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What it is

Cloudify is an open-source platform for orchestrating infrastructure, cloud-native services, and distributed edge resources across multiple clouds. Its service-composition DSL models services spanning Cloudify and other orchestration domains. Cloudify Manager stores blueprints and deployments, runs workflows, and displays application topology, metrics, and logs. Plugins cover Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, and Terraform; documented integrations include AWS, Azure, Ansible, and Jenkins. CI/CD integrations are documented for Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and CircleCI. Security features include secret storage, encrypted internal communication, multi-tenancy, and role-based access control. Cloudify 6.2 release notes state ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certification. Community and Premium can be deployed in Docker, a VM, or Kubernetes using a Helm chart; SaaS is hosted. Cloudify Community is free with no time limit, but requires Docker or a VM and cloud-provider access to run workloads. Premium has a free 60-day trial, requiring Docker, cloud access, and a valid activation license; trial functionality stops when the license expires.

Spec sheet

What it does
Cloudify is an open-source platform for orchestrating multi-cloud, edge and private-data-center resources through a common automation and CI/CD layer.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Product
Cloudify is an open-source multi-cloud and edge orchestration platform for automating infrastructure, cloud-native, and distributed edge resources.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Intended users
The product overview describes organizations transitioning to public cloud and cloud-native architecture, with automation across infrastructure and edge resources.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Integrations
Documented official plugins include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, vSphere, OpenStack, Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Fabric and REST.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Security
The Manager uses SSL encryption, authentication and authorization, tenant isolation, RBAC and generated tokens, and is secured by default.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Compliance
Cloudify release documentation states ISO 27001 security and ISO 27701 privacy certification.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
App-store availability
No Cloudify.co-branded Apple App Store, Google Play, Chrome Web Store or Microsoft Store application was identified; search results were unrelated products.Read 14 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Certifications
Cloudify 6.2 release notes state that Cloudify is ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certified.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
CI/CD
Cloudify documents integrations with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and CircleCI.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
CLI platforms
The Cloudify CLI installation page lists Linux and Mac binaries, a Windows EXE, a Python package, and Docker.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Company founded
Gartner lists Cloudify's founding year as 2012.Read 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Company headquarters
Gartner lists Cloudify's head office in Herzliya, Israel.Read 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Company legal name
Cloudify Platform Ltd. is identified as an Israeli private liability company in Dell's acquisition filing.Read 14 Oct 2026 · investors.delltechnologies.com
Deployment modes
Documented installations include single-box Community or Premium, three-node Premium clusters, nine-plus-node distributed clusters and Kubernetes Helm deployments.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Deployment options
Cloudify Community and Premium can be deployed using a Docker container, a VM, or Kubernetes with a Helm chart; SaaS is hosted.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Documentation
The documentation center covers Manager, CLI, Composer, APIs, plugins, blueprints, installation, operations, troubleshooting and best practices.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: CI/CD
Native integrations include Jenkins and other CI/CD platforms.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: Composer
Cloudify Composer supports both graphical and textual blueprint editing in the same session.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: everything as code
Its service-composition DSL models component relationships, cascading workflows, shared resources and distributed life-cycle management.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: extensibility
Plugins abstract external services and users can build plugins for clouds, Kubernetes, configuration tools, HTTP or SSH endpoints.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: Kubernetes
Cloudify can orchestrate OpenShift, GKE, EKS, AKS and KubeSpray clusters and includes a blueprint for cluster setup.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: operations console
The console provides topology views, dependency-graph troubleshooting, filtered workflow logs, metrics and event views.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: orchestrator of orchestrators
Built-in integrations cover AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM, Ansible and Terraform.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: portal and catalog
A tenant-aware portal and catalog can be white-labeled with custom widgets, pages and role-based views.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: Spire
Spire uses a manager-of-managers design to operate large multi-site and edge deployments from one access point.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Feature: workflows
Intent-based blueprints generate install, uninstall, heal and scale workflows, while users can add Python custom workflows and day-two operations.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Funding
Startup Nation Central records a $7.9 million December 2018 funding round backed by BRM Group, KPN Ventures, VMware, Claridge Israel, CE Ventures and Intel Capital.Read 14 Oct 2026 · finder.startupnationcentral.org
Licence
The public Cloudify Manager repository is marked Apache-2.0, while Premium use is governed by Cloudify's separate EULA.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Limit: community reliability
One G2 reviewer reports Community instances sometimes went down and required repeated restarts, with limited log and status export APIs.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: complexity
G2 reviewers say Cloudify can be excessive for small deployments and has a steep learning curve.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: documentation and API gaps
G2 reviewers request more detailed documentation, better optimization and additional API coverage.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: implementation effort
PeerSpot reviewers describe coding-heavy implementation, long learning and testing periods, costly deployment and a need for simpler upgrades.Read 14 Oct 2026 · peerspot.com
Manager capabilities
Cloudify Manager can maintain blueprints and deployments, run workflows, and display application topology, metrics, and logs.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Orchestration
Its service-composition DSL models composite services across Cloudify services and other orchestration domains.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Ownership news
Dell's January 2023 SEC filing says Dell acquired Cloudify and assumed its employee options.Read 14 Oct 2026 · investors.delltechnologies.com
Plan differences
The comparison matrix lists users/groups/tenants, RBAC, AD/Okta/SAML, snapshots, and high availability for SaaS and Premium, but not Community.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Praise: community and usability
G2 reviewers repeatedly praise the active community, intuitive interface, easy setup, template development and deployment monitoring.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Praise: enterprise orchestration
PeerSpot reviewers praise service chaining, TOSCA support, extensibility, major-cloud coverage, high availability and day-two operations.Read 14 Oct 2026 · peerspot.com
Praise: openness and integrations
G2 reviewers highlight open-source licensing, TOSCA blueprints, cloud plugins and multi-cloud integration.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
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.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Rating on G2
4.1 out of 5 from 19 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on Gartner Peer Insights
No rating out of 5 from 0 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Rating on GetApp
0.0 out of 10 from 0 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Rating on PeerSpot
4.0 out of 5 from 12 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · peerspot.com
Rating on TrustRadius
0 out of 10 from 0 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
Release status
The releases table lists Premium and Community 6.4.1 dated November 2, 2022, with end of life shown as November 2, 2024.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
SDK
The Python client is installed with pip as cloudify-rest-client version 6.4.0 and exposes CloudifyClient resource methods.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Self-hosting
Community and Premium Manager images can run in Docker, and Community is also distributed as RPM and OpenStack images.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Trial limit
The Premium trial requires a valid activation license, and trial functionality ceases when that license expires.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co

