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layout: "intro"
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page_title: "Terraform vs. Other Software"
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sidebar_current: "vs-other"
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# Terraform vs. Other Software
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Terraform provides a flexible abstraction of resources and providers. This model
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allows for representing everything from physical hardware, virtual machines,
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containers, to email and DNS providers. Because of this flexibility, Terraform
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can be used to solve many different problems. This means there are a number of
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existing tools that overlap with the capabilities of Terraform. We compare Terraform
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to a number of these tools, but it should be noted that Terraform is not mutual
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exclusive with other systems. It can be used to manage a single application, or the
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entire datacenter.
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Use the navigation to the left to read the comparison of Terraform to specific
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systems.
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