Terragrunt vs. Cycloid

Terragrunt serves as a convenient wrapper that improves your capability to maintain dry configurations, simplifies the utilization of various Terraform modules, and assists in managing remote state effectively. To handle your Terraform state efficiently, it is important to configure it in a root directory so that it can be automatically inherited by all child modules. Additionally, you can define CLI arguments within the Terragrunt configuration, ensuring that your Terraform commands are executed in a consistent and repeatable manner. This methodology permits the execution of a single command applicable to all modules at once, eliminating the need to run commands separately for each module. Furthermore, Terragrunt can fetch remote Terraform configurations, which enhances the efficiency of your workflow. Consequently, this means that you only need to write the Terraform code for your infrastructure one time, leading to more organized and efficient management. By incorporating Terragrunt into your workflow, you can significantly minimize redundancy and foster better collaboration across all your infrastructure projects. This improved collaborative environment not only streamlines processes but also encourages best practices among team members.

Cycloid is an Internal Developer Portal and Platform with modules around self-service and platform orchestration, project lifecycle and resource management, FinOps and GreenOps and plugins. It can be consumed through the console, in CLI or in API. Cycloid focuses on platform engineering done right. We optimize the developer experience and operational efficiency by accelerating the delivery of a portal and platform, alleviating the cognitive load on IT teams and advocating for FinOps & Green IT practices. With our Internal Developer Portal and Platform, you don’t need to start from scratch to get a fully customized solution. Platform teams design, build and run the platform enabling end-users to visualize, deploy and manage existing and new projects, interact with cutting-edge DevOps and Cloud automation without the need to become an expert, while keeping best practices in place, cloud expenses under control with a minimum carbon footprint. We are also the editor of Open Source projects such as TerraCognita, reverse Terraform, InfraMap, infra diagram and Terracost, cost estimation. We work with Global organizations, US and EU public institutions, scale ups across America, Europe and Asia. 6 of the top 10 System Integrator and Managed Services Providers are working with us as a customer and/or as a partner.