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Head-to-head · Infrastructure as Code Tools

Scalr vs Firefly

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Scalr #6 in Infrastructure as Code Tools 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Scalr
Firefly #19 in Infrastructure as Code Tools 7.4/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Firefly

Scalr leads on 1 check, Firefly on 0, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreScalr · 8.7/10
  • Free planonly Scalr
  • Free trialonly Firefly

Scalr scores higher on our rubric for infrastructure as code tools: 8.7 against 7.4 out of 10; our editors rank them #6 and #19.

Scalr offers free plan; Firefly doesn't.

Scalr is the better fit for governed Terraform and OpenTofu operations. Firefly is the better fit for enterprise infrastructure governance and recovery.

  • Scalr fits best

    Governed Terraform and OpenTofu operations

  • Firefly fits best

    Enterprise infrastructure governance and recovery

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Side by side

Feature Scalr 8.7/10 Visit ↗ Firefly 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.7 7.4
Ranking #6 in Infrastructure as Code Tools #19 in Infrastructure as Code Tools
Best for Governed Terraform and OpenTofu operations Enterprise infrastructure governance and recovery
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price $0.99/unit usage-based $2,499/mo
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — 14 days
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web
Support Tickets, Email, Community, Docs · 24/7 Email, Live chat, Docs
Compliance SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO/SAML
Integrations 19 integrations 20 integrations
Built for Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Scalr 4/4 · Firefly 4/4
Policy as code ✓ ✓
Drift detection ✓ ✓
Import existing resources ✓ ✓
Self-hosted execution ✓ ✓
Specs
Configuration language Hcl Hcl
Supported clouds AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OCI, Nebius, Kubernetes
State management Both Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Remote execution, drift detection, policy enforcement, and GitOps approvals
  • Business includes 50 free runs monthly and unlimited users and environments
  • Supports managed or customer-owned state plus self-hosted agent pools
  • Drift detection with alerts, diffs, and automated remediation
  • Terraform, OpenTofu, and Terragrunt orchestration with runner options
  • Backup, disaster recovery, policy as code, and configuration history
Cons
  • Enterprise starts at 20,000 runs per year and uses quote-based pricing
  • Scalr is not open source
  • AI assistance is disabled by default and requires administrator enablement
  • Essential starts at $2,499 per month with annual billing
  • No free plan is available
  • Advanced recovery and governance features require Enterprise pricing
Our verdict

Scalr is a hosted infrastructure-as-code platform for platform engineering teams working with Terraform or OpenTofu. It centralizes remote execution, state management, GitOps workflows, policy enforcement, drift detection, provider…

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Firefly is a cloud infrastructure management platform for enterprise CloudOps, platform engineering, security, and governance teams. It discovers cloud resources, generates infrastructure as code, orchestrates Terraform, OpenTofu, and…

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  1. ScalrInfrastructure as Code Tools 8.7Free plan
  2. FireflyInfrastructure as Code Tools 7.414-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Scalr — where it wins

    • Remote execution, drift detection, policy enforcement, and GitOps approvals
    • Business includes 50 free runs monthly and unlimited users and environments
    • Supports managed or customer-owned state plus self-hosted agent pools

    Where it doesn't

    • Enterprise starts at 20,000 runs per year and uses quote-based pricing
    • Scalr is not open source
    • AI assistance is disabled by default and requires administrator enablement

  • Firefly — where it wins

    • Drift detection with alerts, diffs, and automated remediation
    • Terraform, OpenTofu, and Terragrunt orchestration with runner options
    • Backup, disaster recovery, policy as code, and configuration history

    Where it doesn't

    • Essential starts at $2,499 per month with annual billing
    • No free plan is available
    • Advanced recovery and governance features require Enterprise pricing
  • Scalr8.7/10 · Free plan

    A governed remote-execution platform for teams standardizing Terraform and OpenTofu.

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  • Firefly7.4/10 · 14-day trial

    Enterprise IaC governance with drift remediation, recovery workflows, and a high entry price.

    Visit FireflyFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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