
Fairwinds Polaris
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| Fact | Fairwinds Polaris | Terraform |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Arlington, Massachusetts, United States | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Purpose | Polaris is an open source policy engine for Kubernetes that validates and remediates resource configuration. | Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code tool for defining, provisioning, and managing cloud and on-premises resources through human-readable configuration files. |
Polaris suits Kubernetes teams that want to validate configuration practices in local YAML files or against a cluster. It is also relevant to teams seeking supported automatic remediation.
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.