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BicepTerraform
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence; Azure resources you deploy are billed…

 Free

The CLI is free to use; HCP Terraform is a separate hosted service with a free tier.

Windows, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Readable declarative syntax for Azure infrastructure
  • Maintained by Microsoft with very active development
  • Works with all major cloud providers and many other services
  • Infrastructure kept as versioned configuration files
  • Only targets Azure
  • Deployment requires an Azure subscription
  • Source-available license, not open source
  • Team features are tied to the hosted HCP Terraform service
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: MIT License: BUSL-1.1
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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