Simple, transparent pricing
Plans for every stage of growth
Monthly or annual billing. Annual saves 20% on paid tiers.
Monthly
Annual
Save 20%
Free
$0
/month
Explore cloud architecture design and pre-deployment simulation at no cost.
- 1 project
- 5 simulations / month
- Visual canvas (315+ services)
- Constant traffic pattern
- Basic AI suggestions (3/mo)
- No deployment
- Community support
Most popular
Pro
$69
/user/mo
For developers and architects who ship production infrastructure.
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited simulations
- All 4 traffic patterns
- Advanced AI recommendations
- Live cost estimation
- Execution history & versioning
- Deploy to AWS
- IaC export (Terraform / CDK)
- Priority support
Team
$349
/mo
For startups and engineering teams collaborating at scale.
5 seats included — $59/seat after
- Everything in Pro
- Shared canvases & workspaces
- Role-based access control
- Multi-environment deploy (ST/UAT/PR)
- 1,000 simulations / month (pooled)
- API access
Enterprise
Custom pricing from ~$30K/year. Audit logging & compliance, SSO/SAML, unlimited seats, and dedicated SLA support.
How pinpole compares — pricing
Side-by-side pricing across visual design, IaC automation, and FinOps categories.
| Tool | Free / Open Source | Starter / Pro | Team / Business | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Design + Deployment Platforms | ||||
| pinpolerecommendedAWS design + simulation + deploy | Free1 engineer · 5 sims/mo Full canvas + simulation Design-time AI hints |
$69/user/moUnlimited simulations AI recommendations Execution history + versions |
$349/mo5 seats included · $59 ea. after Multi-env (ST/UAT/PR) Team canvas + RBAC |
CustomDigital twin · Audit logging SSO · Dedicated support ~$30–150K/yr |
| BrainboardVisual → Terraform, multi-cloud | — | ~$99/user/moPro tier | CustomTeam plans | Custom |
| HoloriVisual design + cost estimation | Free tierLimited resources | $49/mo flator 1% of cloud spend | 1% of cloud spend50,000+ cloud products | Custom |
| CloudcraftAWS/Azure diagrams (Datadog) | — | $41/user/mo | $100/user/mo | CustomDatadog bundle |
| MassdriverPlatform engineering bundles | — | Contact sales | Contact sales | Contact sales |
| System InitiativeConfig-level digital twin, OSS | Open-sourceApache 2.0 | — | — | TBD |
| AWS Infra ComposerNative AWS canvas (CloudFormation) | Completely freeAll 1,134+ CFN resources | — | — | — |
| IaC Automation Platforms | ||||
| PulumiCode-first IaC + AI agent | FreeIndividual, forever | $40/moPer seat | $200/mo | $400/mo2,000 resources; overage per resource |
| HCP TerraformIBM-owned; ~80% IaC usage | Free ⚠ Ending Mar 31, 2026 | $0.10–$0.99per resource/mo (RUM) | RUM-basedUnpredictable at scale | Custom |
| SpaceliftIaC orchestration + AI | Free2 users | $349/mo | $399/mo | Custom |
| ScalrTerraform Cloud replacement | FreeAll features · 50 runs/mo | ~$99/moRun-based pricing | Custom | Custom |
| FinOps / Cost Optimisation Tools | ||||
| CloudHealthVMware FinOps platform | — | 2.2–2.5%of tracked cloud spend $1,000/mo minimum |
2.2–2.5% | Custom |
| IBM CloudabilityGartner Magic Quadrant leader | — | ~3% of managed spend~$30K/yr per $1M spend | ~3% | Custom |
| VantageMulti-cloud cost visibility | FreeUp to $2,500 tracked spend | Tiered by spend | Tiered by spend | Custom |
| Infracost CloudCI/CD cost estimation | Free CLI1,000 CI/CD runs/mo | $100/seat/mo$1,000/mo base (10 seats) | $1,000/mo+ | Custom |
Feature comparison
Capabilities across visual design, simulation, cost, deployment, and operations.
Full support
Partial / planned
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| Feature | pinpole | Brainboard | System Initiative | Holori | Cloudcraft | Massdriver | AWS Composer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design & Canvas | |||||||
| Visual drag-and-drop canvas | |||||||
| Service compatibility validation | |||||||
| Full cloud service catalogue | |||||||
| Simulation & Validation | |||||||
| Pre-deployment traffic simulation | |||||||
| Traffic pattern modelling | |||||||
| Cloud terminal | |||||||
| Cost & Optimisation | |||||||
| Live cost estimation | |||||||
| AI optimisation recommendations | |||||||
| Optimisation dashboard | |||||||
| Deployment & IaC | |||||||
| One-click deployment to cloud | |||||||
| IaC export (Terraform / CF) | |||||||
| Multi-environment deployment | |||||||
| Operations | |||||||
| Digital twin / live infra import | |||||||
| Version control & history | |||||||
| Audit logging | |||||||
| Enterprise & Go-to-Market | |||||||
| Team collaboration / RBAC | |||||||
| Multi-cloud support | |||||||
| Free tier available | |||||||