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Comparison

CDKTF vs Spacelift

No leader: the top candidate CDKTF has only 0.10 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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CDKTF56
Spacelift47
Score
Vioscale score
CDKTF56 / 100low · 10%updating
Spacelift47 / 100medium · 73%updating
Pricing
Free tier
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Model
CDKTFcommercial
Spaceliftfreemium
Price level
CDKTF–
Spacelifthigh
Transparent
CDKTF–
Spacelift✗
Integrations
Count
CDKTF–
Spacelift17
Security
Disclosure policy
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Fedramp
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Soc2
CDKTF–
Spacelift✓
Reliability
Status page
CDKTF✓
Spacelift✓
Market
Availability

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

Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CDKTF) allows developers to use familiar programming languages to define and provision infrastructure, providing access to the entire Terraform ecosystem. IMPORTANT: CDKTF is deprecated as of December 10, 2025, and HashiCorp no longer supports or maintains it.

Independently observed

Spacelift

Platform for orchestrating infrastructure-as-code workflows across multiple tools and clouds. Integrates provisioning, configuration management, and policy enforcement in a unified interface, with GitOps-based automation and AI-assisted capabilities for managing infrastructure at scale.

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

Pricing not documented yet.

Spacelift

from $20000/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier for small teams. Starter Plus from $20,000. Business and Enterprise plans require quote.

  • FreeFree
    • 2 public workers
    • Unlimited users
    • Webhooks
    • Terraform provider
    • Spacectl CLI
    • +2 more
  • Starter Plus$20,000
    • 1 private worker (2 available)
    • Spaces
    • IaC support (OpenTofu, Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, Kubernetes)
    • Workflow customization
    • VCS integration
    • +11 more
  • BusinessContact sales
    • 3 private workers
    • Blueprints
    • Templates
    • Advanced scheduling
    • Private provider registry
    • +4 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • 5-30 private workers
    • Concurrent-VCS connections
    • Audit trail
    • SSO integration with SAML 2.0
    • OIDC API Keys
    • +4 more
  • Enterprise PlusContact sales
    • 12-30 private workers
    • Self-hosted deployment
    • FedRAMP certification
    • On-premises deployment
    • Air-gapped environments
    • +1 more
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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✓
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

17 total
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • CloudFormation
  • Pulumi
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Slack
  • Infracost
  • Checkov
  • Wiz
  • OPA
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.