# CDK for Terraform: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cdk-for-terraform

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Infrastructure as code](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/infrastructure-as-code/index.md) | 0% | 38 | 57% | 7 |

## And against it

- "CDK for Terraform (CDKTF) — ✅ Actively deprecated ... Don't start new projects with it." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, IaC)
- "CDK for Terraform (CDKTF): Avoid for new projects. HashiCorp deprecated it" (GPT-6 Luna, IaC)
- "Imperative/Programming-Language-Based Tools like Pulumi (or CDK for Terraform) ... Potential for runtime errors during deployment." (Grok 4.20, IaC)
- "Why be cautious: It adds a complex abstraction layer." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IaC)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named CDK for Terraform, from 11 of the 13 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- developer.hashicorp.com: 5
- opentofu.org: 4
- daily.dev: 3
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 3
- github.com: 3
- pulumi.com: 3
- trendaisecurity.com: 3
- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org: 2
- computingforgeeks.com: 2
- docs.ansible.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Infrastructure_as_Code_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html: 2
- https://computingforgeeks.com/best-infrastructure-as-code-iac-cloud-automation-tools: 2
- https://daily.dev/blog/top-7-iac-pitfalls-risks-challenges-solutions: 2
- https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/cdktf/release: 2
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/prescriptive-guidance/latest/choose-iac-tool/choose-iac-tool.pdf: 2
- https://duplocloud.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 2
- https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/main/LICENSE: 2
- https://hackernoon.com/building-multi-cloud-security-guardrails-with-policy-as-code-iam-and-automated-remediation: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.