Stacklet vs. Firefly

Considering a Stacklet alternative?

Here’s a walkthrough for DevOps pros who just want to know what their options are.
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Firefly is a Cloud Infrastructure Automation platform—and alternative to Stacklet—that lets you:

Enforce policies across code, CI/CD, & cloud with governance-as-code
Inventory, sort, and filter through all your cloud assets 
Understand your IaC coverage and status 
Provision IaC pipelines and adopt GitOps automations 
Detect and remediate configuration drift in real time
Codify your cloud easily and automatically with best practices
Use comprehensive asset history for disaster recovery and rollback
Continuously scan your entire cloud footprint, across multi-cloud environments, IaC frameworks, Kubernetes clusters, and SaaS applications

See how Firefly stacks up against Stacklet

Firefly
Stacklet
Governance-as-Code
Firefly
Unified governance engine across code, CI/CD, and cloud deployed resources, including unmanaged resources

Built-in FinOps cost estimation

Firefly has a natural language translator into Open Policy Agent (OPA) so more engineers can use it without the need for OPA training/expertise
Stacklet
Does not offer comprehensive code to cloud governance. 
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Doesn’t support natural language translation into OPA/Rego policies for non-expert users.

Doesn’t support PR generation to remediate policy violations in IaC code.
AI Remediation
Firefly
Context aware IaC AI remediation for policy violations
Stacklet
Does not offer policy violation remediation
Cloud Scanning + Inventory
Firefly
Discover and inventory all cloud metadata and configurations; maps any IaC AND detects unmanaged resources 
Stacklet
Stacklet does not scan the entire cloud footprint. It’s limited to assets that are explicitly defined in policies.

It also does not detect unmanaged resources.
IaC Orchestration
Firefly
Provision and orchestrate IaC seamlessly within your existing CI/CD, for any IaC 

Not blocked in case of downtime
Stacklet
Does not offer IaC Orchestration
Pre-Deployment Scanning
Firefly
Scan pre-deployment (IaC plan stage) for policy violations, tagging compliance, and FinOps cost estimations
Stacklet
Does not offer pre-deployment IaC scanning 
Codification
Firefly
Generates IaC code in any language, creates modules, uses module call, and nested modules
Stacklet
Does not offer codification of cloud resources
Drift Detection
+ Fix
Firefly
Near real-time detection at scale, does not require plan/apply to engage 

Maps cloud events against cloud resources against ideal state configurations for full fidelity context of who, what, when + configuration history

Firefly uniquely calls modules/repos, allowing non-expert IaC engineers to automate fix IaC by opening PR
Stacklet
Does not offer drift detection or remediation
Asset History
Firefly
Complete change log, with ability to revert to previous versions
Stacklet
No asset history
Disaster Recovery + Business Resilience
Firefly
Rollback to previous stored configurations

Independent backup for all cloud configurations + IaC code
Stacklet
Backup and Recovery not a core function

Cannot store historical configurations

Learn more with our Buyer’s Guide to Cloud Infrastructure Automation tools

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5 reasons you shouldn’t use Firefly as a Stacklet alternative

If Firefly isn’t the right Cloud Infrastructure Automation solution for you, we won’t waste your time. But how do you know if Firefly is not a good fit for your business?

If you *prefer* limited visibility, incomplete governance, and zero automated remediation, then you might not need Firefly. In fact, if you're 100% committed to doing just 50% of the job, Stacklet is 200% likely to be the solution for you. (If that’s the case, you should probably leave this page now. But we’ll be here if you change your mind)."

You prefer reactive governance
You fear the AI overlords
You’re certain you have full visibility
You prefer to codify the slow way
You find chaos thrilling

You prefer your cloud governance like your ex: reactive and hands-off.

Let’s not get in the way of those Terraform plans. Push to prod blindly and let Stacklet clean up the emotional damage later.

You don’t trust AI unless it’s for your Spotify recommendations.

Firefly suggesting smart, AI-powered policy violation remediations? Hard pass. Let’s keep doing it manually. (If you think like this, you probably live —and work— like it’s 2012).

If you're certain you have complete oversight of your assets.

Your cloud is continuously monitored for issues, and you're already aware of the proportion of your cloud that's codified in IaC and unmanaged, as well as what has drifted (in any IaC language).

If manual codification sounds like an excellent lesson in doing things the hard way, and you're ready for the challenge.

Note: you might also need to appreciate unnecessary manual work instead of utilizing templates (or modules), not mind using subpar code that doesn't adhere to best practices, or enjoy the constant company of toil in your workplace.

If, during an incident, your engineers would prefer to recreate your configurations rather than keep them centrally documented.

Chaos adds excitement to life, and you believe that redoing work is fundamental to maintaining positive morale.

Weighing your options?
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Without Firefly, you're left with Stacklet’s incomplete governance and limited visibility. You get no drift detection or codification, and you have to work manually to remediate your policy violations. But hey, some people enjoy living on the edge — and if that sounds familiar, we applaud your courage.

Why Firefly?

Comprehensive asset visibility & inventory
Simplified IaC provisioning
Use your preferred CI/CD
Real-time drift detection & remediation
Multi-language IaC support & codification
Unified governance across cloud resources
Self-hosted options for true control

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