HashiCorp’s problem is not competition. I started using Terraform Cloud three years ago for my small department. Prior, I had introduced Terraform Enterprise at a large company. I was initially excited at how much easier it was to get going on TFC than TFE. Of course, that’s often the way of Saas.
For the next two years, HashiCorp provided virtually no enhancements to TFC except cosmetic changes. I submitted feature requests for small and large challenges. Sometimes I was even met with argument. Meanwhile, several competing services were born, likely out of necessity of their own founders. Ultimately I had to switch and about halfway out the TFC door they announced their bizarre pricing model changes.
HashiCorp had years and years to build a quality commercial product on top of Terraform but squandered the opportunity.
At first this reminded me of the Docker arc but it may be more like Chef.
For the next two years, HashiCorp provided virtually no enhancements to TFC except cosmetic changes. I submitted feature requests for small and large challenges. Sometimes I was even met with argument. Meanwhile, several competing services were born, likely out of necessity of their own founders. Ultimately I had to switch and about halfway out the TFC door they announced their bizarre pricing model changes.
HashiCorp had years and years to build a quality commercial product on top of Terraform but squandered the opportunity.
At first this reminded me of the Docker arc but it may be more like Chef.