I'd rather use BOSH, which has an explicit compare-and-repair model. On the other hand, Terraform is much easier to get started with and much less opinionated.

I'd rather use BOSH, which has an explicit compare-and-repair model. On the other hand, Terraform is much easier to get started with and much less opinionated. Disclosure: I work for Pivotal, we donate the majority of engineering on BOSH.