HCP Terraform's legacy free plan ended March 31, 2026 and the free tier now caps managed resources at 500. Compare free alternatives: Spacelift, Terragrunt Scale, Pulumi, Scalr, and more. Catalogue dates July to November 2026.

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HCP Terraform Alternatives

HCP Terraform's legacy free plan reached end of life on March 31, 2026. Organizations were transitioned to an enhanced free tier that caps managed resources at 500. To manage more than 500 resources, an organization needs a paid plan, such as Essentials, which bills every resource at $0.10 a month or $0.00013 an hour, based on the peak count in each hour, so 800 resources cost about $80 a month.

The new enhanced tier does include SSO, policy as code (Sentinel + OPA), and unlimited users. But if the 500-resource limit doesn't fit your workloads, or you want to avoid vendor lock-in, here are free IaC alternatives worth evaluating — including Terragrunt Scale, a new free tier from Gruntwork positioned as a direct HCP Terraform replacement.

Pricing Restructured

HashiCorp's legacy free plan for HCP Terraform reached end of life on March 31, 2026. Legacy free plan users were auto-migrated to the enhanced free tier with different limits: 500 managed resources (previously unlimited for small teams), unlimited users, 1 concurrent run, SSO, and policy as code (Sentinel + OPA) Source ↗

Before: Legacy free plan with basic Terraform Cloud features
After: Enhanced free tier: 500 managed resources, unlimited users, 1 concurrent run, SSO, policy as code (Sentinel + OPA). Auto-migration from legacy plan

Top Alternatives

Pulumi Individual stable

Infrastructure as Code platform — free for individuals with 1 user, unlimited projects/stacks/updates, 500 deployment minutes/mo, 25 secrets, 10K secret API calls/mo

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Spacelift Free

IaC orchestration platform — 2 users, 1 API key, 1 public worker, OIDC integration, credential-less cloud provider integration, cost estimationWhen we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-10-24, we found the same terms as an earlier read we had declined to record, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

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Brainboard Free stable

Collaborative solution to visually build and manage cloud infrastructures from end-to-end.

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Scalr Free stable

Terraform Automation and Collaboration (TACO) platform — The Free plan covers up to 50 runs per month. As of September 2026 every new account starts with five concurrent runs by default on Scalr’s managed runners, on the Free and Business plans alike, and the quota is raised free of charge on request with a valid use case.

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Terragrunt Scale Free stable

IaC orchestration platform by Gruntwork — All plans include unlimited runs and resources. Free Forever $0 Free Up to 25 infrastructure units* For individuals, start-ups, or teams looking to try before buying Terragrunt-native IaC Pipeline Unlimited Runs Unlimited Resources (no RUM) Community Support

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Terramate Free

Terramate is an orchestration and management platform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, and Terragrunt. Free up to 2 users including all features.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

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Stategraph Free stable

Stategraph, formerly Terrateam: terrateam.io redirects to stategraph.com. Infrastructure-as-code orchestration for GitHub and GitLab, with Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi, CDKTF or any CLI. Free hosted plan: 3 users, 50 runs (plans or applies) a month, 1 concurrent worker, 30-day audit retention and community support, with every Orchestration feature, including SSO, RBAC, drift detection, cost estimation and OPA, Conftest and Checkov policies. No credit card. The self-hosted open-source edition (MPL-2.0) is free for up to 3 active users a month per GitHub or GitLab installation, with unlimited runs and concurrent workers.

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Checkov Open Source

Open source (Apache 2.0) IaC static analysis. Scans Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Helm, Dockerfile, and 10+ frameworks for misconfigurations. No usage limits.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-14, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

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Free Tier Comparison

How each IaC platform's free tier compares. HCP Terraform's free tier caps managed resources at 500.

Platform Free Users Managed Resources Runs GitOps Drift Detection Policy as Code
HCP Terraform (enhanced) Unlimited5001 concurrent✅—✅ Sentinel + OPA
Terragrunt Scale —Unlimited (up to 25 infrastructure units)Unlimited✅ GitHub/GitLab✅—
Spacelift 2—1 public worker✅—✅ OPA
Scalr UnlimitedUnlimited50/month✅—✅ OPA
Pulumi 1Unlimited500 deploy min/mo✅✅✅
Terramate 2——✅✅—
Stategraph 3—50/month✅ PR-driven✅✅ OPA + Conftest + Checkov

✅ = included in free tier   — = not specified or requires paid plan. Scalr charges only for qualifying runs — users, workspaces, and resources are free.

Quick Comparison

Tool Free Tier Details Stability
Pulumi Individual Infrastructure as Code platform — free for individuals with 1 user, unlimited projects/stacks/updates, 500 deployment mi... stable
Spacelift Free IaC orchestration platform — 2 users, 1 API key, 1 public worker, OIDC integration, credential-less cloud provider integ... —
Brainboard Free Collaborative solution to visually build and manage cloud infrastructures from end-to-end. stable
Scalr Free Terraform Automation and Collaboration (TACO) platform — The Free plan covers up to 50 runs per month. As of September 2... stable
Terragrunt Scale Free IaC orchestration platform by Gruntwork — All plans include unlimited runs and resources. Free Forever $0 Free Up to 25 ... stable
Terramate Free Terramate is an orchestration and management platform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu... —
Stategraph Free Stategraph, formerly Terrateam: terrateam.io redirects to stategraph.com. Infrastructure-as-code orchestration for GitHu... stable
Checkov Open Source Open source (Apache 2.0) IaC static analysis. Scans Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Helm, Dockerfile, and 10+ fra... —

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