Two good tools, built for different scopes
Both give teams self-service infrastructure. The real question is whether you need governed IaC across your whole estate, or Kubernetes workloads from catalog to production.
env0 is an infrastructure-as-code automation platform for Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi, CloudFormation and more. Platform teams publish templates, developers launch self-service environments with TTLs and schedules, and runs pass through OPA policies, cost estimates and drift detection.
It is built for infrastructure. Building and deploying application services, GitOps delivery and app-level preview environments sit outside its scope.
- Self-service IaC environments with TTLs
- OPA policies, cost estimates and drift
- Infra-focused, app delivery is separate
- You write and maintain the templates
Atmosly is an internal developer platform for Kubernetes. It provisions clusters and cloud resources through guardrails, ships code with visual CI/CD and GitOps, and gives developers governed environments without a ticket.
Its provisioning is catalog-driven and Kubernetes-centric: clusters, add-ons and the resources next to them, not arbitrary IaC. It is fully managed, and the SquareOps services team can implement and run it for you.
- Clusters and resources from a governed catalog
- Visual CI/CD and native GitOps for apps
- Per-PR preview environments for the whole app
- Fully managed, zero upgrade toil
env0 automates infrastructure. Atmosly ships what runs on it.
Keep env0 for Terraform and OpenTofu if it serves you. Atmosly covers the Kubernetes side end to end: clusters from a catalog, application delivery and app-level preview environments.
One pipeline from commit to production
env0 runs infrastructure, not your services. Point Atmosly at a workload that is already running; it packages it as a blueprint and wires a full pipeline around it, with GitOps sync, approval gates and one-click rollback.
- Visual editor or YAML, same engine
- Multi-stage promotion with approvals and audit
- Coexists with ArgoCD, Jenkins and GitHub Actions
Preview environments that include the app
env0 environments are infrastructure: you still have to build and deploy your services into them. An Atmosly preview environment is the running app for that PR, with policies inherited from prod, gone on merge.
- Built, deployed and ready in about two minutes
- Clone a full stack for a tenant or region
- Curated Helm marketplace with pinned versions
Kubernetes clusters without a template to maintain
In env0 you write or source the Terraform for every cluster and add-on, then publish it as a template. Atmosly offers EKS, GKE and AKS clusters, add-ons and databases as catalog items, behind the guardrail flow you design.
- Create or import any cluster, public or private
- Region and instance allow-lists, required settings
- Auto-approve under threshold, one-click revert
env0 vs Atmosly, capability by capability
We kept env0's genuine wins in the table. They're marked so you can see them at a glance.
env0's strengths are real: self-service IaC, policy, cost estimates and drift across any cloud resource. Atmosly's case is the Kubernetes path from cluster to running app, on one platform.
Which one is right for your team?
It depends on scope, and on who you want running the platform.
- Self-service Terraform or OpenTofu environments are the main need
- You run IaC across many clouds and services
- Pre-apply cost estimates and budgets matter most
- You need drift detection across all cloud resources
- App delivery already lives in other tools
- Your infrastructure work centers on Kubernetes
- You want clusters from a catalog, not templates to maintain
- Developers need preview environments that include the app
- App CI/CD and GitOps should sit next to provisioning
- You'd like a partner (SquareOps) to implement and run it
If self-service IaC environments with policy and cost controls are the priority, env0 fits well, and Atmosly can sit beside it. If you want Kubernetes clusters, app delivery and app-level environments on one managed platform, that's Atmosly.
Connect a cluster freeFrom env0 to Atmosly at your own pace
No rip-and-replace. Keep env0 for the infrastructure it manages well, connect a cluster read-only, and let Atmosly take over the Kubernetes path one workload at a time.
Rather not do it yourself? The SquareOps services team can run the migration and day-2 operations for you.
Managed Kubernetes servicesWhat teams comparing env0 ask
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consult@squareops.comNot for general IaC. env0 runs any Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi or CloudFormation template. Atmosly provisions Kubernetes clusters, add-ons and nearby cloud resources from a governed catalog, then builds and deploys the apps that run on them.
Yes, and many teams should. Keep env0 for networking, accounts and broad infrastructure, and use Atmosly for Kubernetes clusters, application delivery and developer environments.
env0 environments are infrastructure stacks launched from your IaC templates, with TTLs and schedules. An Atmosly preview environment is the application for one pull request, built, deployed and governed by prod policies, and removed on merge.
No. Atmosly can put cost caps and approval thresholds on provisioning requests, but analyzing and reducing spend is not its job. Pre-apply estimates and budgets are an env0 strength, and cloud and Kubernetes cost optimization is SpendZero, a separate SquareOps product.
You usually don't move everything. Connect a cluster read-only, ship one workload through an Atmosly pipeline, and use the catalog for new Kubernetes resources while env0 keeps running the rest. The SquareOps services team can plan the split with you.
Any conformant Kubernetes cluster: EKS, GKE, AKS or self-managed, public or private, including on-prem and bare metal. You import the cluster you already run, read-only, in minutes.
No. It runs on your own clusters on standard Kubernetes, Helm and Git, so what you build stays portable.
Atmosly is fully managed SaaS, agent- or API-based and read-only by default. The Enterprise tier can self-host the control plane in your own VPC, and SquareOps can run day-2 operations for you.