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Best Iac Automation (2026)
The cheapest iac automation is Digger (OpenTaco) at $0/mo. 6 offer a free tier (Digger (OpenTaco), HCP Terraform (HashiCorp), Scalr). This page compares 7 options on entry price, free tier, HIPAA/SOC 2 and best-for — every figure linked to its source, updated June 2026.
7 options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked cheapest-first. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show “—”, never a guess.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Digger (OpenTaco) at $0/mo (Community (Open Source)).
- Typical paid price: from $224/mo, median $974.50/mo, up to $1667/mo — across 4 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Digger (OpenTaco), HCP Terraform (HashiCorp), Scalr, Spacelift, Terramate, Terrateam.
- Tracked: 7 vendors, data current through 2026-06-18.
Comparison
| # | Iac Automation | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digger (OpenTaco) | $0/mo Community (Open Source) | Yes | — | — | open-source projects | github.com |
| 2 | HCP Terraform (HashiCorp) | $0/mo Free (PAYG allowance) | Yes | — | — | HashiCorp ecosystem users | hashicorp.com |
| 3 | Scalr | $0/mo Business | Yes | — | Yes | cost-predictable IaC automation | scalr.com |
| 4 | Spacelift | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | regulated industries | spacelift.io |
| 5 | Terramate | $0/mo Community | Yes | — | — | monorepo IaC setups | terramate.io |
| 6 | Terrateam | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | GitHub-centric teams | terrateam.io |
| 7 | env0 | $1500/mo Cloud Compass | No | — | Yes | cloud cost management | env0.com |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest iac automation?
Digger (OpenTaco) has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Community (Open Source)), as of 2026-06-18.
How much does iac automation cost per month?
Across the 4 iac automation with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $974.50/mo, ranging from $224/mo to $1667/mo, as of 2026-06-18. 6 also offer a free tier.
Which iac automation have a free plan?
Digger (OpenTaco), HCP Terraform (HashiCorp), Scalr, Spacelift, Terramate, Terrateam offer a free tier.
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How we compiled this
Official pricing pages fetched and verified directly on 2026-06-18: spacelift.io/pricing, env0.com/pricing (plus env0's docs domain docs.envzero.com/guides/billing/subscription-tiers, which is the live redirect target of docs.env0.com), scalr.com/pricing, docs.scalr.io/docs/pricing-faq, AWS Marketplace listing prodview-6mlcdsurh25r2 (Scalr Annual Business Subscription), terrateam.io/pricing, terramate.io/pricing, and hashicorp.com/products/terraform/pricing. Compliance verified against each vendor's OWN security/trust page; third-party aggregator profiles (e.g. nudgesecurity.com) were NOT treated as vendor claims. Key corrections vs. draft: (1) Spacelift's own security page claims only SOC 2 Type II and FedRAMP — HIPAA and GDPR are NOT vendor-claimed, so set null. (2) Scalr's current pricing page shows the free tier is named 'Business' (50 runs/mo) plus an Enterprise custom tier; the draft's separate paid 'Business' at $99/mo for 100 prepaid runs is NOT on the current page (outdated/removed) and was dropped; the free tier was renamed to its real name 'Business'. Scalr's public compliance announcement is SOC 2 Type I (the 'soc-2-type-2-achieved' URL redirects to trust.scalr.io and the standing announcement is Type I), so the Type II claim was downgraded. (3) HCP Terraform per-resource rates ($0.10/$0.47/$0.99 per resource/mo) and 500-resource PAYG free allowance verified; legacy free plan EOL was March 31, 2026. (4) Digger rebranded to OpenTaco on 2025-11-07; community edition is MIT-licensed; digger.dev/pricing returns 404 and there is no public commercial price, so the old unverified $3,000-$5,000/mo note was removed. accessedAt 2026-06-18.
Last verified 2026-06-18. We re-check published prices and compliance on a recurring cadence and update this page when they change.
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