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Comparison

CDKTF vs Spacelift

No leader: the top candidate CDKTF has only 0.03 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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CDKTF52
Spacelift47
Score
vioscaleAI score
CDKTF52 / 100low · 3%
Spacelift47 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Model
CDKTFopen_source
Spaceliftfreemium
Price level
CDKTFfree
Spacelifthigh
Starting price
CDKTF–
Spacelift$20,000
Transparent
CDKTF–
Spacelift✗
Integrations
Count
CDKTF–
Spacelift22
Security
Certifications
CDKTF–
SpaceliftSOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP
Disclosure policy
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Fedramp
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Soc2
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
CDKTF✓
Spacelift✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
CDKTF–
Spacelift7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for infrastructure as code tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Paradigm
CDKTFDeclarative DSL
SpaceliftDeclarative DSL
Language
CDKTFTypeScript, Python
SpaceliftTerraform HCL, Kubernetes YAML, CloudFormation JSON, Pulumi Python, Ansible
Portability
Multicloud / cloud-agnostic
CDKTF✓
Spacelift✓
Architecture
State management
CDKTFVendor-managed
SpaceliftVendor-managed
Extensibility
Pluggable provider ecosystem
CDKTF✓
Spacelift✓
Governance
Policy as code
CDKTF✗
Spacelift✓
Ops
Drift detection
CDKTF✗
Spacelift✓
GitOps continuous reconciliation
CDKTF✗
Spacelift✓
Deployment
Managed SaaS offering
CDKTF✗
Spacelift✓
Hosting
CDKTFSelf-hosted only
SpaceliftCloud + self-hosted
Adoption
Import existing resources
CDKTF✓
Spacelift✓
Licensing
Open-source engine
CDKTF✓
Spacelift✗
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
CDKTF-
Spacelift-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

CDKTF

A framework that enables developers to specify cloud resources through general programming languages while leveraging Terraform's provider and module ecosystem.

Independently observed

Spacelift

Spacelift is an orchestration platform for managing infrastructure-as-code workflows. It supports multiple IaC tools including Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, and Kubernetes, with policy enforcement, drift detection, and multiple deployment models ranging from cloud-hosted SaaS to on-premises installations.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

CDKTF

Open source
as of verify ↗

Spacelift

from $20000/yrSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Starter+ from $20,000/year. Higher tiers available by quote.

  • FreeFree
    • IaC support
    • VCS integration
    • Resource visualization
    • 1 public worker
  • Starter+$20,000/year, includes 2 public workers and 1-2 private workers
    • IaC support
    • Workflow customization
    • VCS integration
    • Resource visualization
    • Cloud cost estimation
    • +4 more
  • BusinessContact sales
    • All Starter+ features
    • Private provider registry
    • Targeted replans
    • Dedicated Slack support channel
    • Dedicated Customer Success Manager
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Business features
    • Audit trail
    • SSO integration with SAML 2.0
    • OIDC API Keys
    • Internal source control system
    • +2 more
  • Enterprise+Contact sales
    • All Enterprise features
    • MFA
    • Self-hosted option
    • FedRAMP authorization
    • On-premises/air-gapped environments
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
CLI
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Self-hosted
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
On-premise
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Hybrid
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Air-gapped
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

CDKTF

Not documented yet.

Spacelift

26 total
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • CloudFormation
  • Pulumi
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Slack
  • Infracost
  • Checkov
  • Wiz
  • OPA
  • ServiceNow
  • Terragrunt
  • AWS CDK
  • Serverless Framework
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Bitbucket Datacenter
  • Azure DevOps
  • +2 more
Independently observed
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CDKTF or Spacelift: which one depends on you

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