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     7  # Terraform vs. Other Software
     8  
     9  Terraform provides a flexible abstraction of resources and providers. This model
    10  allows for representing everything from physical hardware, virtual machines,
    11  containers, to email and DNS providers. Because of this flexibility, Terraform
    12  can be used to solve many different problems. This means there are a number of
    13  existing tools that overlap with the capabilities of Terraform. We compare Terraform
    14  to a number of these tools, but it should be noted that Terraform is not mutual
    15  exclusive with other systems. It can be used to manage a single application, or the
    16  entire datacenter.
    17  
    18  Use the navigation to the left to read the comparison of Terraform to specific
    19  systems.