Comparison

Spacelift vs Terraform

On the evidence we track, Terraform leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Spacelift47

★Terraform64

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Spacelift	TerraformLeader
Vioscale score	47 / 100medium · 73%	64 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	high	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	17	10
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.2
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fterraform&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	1,108
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	49,541
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	6
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ US	-

Score

Vioscale score

Spacelift47 / 100medium · 73%

Terraform64 / 100medium · 54%

Pricing

Free tier

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

Model

Spaceliftfreemium

Terraformcommercial

Price level

Spacelifthigh

Terraformfree

Transparent

Spacelift✗

Terraform–

Integrations

Count

Spacelift17

Terraform10

Security

Disclosure policy

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

Fedramp

Spacelift✓

Terraform–

Iso27001

Spacelift–

Terraform✓

Scorecard

Spacelift–

Terraform6.2

Soc2

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

Vulnerabilities

Spacelift–

TerraformCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fterraform&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Spacelift–

Terraform1,108

Github stars

Spacelift–

Terraform49,541

Activity

Commits last 30d

Spacelift–

Terraform100

Release

Cadence days

Spacelift–

Terraform6

History

Spacelift–

Terraform20 items

Language

Primary

Spacelift–

TerraformGo

Market

Availability

SpaceliftAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ US

Terraform–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Infrastructure as Code Tools
Capability	Spacelift	Terraform
Core
Paradigm	Declarative DSL	Declarative DSL
Language	Terraform HCL, Kubernetes YAML, CloudFormation JSON, Pulumi Python, Ansible	HCL
Portability
Multicloud / cloud-agnostic	✓	✓
Architecture
State management	Vendor-managed	Vendor-managed
Extensibility
Pluggable provider ecosystem	✓	✓
Governance
Policy as code	✓	✓
Ops
Drift detection	✓	-
GitOps continuous reconciliation	✓	-
Deployment
Managed SaaS offering	✓	-
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	-
Adoption
Import existing resources	✓	✓
Licensing
Open-source engine	✗	✓
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity	-	-

Core

Paradigm

SpaceliftDeclarative DSL

TerraformDeclarative DSL

Language

SpaceliftTerraform HCL, Kubernetes YAML, CloudFormation JSON, Pulumi Python, Ansible

TerraformHCL

Portability

Multicloud / cloud-agnostic

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

Architecture

State management

SpaceliftVendor-managed

TerraformVendor-managed

Extensibility

Pluggable provider ecosystem

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

Governance

Policy as code

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

Ops

Drift detection

Spacelift✓

Terraform-

GitOps continuous reconciliation

Spacelift✓

Terraform-

Deployment

Managed SaaS offering

Spacelift✓

Terraform-

Hosting

SpaceliftCloud + self-hosted

Terraform-

Adoption

Import existing resources

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

Licensing

Open-source engine

Spacelift✗

Terraform✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Spacelift-

Terraform-

What each one is

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

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

Terraform

Leader

Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool that lets you build, change, and version infrastructure safely and efficiently. It manages low-level components like compute, storage, and networking as well as high-level components like DNS entries and SaaS features.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Terraform

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Spacelift	Terraform
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Spacelift✓

Terraform✗

CLI

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Spacelift✓

Terraform✗

Self-hosted

Spacelift✓

Terraform✓

On-premise

Spacelift✓

Terraform✗

Air-gapped

Spacelift✓

Terraform✗

Integrations

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

In common (3)

GitHub
AWS
Azure

Spacelift

17 total - 14 not shared

Terraform
OpenTofu
CloudFormation
Pulumi
Kubernetes
Ansible
GitLab
Bitbucket
Google Cloud
Slack
Infracost
Checkov
Wiz
OPA

Independently observed

Terraform

Leader

10 total - 7 not shared

Google Cloud Platform
Oracle Cloud
Docker
Consul
Packer
Vault
Boundary

Independently observed

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