Terraform vs Pulumi: Which IaC tool is right for you?

Dive into a detailed comparison of Terraform and Pulumi using Nitric as we deploy the same app to AWS with both tools. Discover their IaC features, similarities, differences, and strengths to determine the best fit for your infrastructure needs.

0:00 Introduction
0:16 Why use Nitric to compare Terraform and Pulumi?
0:46 Terraform app
1:19 Deploying the App with Terraform
2:44 Pulumi app
3:16 Deploying the App with Pulumi
4:14 Cleanup and Conclusion
4:30 Comparing Terraform and Pulumi

Key Takeaways

Terraform: Ideal for teams with DevOps experience, offering stability and a mature ecosystem with HCL.

Pulumi: Perfect for developer-centric teams with support for multiple languages and seamless integration into existing workflows.

Nitric is a multi-language framework for cloud applications with infrastructure from code. It makes cloud development and deployment faster and more manageable, empowering software development teams to be highly productive while building portable, customizable cloud applications.

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One point to add: Pulumi is very mature too and has a vast ecosystem as well. With the usage of a programming language, you have an even larger ecosystem: the one from the language you are using.