--- title: Crossplane and Terraform: How They Differ, and How They... description: Learn about the differences between Crossplane and Terraform, their key features, architecture, configuration types, licensing and pricing models, support... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/crossplane-and-terraform-how-they-differ-and-how-they-can-play-together-rhm4q0psk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Crossplane and Terraform: How They Differ, and How They Can Play Together | daily.dev og:description: Learn about the differences between Crossplane and Terraform, their key features, architecture, configuration types, licensing and pricing models, support... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/crossplane-and-terraform-how-they-differ-and-how-they-can-play-together-rhm4q0psk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rhM4Q0PSk.png og:image:alt: Crossplane and Terraform: How They Differ, and How They Can Play Together og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Crossplane and Terraform: How They Differ, and How They Can Play Together **[Equinix](https://daily.dev/sources/equinix)** · 10 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Learn about the differences between Crossplane and Terraform, their key features, architecture, configuration types, licensing and pricing models, support levels, ecosystems, and ideal use cases. Discover how they can be used together to leverage the strengths of both tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@strupp1** · 0 upvotes > Terraform is not open source anymore, as this article suggests. OpenTofu is a fork of Terraform intending to continue what Terraform started as open source software. --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#terraform](https://daily.dev/tags/terraform), [#iac](https://daily.dev/tags/iac), [#crossplane](https://daily.dev/tags/crossplane) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/crossplane-and-terraform-how-they-differ-and-how-they-can-play-together-rhm4q0psk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Crossplane and Terraform: How They Differ, and How They Can Play Together","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/crossplane-and-terraform-how-they-differ-and-how-they-can-play-together-rhm4q0psk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/crossplane-and-terraform-how-they-differ-and-how-they-can-play-together-rhm4q0psk"},"datePublished":"2024-03-20T20:28:38.520Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"Learn about the differences between Crossplane and Terraform, their key features, architecture, configuration types, licensing and pricing models, support...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0b51c7cf4a28925bab8805d6168e2c71?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0b51c7cf4a28925bab8805d6168e2c71?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Equinix","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equinix","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--XWf3FobR--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698154293/logos/equinix.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/equinix"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/crossplane-and-terraform-how-they-differ-and-how-they-can-play-together-rhm4q0psk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"kubernetes,terraform,iac,crossplane","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Equinix","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/equinix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Crossplane and Terraform: How They Differ, and How They Can Play Together"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/crossplane-and-terraform-how-they-differ-and-how-they-can-play-together-rhm4q0psk","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Terraform is not open source anymore, as this article suggests. 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