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Arcentry vs Cloudcraft

Both stand on cloud visualization tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Arcentry

Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

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.

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Cloudcraft

Free plan APIWeb

Cloudcraft combines live infrastructure diagrams with incident, security, and cost views. Its free Datadog plan and collaboration features suit teams already using Datadog, while the listed requirements and scale guidance matter for larger deployments.

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The facts

ArcentryCloudcraft
Free planYesYes
Open sourceNot publishedNot published
Runs onAPI, Self-hosted, WebAPI, Web
Lowest paid planStandard: $9.90 a monthFree or on request
Plans published31
MakerArcentryNot published
Websitearcentry.comcloudcraft.co
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Arcentry: what it does well

  • Creates diagrams in both 2D and 3D.
  • Imports Terraform, OpenTofu, and CloudFormation templates.
  • Offers more than 700 infrastructure and technology components.
  • Streams monitoring and deployment changes into diagrams through its real-time API.
  • Free plan includes three architectures and 5,000 monthly API and service requests.

What to know first

  • Free plan allows 30 items per architecture.
  • Free plan includes 5,000 API and service requests per month.
  • Standard charges $0.0001 per additional request beyond its monthly allowance.

Cloudcraft: what it does well

  • Free Datadog plan with unlimited users and diagrams
  • Maps AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, and VMware
  • Overlays alerts, logs, findings, and cloud costs
  • Exports diagrams as SVG or PDF
  • Real-time collaboration and version history

What to know first

  • Datadog use requires a Datadog subscription
  • Some security views require Cloud Security
  • Large environments need filtering above 10,000 resources
  • API rate limit is 120 requests per minute per key

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