# Pulumi

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/iac/pulumi/

Infrastructure as code in general-purpose languages, with a managed cloud that stores state and bills by the resource under management.

## Who it suits

Infrastructure written in a language you already know, with a managed cloud that is free forever for individuals and open source — one user, unlimited projects and state management at $0.

Consider something else if Your estate is large. Pulumi meters resources under management at $0.1825 each a month past the first 500, so the bill tracks how much infrastructure you have rather than how often you change it — Scalr charges per run and explicitly nothing per resource.

## iScore

95 / 100 (80% interval 90–100), rank 1 of 4 in iac — interval overlaps the next rank, so this is an ordering, not a finding.

inetGeek's own reading, computed from sourced facts against category peers by disclosed rules. Not a provider claim. Intervals are 80%; a provider with few documented facts is pulled toward the category middle rather than scored on what little is known.
Method: https://inetgeek.com/iscore/. Full output with every criterion's basis: https://inetgeek.com/scores.json. Every iac peer ranked: https://inetgeek.com/iac/pulumi/alternatives/

- Price: 100 (94–100), weight 36%, 1 of 1 criteria scored
- Capabilities: 86 (69–100), weight 29%, 1 of 1 criteria scored
- Trust and compliance: 96 (69–100), weight 21%, 2 of 2 criteria scored
- Evidence: 100 (100–100), weight 14%, 4 of 4 criteria scored

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: Yes ([source](https://www.pulumi.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-15)
- What the free plan includes: One user, IaC state management, unlimited projects and updates, up to 500 workflow minutes, and 5 million Pulumi Neo tokens a month — free forever for individuals and open source. ([source](https://www.pulumi.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-15)
- Entry paid plan: $40/month for Team, which includes 40 Credits at $1 each and up to 500 resources; beyond that usage is billed on demand at $0.1825 per IaC resource per month. ([source](https://www.pulumi.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-15)
- Pricing model: Per resource under management, converted through a credit: 1 Credit = $1, one IaC resource costs 0.1825 a month and one managed secret 0.50. Workflow minutes are metered separately at $0.01 past 500 free. ([source](https://www.pulumi.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-15)

### Observability

- Self-hostable: Supported — Listed as a line item on the plan comparison, not a separate product ([source](https://www.pulumi.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-15)

### Auth

- SAML single sign-on: Supported — SAML/SSO with RBAC, on Enterprise; SCIM sync on the tier above ([source](https://www.pulumi.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-15)
- Audit logs: Supported — Enterprise tier, above the $40/month Team plan ([source](https://www.pulumi.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-15)

## Compared with

- [Pulumi vs Spacelift](https://inetgeek.com/compare/pulumi-vs-spacelift/)
- [Pulumi vs Scalr](https://inetgeek.com/compare/pulumi-vs-scalr/)
- [Pulumi vs OpenTofu](https://inetgeek.com/compare/pulumi-vs-opentofu/)