{"id":21736,"date":"2021-06-06T03:44:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T03:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=21736"},"modified":"2021-10-27T11:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T11:36:52","slug":"comparison-between-terraform-aws-cloudformation-azure-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/comparison-between-terraform-aws-cloudformation-azure-arm\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison Between Terraform, AWS CloudFormation &#038; Azure ARM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Comparison-Terraform-vsAWS-CloudFormation-vs-Azure-ARM-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21747\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li 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