--- description: Review of Terraform Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Terraform | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Cloud Integration Software](/directory/4676/cloud-management/software) > [Terraform](/software/102185/terraform) # Terraform Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/102185/terraform Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/102185/terraform?page=2) > Terraform is a cloud infrastructure automation solution designed to help businesses with provisioning and managing cloud services, private infrastructure and public cloud through infrastructure as code. Key features include data migration, cloud computing, log access, configuration management, audit logs, data security, cost estimation and performance monitoring. Teams using Terraform can employ infrastructure as code via version control system (VCS) integration, workspaces, variables, runs, infrastructure state, policy as code and clustering to automate multi-cloud governance and streamline background processes. With multi-cloud compliance and management, operators can maintain a consistent workflow using audit logs and encrypted variables. The self-service infrastructure enables enterprises to service infrastructure requests through predefined modules and provision own self-service infrastructure to increase developer agility. Terraform provides team management using SSO functionality whilst allowing administrators to manage an organization according to teams, business units and users via role-based access controls. Pricing is available on monthly subscriptions and support is extended via documentation, FAQs and online helpdesk. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 49 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 49 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: HashiCorp - **Founded**: 2012 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$20.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Terraform offer a 30-day free trial for new users, after which the software is available across 3 pricing tiers (Open Source, Terraform Cloud, and Terraform Enterprise). Pricing and functionality - outlined below - scales with number of users. Open Source for individuals - Free Terraform Cloud for teams is further available in 3 pricing tiers: Free, Team, and Team \& Governance. Pricing is free for up to 5 users Team: $20/user/month Team \& Governance: $70/user/month Terraform Enterprise for organizations - Contact HashiCorp directly for pricing information. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Audit Management - Capacity Analytics - Cloud Computing - Compliance Management - Configurable Workflow - Configuration Management - Cost Management - Data Migration - Data Security - Database Support - Log Access - Monitoring - Multi-Cloud Management - Performance Analysis - Performance Monitoring - Role-Based Permissions - Secure Data Storage ## Integrations (17 total) - Aviatrix - Chef Enterprise Automation Stack - Circonus - Cloudflare - Confluence - Datadog - Docker - GitHub - GitLab - Google Cloud - LogicMonitor - Logz.io - Microsoft Azure - Okta - PagerDuty ... and 2 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Cloud Integration Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4676/cloud-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Cloud Integration Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4676/cloud-management/software) - [IaaS Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4603/iaas-solutions/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It allowed me to create and maintains standard templates across environments for databases. > > **Cons**: Debugging and troubleshooting issues related to config and deployment can get difficult due to limited error messages and also the complexity of software ----- ### "Best Infra-as-Code tool" — 5.0/5 > **Miguel** | *9 November 2024* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's easily the best Infrastructure as Code tool available in the market. > > **Cons**: Some providers are still not mature enough. ----- ### "The IAC solution when hosting with multiple providers" — 4.0/5 > **Petre** | *29 April 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: The biggest pro it has is hands down it's ability to facilitate infrastructure as code for projects that need more than Azure hosting. Also has a polished syntax. > > **Cons**: State files. Having to manage this is annoying and can be a huge pain. Having the state determined based on current installation is so much better. > > We have been exploring Terraform in paralel to other of its competitors to resolve the IAC needs for our project. It's currently winning on the syntax side but had some difficulties setting up keyvaults on Azure. ----- ### "Terraform does exactly what is required" — 5.0/5 > **Richard** | *20 July 2023* | Internet | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ease of use and the speed at which bug fixes and related enhancements can be submitted via GitHub and be approved and so you end up running your amendments without needing to work around them. > > **Cons**: One aspect is that there is a library that doesn't include all aspects of Terraform and so dependent applications are not fully capable of exposing all the aspects. > > Using Terraform allows us to use the Infrastructure as Code pattern (IaC). This means, rather than logging into the cloud service providers and manually amending things and not being able to do all those things quickly, accurately, and repeatedly (for deployments), using Terraform allows us to do all of that automation.In addition, because the changes are done as code, they are submitted to a version control system (Git) and so reviewable, approvable (or not), merged, and automatically deployed by a secure pipeline setup. ----- ### "Infrastructure as code" — 5.0/5 > **Renato** | *17 August 2021* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Terraform was the first big player in the infrastructure as code game and became a de-facto standard. Byupporting different providers, it allows integrating a huge variety of components and helps to avoid Cloud vendor lock-in. > > **Cons**: Breaking changes across versions make supporting it a bit more complex than it could be. > > Overall, the experience is great. It allows us to support complex cloud infrastructures without the risks of manual work. ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/102185/terraform?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/102185/terraform) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data