Elastic Cloud Hosted
5.7#13 in aws marketplace softwareWebAPISelf-hosted
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Terraform
8.0#1 in infrastructure policy as code toolsFrom $0.47 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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| Fact | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Terraform |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance | Elastic says Elastic Cloud Hosted is FedRAMP High authorized on AWS GovCloud and compliant with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and IRAP. | HashiCorp states that Terraform is covered by SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, and ISO 27018 certifications. |
| Founded | 2012 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands and Mountain View, California, United States | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Integrations | The integrations page lists Elastic Agent, Open Crawler, content connectors, APIs, language clients, and Logstash as ingestion methods. | HashiCorp lists integrations for AI and MCP servers, audit, CI/CD, VCS, security scanning, policy, cost management, SSO, observability, and multi-cloud platforms. |
Elastic Cloud Hosted plans
- Elastic Cloud Hosted—
Terraform plans
- FreeFree
- StandardPriced on request
- PremiumPriced on request
- Terraform Community EditionFree
- HCP Terraform FreeFree
- HCP Terraform Essentials$0.10 a month
Pick Elastic Cloud Hosted if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
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.