Plans and prices

Cloudify Community Free No time limit · requires Docker or VM setup · access to a cloud provider is needed to run workloads Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Cloudify Premium trial Free Free 60-day trial · requires Docker setup · access to a cloud provider is needed to run workloads Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Community Version Free free with no time limit fully functional engine and most Manager capabilities · RPM, OpenStack image or Docker deployment Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Premium trial Free 60-day trial Docker image · activation key required · AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack and Kubernetes tutorials Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co
Cloudify listing $395 a month per user per month pricing shown by Capterra; vendor pricing details unavailable Read 14 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Basic $12,000 a year usage based per year Software Advice lists one plan and no detailed limits Read 14 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com
Cloudify as a Service trial Priced on request Trial account request required · hosted service · access to a cloud provider is needed to run workloads Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudify.co

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Models services across orchestration domains
  • Manager runs workflows and displays topology, metrics, and logs
  • Plugins include Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, and Terraform
  • Supports role-based access control and multi-tenancy
  • Community plan has no time limit

Limits

  • Community requires Docker or a VM setup
  • Workloads require access to a cloud provider
  • Premium trial requires a valid activation license
  • Trial functionality stops when its license expires

Who it suits

Cloudify suits organizations moving to public cloud or cloud-native architecture and automating infrastructure or edge resources. Teams should account for its deployment setup and cloud-provider requirements when choosing a plan.

Cloudify in depth

Read the full write-up

Cloudify is a platform for coordinating infrastructure, cloud-native services, and distributed edge resources across cloud environments. It is best suited to organizations moving toward public cloud or cloud-native architectures that need to automate deployments across systems. Its scope is broad, but Community leaves out several identity, access, and availability controls found in Premium and SaaS.

Overview

Cloudify uses YAML or JSON to model composite services spanning its own services and other orchestration domains. Cloudify Manager maintains blueprints and deployments, runs workflows, and presents application topology, metrics, and logs. That combination is useful when a deployment has interdependent components to coordinate, rather than a single resource to provision.

The platform supports AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OpenStack, alongside distributed edge resources. Policy as code, drift detection, resource import, and both state-management modes broaden its reach into infrastructure operations. This makes Cloudify a stronger fit for teams coordinating multiple environments than for those seeking only a Kubernetes-focused platform.

Key features

Service composition and workflows: The DSL models composite services across Cloudify and other orchestration domains, and Manager runs workflows. This helps when deployment steps cross infrastructure boundaries, though it also makes Cloudify more than a narrow provisioning tool.

Integrations: Official plugins cover Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, and Terraform; documented integrations add AWS, Azure, Ansible, and Jenkins. CI/CD integrations are documented for Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and CircleCI. The range gives teams multiple routes into existing toolchains, but the distinction between official plugins and documented integrations matters when choosing how to connect a system.

