Terraform
Infrastructure as Code for clouds and SaaS APIs with HCL.
Why it is included
Explore Terraform product documentation, tutorials, and examples.
Best for
Platform teams versioning environments and modules.
Strengths
- Open source
- High community visibility
Limitations
- Verify license and support model for your use case
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