G2

Scott L.

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/5/2023

"I'm a Pulumi employee now, but I was a Pulumi user first"

5/5

What do you like best about Pulumi?

I switched to Pulumi in 2019, when I got frustrated with trying to embed any sort of logic into my Terraform configurations. I found Pulumi's approach of using a general purpose programming language made a lot more sense to me. What I like most about Pulumi is that I'm not only solving business problems through infrastructure as code, but I'm also building skill and experience in a programming language. That's transferable and reusable knowledge that adds value to my career. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pulumi?

As someone with an infrastructure/operations background, the learning curve of using a general purpose programming language (I started with TypeScript and later switched to Golang) can be a bit challenging if you don't already know or aren't already familiar with the language. That's not Pulumi's fault; that's just the nature of learning a programming language. The Pulumi documentation needs improvement, but otherwise I haven't run into any issues or problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pulumi solving and how is that benefiting you?

Pulumi is an infrastructure as code (IaC) solution, designed to allow users to implement IaC using a general purpose programming language. As an IaC solution, Pulumi helps automate the deployment of cloud infrastructure to support applications running on the cloud. I can write a Pulumi program to deploy cloud resources, and then easily provision and destroy those resources with a single command. My Pulumi programs are stored in version control, so I can easily test changes before committing them, or rollback to a previous configuration. Through the use of pull requests and code reviews, I can collaborate with teammates on infrastructure changes before those changes are implemented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.