Operations and visibility: Manager shows application topology, metrics, and logs while maintaining deployments and blueprints. This brings operational context alongside automation, rather than leaving teams to track deployment state separately.

Security controls: Cloudify describes secret storage, encrypted internal communication, multi-tenancy, and role-based access control. It is also ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certified. The available plan comparison matters: Community does not include the listed RBAC and user, group, and tenant capabilities that SaaS and Premium include.

Pricing

Cloudify Community: free, with no time limit. It requires Docker or VM setup and access to a cloud provider to run workloads. This is the practical starting point for teams prepared to operate their own deployment; it is not a hosted, no-setup option.

Cloudify Premium trial: free for a 60-day trial. It requires Docker setup and cloud-provider access for workloads. A valid activation license is required, and trial functionality stops when that license expires. The trial is therefore time-limited and dependent on license validity, not simply an unrestricted evaluation period.

Cloudify as a Service trial: custom pricing. A trial account request is required; the service is hosted, but workloads still require access to a cloud provider. This is the option for teams that want Cloudify hosted rather than setting up a Docker container, VM, or Kubernetes deployment themselves.

For SaaS and Premium, the comparison matrix includes users, groups, tenants, RBAC, AD/Okta/SAML, snapshots, and high availability; Community does not. Community's permanent free access is attractive for experimentation and self-managed use, but teams needing centralized identity, stronger access controls, snapshots, or high availability should look beyond it.

Platforms

Cloudify supports API, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, and Windows platforms. Community and Premium can run in a Docker container, a VM, or Kubernetes using a Helm chart; SaaS is hosted. The CLI installation options include Linux and Mac binaries, a Windows EXE, a Python package, and Docker. This gives operators several deployment and command-line routes, though self-hosted editions require infrastructure to run Cloudify itself.

Who it's for

Cloudify is aimed at organizations transitioning to public cloud and cloud-native architecture, particularly those automating across infrastructure and edge resources. It is a sensible choice when service composition, workflow execution, and integrations across orchestration domains are central requirements. Teams seeking a hosted service can consider SaaS; teams that need advanced access and availability controls should consider Premium or SaaS rather than assuming Community has the same feature set.

Pros and cons

Pro: Composite-service modeling and workflows span Cloudify and other orchestration domains, making the platform suited to deployments with cross-system dependencies.

Pro: Plugins, documented integrations, and CI/CD integrations cover a broad range of infrastructure and delivery tools, including Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and CircleCI.

Pro: A free Community plan has no time limit, giving teams a way to run Cloudify without a subscription price.

Con: Community requires Docker or VM setup and cloud-provider access for workloads, so the free plan still carries operational requirements.

Con: Community lacks the listed identity, RBAC, snapshot, and high-availability capabilities available in SaaS and Premium, limiting its fit for organizations that need those controls.

Con: The Premium trial ends after 60 days and requires a valid activation license; functionality ceases when that license expires.

Alternatives

For a different route into cloud and infrastructure management, compare Multi-Cloud Management Software, Cloud Automation Software, Cloud Orchestration Software, Cloud Management Software, and Infrastructure as Code Tools.

Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform is worth considering if an Apache-licensed open-source community edition and a separate enterprise edition better match your needs.

Apache CloudStack is a free, open-source IaaS option for readers looking specifically for cloud infrastructure software.

KubeSphere is an alternative for readers seeking an enterprise-grade open-source Kubernetes container platform.

Google Config Sync may fit teams using GKE that want Config Sync included with the service, subject to supported cluster versions and fleet registration.

HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software is a paid alternative at $600 a year per CPU socket, including support, for teams comparing a per-socket annual price with Cloudify's free Community option.

OpenNebula offers a community edition with the complete core platform and public open-source releases, as well as a separate enterprise subscription.

Cycle may suit readers who prefer a paid hosted-oriented option with a published Lite plan at $500 a month, including four servers and four team members.

Control Plane is an alternative with usage-based monthly pricing and no contracts, minimums, or lock-ins.

Verdict

Choose Cloudify if your organization needs to orchestrate services across cloud, cloud-native, and edge environments, and values workflows and integrations that cross orchestration domains. The permanent free Community plan makes it possible to start without a subscription, but requires self-managed setup and gives up the access and availability controls offered by Premium and SaaS. Look elsewhere if you need a narrower Kubernetes platform or want to avoid operating Cloudify yourself.

Verdict

Cloudify combines multi-cloud and edge orchestration with workflow management and documented integrations. Community is free without a time limit, while the Premium trial has setup and license requirements.

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