan$449/moAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
7AWS CDK6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
8OpenTofu6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9Terragrunt6.5Free plan$500/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10Terrateam6.5Free plan$1,000/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
11env06.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
12Scalr6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13Spacelift6.4Free plan$1666.67/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
14Harness Infrastructure as Code Management6.3Free planFreeWeb
15CDK8s6.2Free planFreeself-hosted
16HashiCorp Nomad5.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
17Azure Bicep5.5No—Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
18Google Config Connector5.4No—Linux, Mac, Windows
19Sceptre5.3No—Linux, Mac
21Azure Service Operator5.1No——
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Questions about AWS Controllers for Kubernetes alternatives

What is the best alternative to AWS Controllers for Kubernetes?

Terraform, number 1 in infrastructure as code tools with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: AWS CloudFormation, Cloudify, Kusion and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to AWS Controllers for Kubernetes?

Terraform is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.