env0 vs. IaC-only management tools
env0 is an infrastructure management platform built for scale. It gives platform teams visibility, governance, and control across everything running in their environments—not just what was deployed through Infrastructure-as-Code.
While IaC-only orchestration platforms focus on provisioning workflows, env0 goes further. It helps teams understand what’s actually running, identify unmanaged resources, and apply consistent policies across frameworks like Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, Helm, and Kubernetes. Built-in guardrails and environment-level structure support the way modern cloud infrastructure is shared, scaled, and operated.
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Env0 vs IaC-only management tools at a glance
Built for multi-framework workflows across Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, Helm, Kubernetes, and more.
TF/TFC-first; other frameworks supported but secondary
Full resource lifecycle management, including unmanaged resources and drift
Limited to codified infrastructure
Built-in RBAC, approvals, budget and tagging policies
Limited; often depends on external systems
Native project and environment hierarchy with reusable workflows
Limited hierarchy; less suited for complex team and environment models
Environment-based pricing with unlimited runs
Resource-based pricing; less predictable at scale
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The env0 advantage
env0 supports every major Infrastructure-as-Code framework - including Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes - so your teams can use what works best.
- Multi-framework and Kubernetes-native support
- Self-hosted agent for enterprise environments
- Integrates with your stack (Checkov, Grafana, DataDog, and more)
env0 enables you full visibility into your infrastructure and the automation to control it.
- Understand IaC coverage and drift risk across your cloud
- Measure and analyze infrastructure data with an AI-powered agent
- Detect and remediate drift with deep, audit-level precision
- Govern with advanced built-in approval flows, RBAC, and cost controls
env0 is priced for scale - no resource-based billing, no vendor traps.
- Predictable pricing per environment, not per resource
- Unlimited concurrent deployments
- Flexible, customizable workflows
- Run as SaaS or host it yourself - your choice
Customer feedback matters most
Jason Walsh
Sr. Infrastructure Engineer
env0 allows us to focus on writing and maintaining our Terraform configurations. Speculative plans for pull requests enable our team to quickly review and approve changes to our infrastructure which helps mitigate risk and provides transparency.
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Henry Tze
Cloud and IaC Security Engineer
With env0 we can streamline our deployments easily. We can now maintain a large number of projects, and env0 ensures that the process is scalable, especially when we have to deal with multiple cloud accounts.
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Troy Knapp
Senior DevOps Engineer
env0 cut our mean time to merge in half by helping us better manage our workflow and code conflicts. Their customer service and willingness to roll out features based on our needs was unprecedented.
Troy E. Lillehoff
VP of Cloud Strategy
We looked at a lot of tools, but env0 really stood out. It provided us with a mature enterprise-ready solution, robust integration options, and an easy way to keep our costs under control.
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Amit Daniel
DevOps Team Lead
As we moved our cloud deployments to Terraform and needed an automation layer on top, we found env0 to be a great solution for automating our Terraform workflows and enhancing collaboration.
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Sergey Korolev
DevOps Team Lead
envO has made it simple to introduce governance and auditing into our Infrastructure as Code workflows. It's allowed us to enforce best practices across the board, improving both our efficiency and security.
Shaked Shauli
DevOps Lead, PayPal
Compared to Jenkins or scripts, env0 is built specifically for IaC workflows and our team actually likes using it.
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Radek Dors
Site Reliability Engineer
We chose env0 to manage all of our AWS Terraform-based deployments. Thanks to env0, we can now collaborate and manage our environments, leveraging GitOps and governance workflows.
Imri Zvik
Director of Architecture
Using env0, we now can provide an infrastructure to our developers, allowing me to focus on what’s important. I no longer have to manage the management solution.
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Gal Porat
Director of Devops, IT and Security
env0 allows us to enforce policies on specific environments without the need to constantly check and manually deactivate/activate them.
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Eldad Stainbook
Director of Cloud Engineering
Creating a CloudFront or EKS distribution used to take me about three days, now it takes about ten minutes, because we know the model works. All you have to do is populate a few values and that’s it.
Scale up benefits, cut down costs
Unlimited concurrency
Terraform Cloud's concurrent run fees can add up quickly. With env0, you can avoid wasteful spending and execute unlimited simultaneous runs at no extra cost.
IaC-centric pipelines
Replace Terraform Cloud webhooks with easy-to-use custom flows to seamlessly integrate whatever tools you may need. Leverage deployment workflows to easily manage multiple IaC stacks and resolve complex dependencies.
Flexible workflows
Teams have different needs and types of deployments with every project. env0 retains flexibility infrastructure teams need to make adjustments by using PR planning (with both git and Atlantis-style workflows), continuous deployment, and custom policies.
Managed self-service
Dismantle silos and regain valuable time with managed self-service tools and Policy-as-Code guardrails, empowering teams to spin up entire infrastructure with ease and confidence. Bake in IaC best practices with:
Advanced FinOps tools
With env0 you can easily monitor your spending, set custom budget policies, and automatically know the cloud costs of every change by using:
Robust IaC automation tools
CI/CD automation makes your Infrastructure as Code more manageable. Anchor IaC into your development lifecycle and detect issues before they hit production with:
Extended integration options
Unlike Terraform Cloud, env0 supports every Infrastructure-as-Code framework – Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CloudFormation, etc. Our platform also supports critical tools in the DevOps tech stack like:
- Kubernetes and Helm
- OPA and Checkov
- Trivy and Lightlytics
and many more
Continuous IaC visibility
Gain continuous visibility within your infrastructure stack, offering contextual insights into changes and drifts for granular auditability and compliance, enhanced by features like:
Granular access controls
Going beyond Terraform Cloud's static access controls, our platform supports dynamic RBAC and flexible access policies, streamlined by SAML/OIDC single sign-on (SSO) integrations.
