What is Scalr used for?

Scalr is a Terraform and OpenTofu automation platform that positions itself as a drop-in alternative to Terraform Cloud. It is a good fit for moving off Terraform Cloud, enforcing infrastructure policy on pull requests and running Terraform on private infrastructure.

Yes. Scalr has a free plan. Free for up to 50 runs per month. Beyond that Business is billed at $0.99 per run with volume discounts, with no per-user or per-resource fees; Enterprise is quoted.

Is Scalr open source?

No. Scalr is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to Scalr include Semaphore UI, Atlantis and Burrito.

What are some alternatives to Scalr?

Scalr competes with Spacelift, env0 and HCP Terraform. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Scalr alternatives.

Scalr: features, pricing and alternatives

About Scalr

Scalr is a commercial platform for running Terraform and OpenTofu at team scale. It manages remote runs, state, access control and policy checks, and the vendor describes it as a cost-effective, drop-in replacement for Terraform Cloud with feature parity and a stronger GitOps workflow.

Capabilities include drift detection with dashboards and remediation, self-hosted agents that execute runs on your own infrastructure, state storage in Scalr or in your own bucket on the Enterprise plan, pull-request-native GitOps with apply-before-merge and PR slash commands, and policy as code through Open Policy Agent and Checkov.

Security features include role-based access control, SAML, OIDC and secrets management, with audit logging on the Enterprise plan. Scalr also offers private module and hook registries, dynamic provider credentials and an MCP server. It is a hosted service with a pricing page, and migration credits are mentioned for teams moving from Terraform Cloud.

Key features

Remote Terraform and OpenTofu runs
Drift detection and remediation
Self-hosted agents for runs
Pull request GitOps workflow
Policy as code with OPA and Checkov
RBAC, SAML and OIDC access control
Private module registry

Good fit for

→Moving off Terraform Cloud
→Enforcing infrastructure policy on pull requests
→Running Terraform on private infrastructure

Tags: terraform; opentofu; iac; gitops; policy-as-code; drift-detection; devops

Scalr: questions and answers

What is Scalr used for?: Scalr is a Terraform and OpenTofu automation platform that positions itself as a drop-in alternative to Terraform Cloud. It is a good fit for moving off Terraform Cloud, enforcing infrastructure policy on pull requests and running Terraform on private infrastructure.
Is Scalr free?: Yes. Scalr has a free plan. Free for up to 50 runs per month. Beyond that Business is billed at $0.99 per run with volume discounts, with no per-user or per-resource fees; Enterprise is quoted.
Is Scalr open source?: No. Scalr is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to Scalr include Semaphore UI, Atlantis and Burrito.
What are some alternatives to Scalr?: Scalr competes with Spacelift, env0 and HCP Terraform. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Scalr alternatives.