We learned today that HashiCorp sent an email to all HCP Terraform Free tier customers announcing that they are being forced to upgrade to a paid plan on March 31st 2026.
The déjà vu is real.
Two years ago the community faced a similar moment when HashiCorp changed Terraform to a Business Source License. Two years ago Gruntwork helped lead the response to the license change by co-founding the open source alternative, OpenTofu, which is in use today by developers around the world and guaranteed open forever as a member of the CNCF.
Today Gruntwork is announcing a free tier of it’s Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation service, Terragrunt Scale.
Join the Terragrunt Scale Free Tier Waitlist Now
Introducing Terragrunt Scale Free Tier
Terragrunt Scale Free Tier is a free service (with matching or higher limits compared to HCP Terraform) for personal or small commercial use-cases. For larger teams or enterprises Terragrunt Scale Team/Enterprise is available today.
Benefits of Terragrunt Scale
- True GitOps: We don't hide your infrastructure in a black-box SaaS. Terragrunt Scale orchestrates your infrastructure directly from your GitOps provider (GitHub/GitLab), keeping you close to the code.
- Orchestration Logic: Unlike standard Terraform runs, we understand the dependencies between your modules. We plan and apply in the correct order, automatically, resulting in faster deployments and minimized blast radius.
- Drift Detection: Catch configuration drift before it becomes an outage and provide clear, concise documentation via GitOps for your audit and compliance controls.
- Patcher: Keep your modules and providers up to date without the headache.
How to get started with the Terragrunt Scale Free Tier
We are opening a waitlist for the Terragrunt Scale Free Tier today and will be processing applications in the new year. We're moving as fast as we can to support the industry after this unexpected and unprecedented move.
If you need to get started immediately you can sign up today for our paid Team or Enterprise tiers.
The Gruntwork Approach
Two years ago, when the industry faced a threat of not having a future of open-source IaC, we helped co-found and continue to sponsor OpenTofu, ensuring the engine of IaC remains free. Today, we’re applying that same approach to the platform. We believe basic infrastructure management should be accessible, not gated behind enterprise paywalls.
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