Infra Data Platform
Infrahub vs Obelinf
Git-style infrastructure data platform vs managed source of truth
Infrahub brings Git-style workflows and infrastructure-as-code practices to infrastructure data. Obelinf provides a managed source of truth without schema design, database operations, or platform maintenance.
A managed platform. Zero graph databases.
Infrahub's architecture gives teams a flexible graph-based model, but operating the platform still requires running its supporting services: Neo4j, a task worker, and the Infrahub application itself, typically deployed with Docker Compose or Kubernetes.
For teams with a dedicated platform group, that is manageable. For everyone else, the infrastructure required to run Infrahub becomes another thing to manage, another dependency to watch, and another potential source of problems. Obelinf removes that operational layer entirely.
Fast, searchable, and ready from day one.
Infrahub is a developer tool at heart, with a schema language, GraphQL queries, branches, and a CLI. That power comes with a learning curve.
Obelinf is ready the moment you sign up. Search works across every entity and attribute, a command palette jumps you to any entity type, and rack elevations and topology diagrams render from the data you enter.
A purpose-built model, not a blank canvas.
Infrahub's schema system is deeply flexible: you define your own data models and extend them over time. Teams that get the schema right end up with a powerful, customized platform. Teams that get it wrong end up with a data model that is hard to evolve.
Obelinf's model is fixed but comprehensive, covering sites, racks, devices, interfaces, cables, IPs, subnets, VLANs, VRFs, circuits, and contacts. There is no modeling decision to make, and no schema to migrate when your needs change.
Zero-effort audit trail.
Infrahub's Git-style version control is genuinely powerful: branches, proposed changes, CI checks, and merges give you a software development workflow applied to infrastructure data.
Obelinf takes a different approach: every create, update, and delete is logged automatically with the user, timestamp, and field-level diffs. There is no branching model, but the audit trail is complete, always available, and covers the vast majority of audit and compliance requirements with zero effort.
Automation without the platform engineering.
Infrahub invests heavily in automation: generators, transformations, Ansible and Nornir integrations, and a Python SDK. If your team's main goal is generating configurations and pushing them through CI, that workflow is its superpower.
Obelinf's REST API covers the entire data model with consistent patterns, and an MCP server exposes the same data to AI agents. For teams whose priority is maintaining an operational source of truth rather than building infrastructure-as-code workflows, Obelinf provides automation capabilities without requiring a platform engineering layer.
Predictable pricing. No platform to run.
Infrahub Community is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license, but limited to community support and single-instance deployment. Infrahub Enterprise pricing is designed for organizations requiring commercial support and enterprise features. Running the platform also requires the infrastructure and operational resources to maintain it.
On top of the license, running Infrahub means paying for servers, storage, backups, and engineering time. Obelinf scales from a free Personal plan to $299 per month, and the managed model removes the infrastructure costs entirely.
Who should choose Infrahub?
Choose Infrahub if:
- You want Git-style workflows for infrastructure data
- You need schema flexibility
- You build automation pipelines around infrastructure changes
- Your team is comfortable operating infrastructure platforms
Choose Obelinf if:
- You need a ready-to-use source of truth
- Your priority is documentation accuracy
- You don't want to design schemas
- You want SaaS operations handled for you
Moving from Infrahub to Obelinf
Infrahub exposes a GraphQL API and the infrahubctl CLI; export your nodes, relationships, and artifacts.
Map your custom schema onto Obelinf's purpose-built model, then import through the REST API or CSV.
Set up roles so everyone lands with the right permissions from day one.
No Neo4j to migrate and no task worker to stand up; the platform is already running.