Cloudify
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What both publish
| Fact | Cloudify | Terraform |
|---|---|---|
| Company founded | Gartner lists Cloudify's founding year as 2012. | HashiCorp was founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar. |
| Company headquarters | Gartner lists Cloudify's head office in Herzliya, Israel. | LinkedIn lists HashiCorp headquarters in San Francisco, California. |
| Company legal name | Cloudify Platform Ltd. is identified as an Israeli private liability company in Dell's acquisition filing. | Crunchbase lists the legal name as HashiCorp, Inc. |
| Compliance | Cloudify release documentation states ISO 27001 security and ISO 27701 privacy certification. | HashiCorp states that Terraform is covered by SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, and ISO 27018 certifications. |
| Integrations | Documented official plugins include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, vSphere, OpenStack, Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Fabric and REST. | HashiCorp lists integrations for AI and MCP servers, audit, CI/CD, VCS, security scanning, policy, cost management, SSO, observability, and multi-cloud platforms. |
| Licence | The public Cloudify Manager repository is marked Apache-2.0, while Premium use is governed by Cloudify's separate EULA. | HashiCorp changed future Terraform releases to the Business Source License 1.1, which restricts hosting or embedding the software to compete with Terraform. |
| Limit: complexity | G2 reviewers say Cloudify can be excessive for small deployments and has a steep learning curve. | Independent reviewers cite a steep learning curve, cryptic errors, uneven documentation, configuration complexity, and difficult multi-environment setups. |
| Ownership news | Dell's January 2023 SEC filing says Dell acquired Cloudify and assumed its employee options. | HashiCorp's privacy policy states that IBM acquired HashiCorp on February 27, 2025. |
| Public API | Cloudify exposes a version 3 REST API at /api/v3 with curl, Python-client and requests examples; authenticated requests require a tenant header. | HCP Terraform exposes an API subset authenticated with bearer tokens and documents stable endpoints and API changes. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.1 out of 5 from 19 reviews | 4.7 out of 5 from 92 reviews. |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | No rating out of 5 from 0 reviews | 4.5 out of 5 from 125 ratings. |
Cloudify plans
- Cloudify Premium trialFree
- Premium trialFree
- Cloudify CommunityFree
- Community VersionFree
- Cloudify listing$395 a month
- Basic$12,000 a year
Terraform plans
- FreeFree
- StandardPriced on request
- PremiumPriced on request
- Terraform Community EditionFree
- HCP Terraform FreeFree
- HCP Terraform Essentials$0.10 a month
Pick Cloudify if…
Cloudify suits organizations moving to public cloud or cloud-native architecture and automating infrastructure alongside edge resources. It may fit teams that need to model services across orchestration domains and connect deployment workflows with CI/CD tools.
Pick Terraform if…
Terraform Community Edition suits practitioners who want a downloadable command-line tool for infrastructure provisioning. HCP Terraform's free features are described as suitable for small teams, while larger organizations may need paid collaboration and governance features.