Pulumi vs Spacelift
On the evidence we track, Pulumi leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for infrastructure as code tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Pulumi
LeaderAn infrastructure-as-code system that lets you define, deploy, and manage cloud resources across multiple providers using Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, .NET, and YAML, with declarative provisioning, policy enforcement, and integrated state management.
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.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Pulumi
LeaderMetered pricing per resource-hour and deployment-minute. Contact sales for bulk discounts on annual commitments over $20,000.
- Team EditionContact sales
Spacelift
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
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Kubernetes
- GitHub
- Slack
Pulumi
Leader- Azure Resource Manager
- Backstage
- npm
- PyPI
- NuGet
- Helm
- AWS Secrets Manager
- Azure Key Vault
- Vault
- 1Password
- Cloudflare
- MongoDB
- Snowflake
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab Pipelines
- Jenkins
- CircleCI
- Atlassian Bitbucket
- External Secrets Operator
- Secrets Store CSI Driver
Spacelift
- OpenTofu
- Pulumi
- Ansible
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Infracost
- Checkov
- Wiz
- OPA
- ServiceNow
- Terragrunt
- AWS CDK
- Serverless Framework
- Bitbucket Cloud
- Bitbucket Datacenter
- Azure DevOps
- Microsoft Teams
- Datadog
Pulumi or Spacelift: which one depends on you
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