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HCP Terraform

iScore91–100 · #2/5
www.hashicorp.com/products/terraform · Infrastructure as code
SEPT 2026 audit

HashiCorp's managed Terraform platform, billed on the number of resources it holds under management, charged by the hour.

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Entry paid plan$0.0001359 per managed resource per hour on the Essentials plan, with no monthly plan fee to clear first. HashiCorp's own worked example is 1,000 resources held continuously for a month, which it totals at $97.85.
Free tierYes
CategoryInfrastructure as code

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Running the reference implementation with a bill that starts at nothing and then tracks inventory: 500 managed resources free, and $0.0001359 per resource per hour after that with no plan fee to clear first.

Consider something else if…

Your infrastructure churns. Billing follows the peak resource count within each hour, so a preview environment built and destroyed inside that hour is charged as though it had run the whole time — Scalr's per-run price and Spacelift's per-worker price both leave ephemeral estates alone.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Pricing
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Free tierYes
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What the free plan includes500 managed resources. The cap is stated as a condition of downgrading rather than as a description of the plan — an organisation above it cannot move down to free — and the documentation names no other free allowance, so runs, users and concurrency are not known to be capped from this page.
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  • Manage your HCP Terraform plan ↗

    “Free plans are limited to 500 managed resources. Verify that you have 500 or fewer managed resources before downgrading.”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official docs

Entry paid plan$0.0001359 per managed resource per hour on the Essentials plan, with no monthly plan fee to clear first. HashiCorp's own worked example is 1,000 resources held continuously for a month, which it totals at $97.85.
Sources (1) →
Pricing modelPer managed resource, per hour. The charge follows the peak resource count within each hour, so resources created and destroyed inside one hour are still billed for it: HashiCorp's own example bills an hour at a peak of 2,000 after 1,000 were added and 500 destroyed. Contract plans are offered at lower rates for larger organisations.
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  • Estimate HCP Terraform cost ↗

    “HashiCorp calculates your bill depending on the number of resources the plaform manages per hour.”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official docs

Observability
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Self-hostableSupported — As Terraform Enterprise, a separate self-hosted distribution of the same application
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  • Terraform Enterprise ↗

    “Terraform Enterprise is a self-hosted instance of HCP Terraform with features like audit logging and SAML single sign-on.”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official docs

Auth
2 criteria
SAML single sign-onSupported — SAML 2.0, both SP- and IdP-initiated, with just-in-time provisioning
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Audit logsYes, on the Standard and Premium editions, with 14 days of retention, read through a dedicated Audit Trails API that needs an organisation or audit trail token rather than a user token. The documentation disagrees with itself on the tier: the audit trails reference says Standard and Premium, while the plan-management page lists audit logging among Premium-only features. Recorded as the audit page states it. Not available on self-hosted Terraform Enterprise.
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