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Comparison

Spacelift vs Terragrunt

On the evidence we track, Terragrunt leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Spacelift47
★Terragrunt59
Score
vioscaleAI score
Spacelift47 / 100medium · 74%
Terragrunt59 / 100low · 41%
Pricing
Free tier
Spacelift✓
Terragrunt✓
Model
Spaceliftfreemium
Terragruntopen_source
Price level
Spacelifthigh
Terragruntfree
Starting price
Spacelift$20,000
Terragrunt–
Transparent
Spacelift✗
Terragrunt✗
Integrations
Count
Spacelift22
Terragrunt8
Security
Certifications
SpaceliftSOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP
Terragrunt–
Disclosure policy
Spacelift✓
Terragrunt–
Fedramp
Spacelift✓
Terragrunt–
Scorecard
Spacelift–
Terragrunt8.7
Soc2
Spacelift✓
Terragrunt–
Trust center
Spacelifthttps://spacelift.io/security
Terragrunt–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Spacelift✓
Terragrunt–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Spacelift–
Terragrunt33
Github stars
Spacelift–
Terragrunt9,880
Activity
Commits last 30d
Spacelift–
Terragrunt100
Release
Cadence days
Spacelift–
Terragrunt8
History
Spacelift–
Terragrunt20 items
License
Spdx
Spacelift–
TerragruntMIT
Language
Primary
Spacelift–
TerragruntGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Spacelift7 items
Terragrunt6 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Terragrunt

Leader

A tool that coordinates and scales OpenTofu and Terraform configurations, enabling infrastructure-as-code deployments to manage complexity across multiple environments and cloud providers

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 ↗

Terragrunt

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free open source; managed Terragrunt Scale offering available

  • Open SourceFree
  • Terragrunt ScaleContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • AWS

Spacelift

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

Terragrunt

Leader
15 total - 12 not shared
  • Git
  • Mercurial
  • Amazon S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Storage
  • Amazon ECR
  • GitHub Container Registry
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Google Artifact Registry
  • HTTP
  • SMB
  • AWS S3
Independently observed
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