How to: CloudFormation Alternatives and Lock-In
-	HashiCorp’s [Terraform](https://www.
/intro/vs/cloudformation.html) is a third-party alternative that can support other cloud platforms/providers including [Azure](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest) and [OpenStack](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/openstack/).
- 🔸Some AWS features may not be available in Terraform (e.g. multi-AZ ElastiCache using Redis), and you may have to resort to embedded CloudFormation templates.
-	[Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/) enables teams to define and deliver Cloud Native Infrastructure as Code on any cloud, with any language. From containers to serverless to Kubernetes to infrastructure.

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