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Terraform vs Kusion: catalog facts
Terraform	Kusion
Free The CLI is free to use; HCP Terraform is a separate hosted service with a free tier.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Works with all major cloud providers and many other services Infrastructure kept as versioned configuration files	Separates application configuration from platform configuration Reusable modules for cloud-native infrastructure
Source-available license, not open source Team features are tied to the hosted HCP Terraform service	Aimed at organisations with platform teams, not individuals Requires Kubernetes or cloud infrastructure to be useful
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: BUSL-1.1	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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