Cloud 66 vs Terraform

Cloud 66 deploys and manages applications on cloud infrastructure customers provide, including major providers, hybrid environments, and their own servers. It supports Rails or Sinatra apps, Docker containers on Kubernetes, and static sites built with Jekyll, Hugo, or Gatsby. Deployment options include zero-downtime, blue/green, and canary deployments, plus previews for branches, tags, and pull requests. Hosted Docker build servers and autoscaling based on CPU, memory, queue backlog, and Nginx response time are available. Managed databases can include off-site backups, replication, and monitoring; the platform also provides server monitoring, alerts, logs, and metrics. Listed cloud providers include AWS, DigitalOcean, Google Compute Engine, Hetzner Cloud, Latitude.sh, Linode, OVHcloud, Microsoft Azure, and Vultr. Cloud 66 says it does not store customer code or data on its servers. Customers pay their cloud provider directly for server costs. The Free plan is free for up to one server, one static site, and five deployments per 24 hours. Developer is $23 a month and supports up to two servers and two static sites.

Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code tool for defining, provisioning, and managing cloud and on-premises resources through human-readable configuration files. Its core process is to write a configuration, review an execution plan, then apply approved changes. Providers connect Terraform to services through APIs, and the Terraform Registry lists providers for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, GitHub, and Splunk. Modules package reusable infrastructure configurations that users can find or publish in the Registry. The free Community Edition is a downloadable command-line tool. HCP Terraform adds remote execution, repository connections to GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket that can trigger plans after changes, and an API. It stores state remotely with encryption at rest and offers workspaces, single sign-on, and role-based access controls. HCP Terraform and Terraform Enterprise support Sentinel policies. HashiCorp cautions that policy-as-code is a guardrail, not a security boundary, and trusted providers and modules matter because they can access workspace variables and state. Downloads are available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.