Lead Engineer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 10
Aug 28, 2026
I would say that the reconciliation was the biggest feature that I would highlight about Upbound Crossplane, but again, it has its own disadvantages as well that the teams were using.The advice I would give to others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is that it is tough to get started. There are a lot of concepts that you need to be aware of. At first, you need to be aware of Kubernetes and what reconciliation is. The learning curve is much steep, I would say, if you take Upbound Crossplane, but it is worth the hassle at the same time. The GitOps way is what all the companies are moving to, so that way it will give an advantage, but the learning curve is a little high. You need to learn a lot of new concepts. I would rate Upbound Crossplane an eight on a scale of one to ten because it still has some flaws. The pain point I previously mentioned is that we do not have clear visibility of what exactly it will do based on the YAML file that we are creating. Even if Terraform is the major infrastructure as code tool currently in the market, and it has some disadvantages such as Terraform plan which takes time, it is the market leader now. At least for the application dependency side, Upbound Crossplane definitely is a good option, which is why I rated it an eight, not a nine or ten.
Model Lead at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Jul 22, 2026
My advice for others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is this: if you are suffering from Terraform's state file locks while provisioning infrastructure and want to automate network cloud resources, reconciliation, and resource monitoring without manual intervention, then Upbound Crossplane will be very beneficial and useful. I would rate this product a nine out of ten.
Principal Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
Jun 18, 2026
My advice to others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is that if they have any legacy systems or if they are deploying applications on virtual machines, I would suggest they stay away from Crossplane because it is strictly bound to a Kubernetes-native GitOps approach. However, if they are deploying their applications on Kubernetes, then I would suggest they consider it. I would rate this product a 6 out of 10.
I rate Upbound Crossplane a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10. I choose 10 because it is easy to work with. Regarding Upbound Crossplane's AI capabilities, I do not know much because I did not use it with AI. I did not use the AI features, so I cannot comment on its accuracy and reliability of output. My advice for others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is to read the documentation, as it is simple and easy to understand. My overall review rating for Upbound Crossplane is 10.
My advice to others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is that this is definitely a transforming tool if you are looking for a next-gen infrastructure solution. At the same time, for people who don't know Kubernetes in depth and who don't have much cloud native knowledge, it can be a bit difficult to start. I would say that people should first have in-depth knowledge of cloud native toolsets and then they should start using Upbound Crossplane. I have rated this product a 9 out of 10.
Upbound Crossplane is a powerful open-source tool for infrastructure management, offering a universal control plane that helps automate provisioning and governance across multiple cloud providers.Upbound Crossplane enables organizations to transform how they manage infrastructure by providing an API-driven platform that simplifies the creation and management of cloud infrastructure abstractions. It allows teams to build bespoke infrastructure APIs and manage cloud resources using...
I would say that the reconciliation was the biggest feature that I would highlight about Upbound Crossplane, but again, it has its own disadvantages as well that the teams were using.The advice I would give to others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is that it is tough to get started. There are a lot of concepts that you need to be aware of. At first, you need to be aware of Kubernetes and what reconciliation is. The learning curve is much steep, I would say, if you take Upbound Crossplane, but it is worth the hassle at the same time. The GitOps way is what all the companies are moving to, so that way it will give an advantage, but the learning curve is a little high. You need to learn a lot of new concepts. I would rate Upbound Crossplane an eight on a scale of one to ten because it still has some flaws. The pain point I previously mentioned is that we do not have clear visibility of what exactly it will do based on the YAML file that we are creating. Even if Terraform is the major infrastructure as code tool currently in the market, and it has some disadvantages such as Terraform plan which takes time, it is the market leader now. At least for the application dependency side, Upbound Crossplane definitely is a good option, which is why I rated it an eight, not a nine or ten.
My advice for others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is this: if you are suffering from Terraform's state file locks while provisioning infrastructure and want to automate network cloud resources, reconciliation, and resource monitoring without manual intervention, then Upbound Crossplane will be very beneficial and useful. I would rate this product a nine out of ten.
My advice to others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is that if they have any legacy systems or if they are deploying applications on virtual machines, I would suggest they stay away from Crossplane because it is strictly bound to a Kubernetes-native GitOps approach. However, if they are deploying their applications on Kubernetes, then I would suggest they consider it. I would rate this product a 6 out of 10.
I rate Upbound Crossplane a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10. I choose 10 because it is easy to work with. Regarding Upbound Crossplane's AI capabilities, I do not know much because I did not use it with AI. I did not use the AI features, so I cannot comment on its accuracy and reliability of output. My advice for others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is to read the documentation, as it is simple and easy to understand. My overall review rating for Upbound Crossplane is 10.
My advice to others looking into using Upbound Crossplane is that this is definitely a transforming tool if you are looking for a next-gen infrastructure solution. At the same time, for people who don't know Kubernetes in depth and who don't have much cloud native knowledge, it can be a bit difficult to start. I would say that people should first have in-depth knowledge of cloud native toolsets and then they should start using Upbound Crossplane. I have rated this product a 9 out of 10.