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Should I Use Terrateam?

terrateam.io·Analyzed 2 days ago··Based on 12 sources

by Stategraph

Verdict

Depends

Buy it if you run Terraform/OpenTofu across many repos and want open-source, self-hosted GitOps with flat $12k/year pricing.

Confidence: Medium

Skip it if you're a small team with simple needs — plain CI or Atlantis covers you, and the 2-person vendor carries support risk.

Open-source GitOps for Terraform, flat $12k/yr — strong for platform teams, overkill for small setups; 2-person vendor risk.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Flat $12k/yr and free OSS beat usage-based rivals
  • Ease of use. No direct usability evidence found
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Gatekeeper approvals, cost estimation, GitHub and GitLab support
  • Support quality. No support evidence; vendor is 2 people
  • Security posture: 3/5. No known vulns, but no formal bug bounty
  • 3.3/5 Community rating RFP.wiki, vs env0's 4.2/5
  • Free Starting price Open source, self-hostable
  • $12,000/yr Paid tier Flat rate once free limits are outgrown
  • 2 people Team size Claims to outpunch $359M-funded rivals

Pricing

Open Source / Free

Free

  • Self-hostable
  • Full-featured UI
  • Limited until you outgrow limits

Paid (flat rate)

$12,000/year

  • Predictable flat-rate pricing
  • For teams that outgrow free limits
Best for and not for

Best for

  • Platform teams running Terraform at scale
  • Self-hosters on GitHub or GitLab
  • Cost-sensitive teams avoiding usage-based billing
  • Security-gated IaC approval workflows

Not for

  • Small teams with a few Terraform modules — overkill; CI scripts suffice
  • Buyers wanting a big-vendor support bench — company is 2 people
  • Non-Terraform IaC users (Pulumi, CloudFormation) — Terraform/OpenTofu only
  • Teams chasing top-rated SaaS polish — env0 and Spacelift score higher

Biggest gotcha

  • highFree tier limits force a $12k/year flat jump — budget for it before adopting¹
  • mediumVendor is two people; support depth and long-term continuity unproven²
  • mediumThird-party ratings lag rivals; demo env0 or Spacelift before committing⁸
  • mediumNo formal bug bounty; vulnerability disclosure is email-based10

Pros

  • Open source with a full-featured UI; self-hostable⁷
  • Flat $12,000/year pricing avoids usage-based billing surprises¹
  • Supports GitHub and GitLab for GitOps workflows⁹
  • Manual approval gates and policy controls built in⁴
  • Named customers including PrizePicks, Property Finder, Convex, Zip⁵

Cons

  • 3.3/5 rating trails env0 and HashiCorp⁸
  • Two-person company competing against $359M-funded rivals²
  • Steep jump from free tier to $12k/year¹
  • Not a generic CI/CD — Terraform/OpenTofu only⁶
  • Repos state no formal bug bounty program10

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Community positions Terrateam as a credible open-source, self-hostable Terraform Cloud alternative, though its ratings trail env0 and HashiCorp.

“Terrateam is open source and getting GitLab support”
Reddit, r/devops
“Terrateam OSS Edition now has a full-featured UI”
Reddit, r/Terraform
“Reminder: there are alternatives to Terraform Cloud out there”
Reddit, r/Terraform

Companies that use it

  • PrizePicks
  • Property Finder
  • Convex
  • Zip
  • Haus

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources: vendor site, GitHub, Reddit threads, RFP.wiki ratings, and case studies.

Sources

  1. Simple, Predictable Pricingterrateam.io
    official
  2. How we're beating $359M in funding with two peopleterrateam.io
    official
  3. Terrateam GitHub repositorygithub.com
    official
  4. Gatekeeper - Manual Approval Gatesdocs.terrateam.io
    official
  5. Customer Success Stories & Case Studiesterrateam.io
    official
  6. Terrateam is open source and getting GitLab supportreddit.com
    review
  7. Terrateam OSS Edition now has a full-featured UIreddit.com
    review
  8. Terrateam vs env0 (2026) - RFP.wikirfp.wiki
    review
  9. Terrateam adds GitLab support for Terraform and OpenTofuforum.gitlab.com
    review
  10. Security Overview - terrateamio/terrateam-setupgithub.com
    security
  11. GitFlops: The Dangers of Terraform Automation Platforms (Snyk)labs.snyk.io
    security
  12. Security Practices & Policiesterrateam.io
    security

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