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HCP Terraform pricing and limits

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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
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Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 7 criteria comparedSources last checked

HCP Terraform pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$0.0001359 per managed resource per hour on the Essentials plan, with no monthly plan fee to clear first source ↗
Pricing model
Per managed resource, per hour source ↗
What the free plan includes
500 managed resources source ↗

First line of each sourced value. The full text is in HCP Terraform pricing below. How this free offer stacks up: cloud free tiers compared.

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.

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HCP Terraform 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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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.
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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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Observability

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

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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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HCP Terraform pricing questions

How much does HCP Terraform cost?

$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.

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How does HCP Terraform charge?

Per 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.

Estimate HCP Terraform cost · read

Does HCP Terraform have a free tier?

Yes. 500 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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Can you self-host HCP Terraform?

Yes — As Terraform Enterprise, a separate self-hosted distribution of the same application.

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