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Comparison

Runatlantis (Atlantis) vs Terragrunt Scale (Gruntwork)

Pick Runatlantis (Atlantis) when

  • Teams of 3+ engineers on Terraform
  • PR-driven plan/apply workflows
  • Cost-conscious orgs avoiding per-user IaC pricing
  • Shops keeping cloud credentials in-house

When Runatlantis (Atlantis) is not a fit

  • Solo developers . running terraform plan locally is enough
  • Small teams wanting a zero-ops managed platform
  • Orgs needing SLA-backed vendor support
  • Teams with nobody to patch and monitor a server

Sources

  1. Atlantis official siterunatlantis.io
    official
  2. runatlantis/atlantis on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  3. Conftest Policy Checking docsrunatlantis.io
    official
  4. Atlantis deployment docs (Helm/K8s)github.com
    official
  5. Reddit PSA recommending Atlantisreddit.com
    review
  6. Reddit: HA for Atlantis Open Source?reddit.com
    review
  7. Atlantis Review 2026devopsboys.com
    review
  8. CVE-2026-82282 (Rapid7)rapid7.com
    security
  9. CVE-2026-64679 (SentinelOne)sentinelone.com
    security
  10. CVE-2025-58445 (NVD)nvd.nist.gov
    security
  11. Gruntwork: Atlantis or Terragrunt Scalegruntwork.io
    news
  12. app.opencve.ioapp.opencve.io
    review