Learn PULUMI-AUTOMATION with Real Code Examples
Updated Nov 27, 2025
Monetization
Enterprise automation of infrastructure deployments
Platform engineering SaaS tooling
Managed Pulumi Service subscriptions
Consulting and DevOps integration services
Programmatic multi-cloud orchestration for clients
Future Roadmap
Expanded multi-cloud provider support
Improved Automation API SDKs and language bindings
Better testing frameworks and CI/CD integration
Enhanced secret and configuration management
More enterprise automation patterns and best practices
When Not To Use
For teams preferring fully declarative YAML or JSON
When no programming expertise is available
For simple single-cloud deployments without automation needs
If CLI-only manual deployment is sufficient
Where Kubernetes-native CRDs are preferred (use Crossplane instead)
Final Summary
Pulumi Automation API allows programmatic control of infrastructure via code.
Supports multiple cloud providers and Kubernetes.
Enables embedding infrastructure automation in applications and CI/CD pipelines.
Provides full lifecycle management: preview, update, destroy.
Ideal for DevOps teams and platform engineers seeking code-first automation.
Faq
Can Automation API provision AWS resources? -> Yes, via Pulumi SDK
Is it free? -> Yes, open-source with optional Pulumi Service features
Does it support multi-cloud? -> Yes, fully supported
Can it integrate with CI/CD? -> Yes, Automation API is designed for pipelines
Can it handle secrets securely? -> Yes, via Pulumi secrets and backend