AWS CDK vs Crossplane

Side-by-side comparison of AWS CDK and Crossplane to help you choose the right tool.

Feature	AWS CDK	Crossplane
Pricing	Free	Free (open source)
Rating	⭐ 4.5/5	⭐ 4.4/5
Categories	iac	iac, containers-orchestration
Real languages	✅	❌
Constructs library	✅	❌
L1/L2/L3 abstractions	✅	❌
CDK Pipelines	✅	❌
Testing support	✅	❌
Construct Hub	✅	❌
Kubernetes-native	❌	✅
Compositions	❌	✅
Multi-cloud	❌	✅
Self-service	❌	✅
Providers	❌	✅
RBAC	❌	✅

Define cloud infrastructure using familiar programming languages

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Cloud-native control plane for infrastructure

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