Pulumi
Infrastructure-as-code in TypeScript / Python / Go (instead of HCL). The dev-friendly Terraform alternative. Free up to 200 resources.
What is Pulumi?
Pulumi is engineering infrastructure — tooling that helps developers ship, host, monitor, or scale software.
Infrastructure-as-code in TypeScript / Python / Go (instead of HCL). The dev-friendly Terraform alternative. Free up to 200 resources.
What to look for in engineering
The questions you should ask before committing to Pulumi or any alternative.
- Time-to-deploy from zero
- Build performance and cold-start latency
- Pricing predictability — does it scale gracefully or spike on traffic?
- Vendor lock-in vs self-host options
- Status page reliability and incident track record
- SDK / framework quality
Pulumi cost at scale
Modelled monthly cost as you grow. Estimates only — final pricing varies on plan discounts, volume tiers, and any negotiated enterprise SKU. Team / traffic scale is the axis we vary.
Forex assumed at ₹85/USD. Actual cost includes 2–3.5% forex markup unless paying with a low-fx card.
Pulumi is great for
Web teams shipping production apps, especially Jamstack / serverless / modern-stack workloads.
Probably not ideal if
Heavily-regulated workloads requiring on-prem, or one-off static sites that a $5/mo host would handle.
Alternatives to Pulumi
Other tools in the engineering category we cover.
Postman
API platform for designing, testing, documenting, and monitoring APIs. The default for backend teams.
Sentry
Application error monitoring + performance tracing. Catches exceptions in production with full stack traces.
Cloudflare
CDN, DDoS protection, DNS, edge workers, and zero-trust security. Free tier covers most small sites.
DigitalOcean
Predictable-pricing cloud compute. Droplets from $4/mo, App Platform for managed deploys, managed Postgres + Redis.
Jira
Enterprise issue tracking from Atlassian.
Vercel
Hosting platform optimized for Next.js with edge functions.
Pulumi head-to-head
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›What does Pulumi cost?
Pricing varies by tier and volume. Pulumi publishes the latest rates on their website.
›Who is Pulumi a good fit for?
Web teams shipping production apps, especially Jamstack / serverless / modern-stack workloads.
›Who should NOT use Pulumi?
Heavily-regulated workloads requiring on-prem, or one-off static sites that a $5/mo host would handle.
›Are there cheaper alternatives to Pulumi?
Yes — popular engineering alternatives include Postman, Sentry, Cloudflare. Compare them side-by-side via the head-to-head comparisons we maintain.
Pay for Pulumi with the right card
Picking Pulumi is half the decision. The other half is the card you swipe — at $50/mo the right pick recovers 1.5–4% in forex savings + rewards compared to a default retail card.
EXPRESS
Amex Hilton Honors
No-fx US card — pay USD with USD, zero markup; 3% rewards on engineering spend
IDFC FIRST Wow
0% forex markup vs 3.5% on retail Indian cards
ICICI MMT Signature
1.5% rewards on engineering spend