Visual Infrastructure Design
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Topology Canvas (Infracomposer) with drag-and-drop modeling and Terraform generation
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No visual design capabilities
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Infrastructure Generation
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Generates Terraform from app code (Java, Python, C#), diagrams, cloud state, or prompts
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No infrastructure generation; operates on authored IaC
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Module Management
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GenAI-powered editor, version control, VS Code plugin, registry publishing
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Hosts private Terraform registry; modules authored and managed externally
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Compliance Dashboard
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Centralized dashboard across appStacks with support for Mars-e, NIST, CIS, etc.
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No unified compliance dashboard or multi-framework compliance view
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Cloud-to-Code Support
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Converts live AWS, Azure, GCP infra into Terraform for reuse or re-architecture
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Not supported
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AI-Powered Insights
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Intelligent recommendations for policy, drift, and optimization
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Limited AI-powered features
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Workflow & Automation
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Visual workflow designer, Git-based CI/CD automation driven by pull request (PR) automated workflows
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PR-driven workflow automation
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Policy Enforcement
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StackGuard enforces policies at generation time; supports natural language and compliance packs
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OPA/Rego-based policy checks during CI/CD runs
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Platform Flexibility
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No vendor lock-in, self-hosting available
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Requires IaC expertise, self-hosted & private workers
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Infrastructure Management
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Complete cloud resource visibility, intelligent drift management
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Resource visibility & tracking, automated drift detection
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Incident Remediation
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StackHealer + StackAnchor for auto drift and incident remediation with autonomy level config to include human-in-the-loop
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Scheduled drift detection with optional auto-reconciliation runs that respect your policy and approval workflow
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Cloud Migration
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Cloud-to-cloud and brownfield-to-IaC migration via StackBuilder and StackFinder
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No automated migration capabilities
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Backstage Integration
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Native plugin: transforms service metadata into appStacks and infrastructure via metadata-to-IaC
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Plugin for viewing and triggering stack runs; no provisioning or compliance workflows
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Security Integrations
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Integrates with Wiz, Palo Alto, and Tenable for security scanning & posture enforcement
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No native integrations
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Pricing Model
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Free to use for individual developers. Enterprise Edition for SaaS model
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Tiered pricing based on users, features, and number of workers; advanced features gated behind enterprise tiers
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