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Comparison

Spacelift vs Terraform

On the evidence we track, Terraform leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Spacelift47
★Terraform62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Spacelift47 / 100medium · 74%
Terraform62 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Free tier
Spacelift✓
Terraform✓
Model
Spaceliftfreemium
Terraformcommercial
Price level
Spacelifthigh
Terraformfree
Starting price
Spacelift$20,000
Terraform–
Transparent
Spacelift✗
Terraform–
Integrations
Count
Spacelift22
Terraform10
Security
Certifications
SpaceliftSOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP
Terraform–
Disclosure policy
Spacelift✓
Terraform✓
Fedramp
Spacelift✓
Terraform–
Iso27001
Spacelift–
Terraform✓
Scorecard
Spacelift–
Terraform6.6
Soc2
Spacelift✓
Terraform✓
Trust center
Spacelifthttps://spacelift.io/security
Terraform–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Spacelift✓
Terraform✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Spacelift–
Terraform1,108
Github stars
Spacelift–
Terraform49,829
Activity
Commits last 30d
Spacelift–
Terraform100
Release
Cadence days
Spacelift–
Terraform6
History
Spacelift–
Terraform20 items
Language
Primary
Spacelift–
TerraformGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Spacelift7 items
Terraform6 items

Capabilities

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

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
TerraformCloud + self-hosted
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

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

Terraform

Leader

Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code platform that lets teams define, provision, and manage cloud and on-premise infrastructure through declarative configuration files. It generates execution plans before making changes, manages resource dependencies, and enables version control and collaboration on infrastructure definitions.

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/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 ↗

Terraform

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Spacelift✓
Terraform✗
Windows
Spacelift✗
Terraform✓
CLI
Spacelift✓
Terraform✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Spacelift✓
Terraform✗
Self-hosted
Spacelift✓
Terraform✓
On-premise
Spacelift✓
Terraform✗
Hybrid
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

26 total - 23 not shared
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • CloudFormation
  • Pulumi
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Google Cloud
  • Slack
  • Infracost
  • Checkov
  • Wiz
  • OPA
  • ServiceNow
  • Terragrunt
  • AWS CDK
  • Serverless Framework
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Bitbucket Datacenter
  • Azure DevOps
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Datadog
Independently observed

Terraform

Leader
10 total - 7 not shared
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Oracle Cloud
  • Docker
  • Consul
  • Packer
  • Vault
  • Boundary
Independently observed
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