Infrastructure as code · RankedPulumi
Pulumi is an infrastructure as code platform for platform engineering teams · pulumi.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Terraform is first at 49%.
Terraform is first at 58%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Terraform is first at 62%.
Why models recommend it
“If you need multi-cloud or hybrid support, Terraform or Pulumi are top choices.”Mistral Small · Comparative question · first choice
“Pick 2–3 tools (e.g., OpenTofu + Pulumi + one managed platform like Spacelift).”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Pulumi is an excellent free option for individuals and small teams”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“most orgs end up choosing Terraform or Pulumi for multi-cloud”Mistral Small · Scale-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Imperative/Programming-Language-Based Tools like Pulumi (or CDK for Terraform) ... Why cautious? You're writing code ... instead of pure declarative configs.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“great if your team already prefers real programming languages, but it can be more complex and may take more engineering time”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Be Aware of Dependencies... A breaking change in `npm` or `pip` dependencies can break your infrastructure deployment.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Decent, but steeper curve ... Can lead to higher compute costs in complex code; team edition isn't free”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Pulumi, over the 224 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | 136 | Compare → | |
| 161 | 2 | View → | |
| 152 | 67 | Compare → | |
| 112 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 106 | 0 | View → | |
| 94 | 0 | View → | |
| 71 | 0 | View → | |
| 54 | 2 | View → | |
| 40 | 0 | View → | |
| 35 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Pulumi →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Pulumi's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- platform engineering teams
- Price stated
- Open source and free for individuals.
- Starting price
- 40
- Free plan or trial
- Free forever for individuals
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II, CIS Benchmarks, CMMC, HITRUST, ISO 27001
- Customers named
- Snowflake, NVIDIA, BMW Group, Mercedes-Benz R&D NA, Atlassian, Unity, Docker, Typesafe AI
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 174 of the 224 answers that named Pulumi and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
333 of the 470 domain citations in answers naming Pulumi came from a third party's page. Thirty were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 869 | 19 | 2026-09-28 | IaC, Secrets | |
| Conference or event | 316 | 2 | 2026-09-16 | IaC, Secrets | |
| Report or ebook | 254 | undated | IaC | ||
| Template or tool | 174 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 101 | 0 | 2021-07-22 | IaC, Secrets | |
| Case study | 50 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 17 | 1 | 2026-07-18 | ||
| News or press | 10 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 5 | 0 | 2019-01-09 | ||
| Podcast or video | 4 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Route every claude code message to the right model with jev blog
- 2026-09-28Self driving infrastructure pulumi jev blog
- 2026-09-25Neo kopia workspace snapshots blog
- 2026-09-25Component state migrations blog
- 2026-09-2110 tips to improve your coding agent game blog
- 2026-09-16Beyond the hyperscalers what actually protects you blog
Events in person
- reported July 2026July Pulumi Up meetupPulumi HQ, Seattle, United States · hosted
As the event pages on pulumi.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page pulumi.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.