Pulumi vs Dagger

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Pulumi compared with Dagger
Detail	Pulumi	Dagger
What it does	Infrastructure as code platform for building and managing cloud infrastructure with real programming languages	Third-generation CI built to match the speed and scale of coding agents
Stage	Established	Not given
Founded	2017	Not given
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: no cost, includes 1 user, unlimited projects and stacks, up to 500 workflow minutes. Essentials: $40/month with 40 Credits, up to 500 managed resources. Pro: $400/month with 400 Credits, up to 2,000 managed resources. Enterprise: $2,000/month with 2,000 Credits, up to 4,750 managed resources.	Dagger Cloud: Starter $20/mo, Scale $200/mo, Enterprise custom. Open source engine free. Usage pricing: Pipeline CPU new work 0.5¢/CPU-min, repeat work 0.1¢/CPU-min; Pipeline memory new work 0.5¢/GB-min, repeat work 0.1¢/GB-min; Pipeline inputs new work 2.5¢/GB, repeat work 0.5¢/GB; Pipeline outputs
Key features	Program infrastructure in TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, .NET, Java, YAML, or HCL AI infrastructure agent (Neo) for automated infrastructure tasks Multi-cloud support for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, and hundreds of providers Reusable infrastructure components shared via package managers like npm, PyPI, and NuGet Drift detection and automated remediation for infrastructure compliance	Test-native visibility into individual test results Dev shells for debugging in exact failure states Remote execution with sandboxed pooling Programmable modules in multiple languages Automatic toolchain detection Incremental DAG computation Open source engine Transparent usage-based pricing
What makes it different	Use general-purpose programming languages instead of domain-specific languages for infrastructure definition Open source and free forever for individuals with no vendor lock-in Support for reusable infrastructure components with full IDE features like type checking and code navigation Significantly faster infrastructure deployments compared to traditional IaC approaches	Repeat work costs 5× less than competing solutions Idle capacity is free unlike traditional billing models Eliminates proprietary YAML and config drift Unified environment for developers, agents and CI Vertically integrated for compute and token efficiency
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	79 +1 (up) since last check	68 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	25	24
Citation Flow (Majestic)	53	42
Referring domains (Majestic)	4670	1296

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