Resoto vs. Gruntwork cloud-nuke

Resoto can be used as an alternative to Gruntwork's cloud-nuke.

cloud-nuke is an open-source CLI tool that finds and deletes AWS resources.

Similarities Between Resoto and cloud-nuke

With both Resoto and cloud-nuke, you can:

Gruntwork specializes in AWS infrastructure, so cloud-nuke only supports AWS.

Resoto, on the other hand, also supports other cloud providers (including AWS and DigitalOcean) and Kubernetes.

	Resoto	cloud-nuke
Resource Coverage	Supports over 200 AWS resource types and all AWS regions.	Supports about 50 AWS resource types.
Full-Text Search	Creates an inventory of discovered resources and offers full-text search as an easy way to explore your cloud inventory.	Lacks search capabilities.
Discovery	Discovers resources and creates full snapshots of your asset inventory with resource metadata.	Creates a simple list of detected resources without resource metadata or configuration data.
Cleanup	Performs dependency-aware resource cleanup, deleting resources in the required order based on delete dependencies.	Attempts to remove dependent sub-resources for VPCs. Lacks support for non-VPC delete dependencies.
Syntax	Offers intuitive commands and first-class support for automations.	Requires tedious authoring of scripts and editing of configuration files to customize cleanup actions.
Performance	Separates data ingest, transformations, storage, and queries for a scalable approach to analyzing infrastructure.	Completes resource analysis and cleanup in an ephemeral environment.