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Comparison

Spacelift vs Terramate

On the evidence we track, Terramate leads this comparison with a composite score of 53/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Spacelift full profile →Terramate full profile →
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Spacelift47
★Terramate53
Score
Vioscale score
Spacelift47 / 100medium · 73%
Terramate53 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tier
Spacelift✓
Terramate✓
Model
Spaceliftfreemium
Terramatefreemium
Price level
Spacelifthigh
Terramatelow
Transparent
Spacelift✗
Terramate✗
Integrations
Count
Spacelift17
Terramate10
Security
Disclosure policy
Spacelift✓
Terramate–
Fedramp
Spacelift✓
Terramate–
Soc2
Spacelift✓
Terramate–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Spacelift✓
Terramate–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Spacelift–
Terramate0
Github stars
Spacelift–
Terramate3,621
Activity
Commits last 30d
Spacelift–
Terramate11
Release
Cadence days
Spacelift–
Terramate7
History
Spacelift–
Terramate20 items
License
Spdx
Spacelift–
TerramateMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
Spacelift–
TerramateGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

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

Terramate

Leader

An open-source orchestration and code generation platform that enables teams to manage infrastructure-as-code at scale, providing structure, governance, and self-service capabilities for developers and platform engineers.

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 verify ↗

Terramate

Leader
from $449/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From free to $449/month. Free Community plan with 14-day free trial for Teams.

  • CommunityFree
    • Code Management
    • Deployment Workflows
    • Pull Request Previews
    • Drift Management
    • Observability & Visibility
    • +10 more
  • Teams$449/month. Unlimited users, 5000 resources, 90-day retention. 14-day free trial.
    • All Community features
    • Asset Management
    • Policies
    • CIS Benchmarks
    • DORA Metrics
    • +4 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Teams features
    • SSO SAML 2.0
    • RBAC
    • Audit Logs
    • Private Source Control System integration
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (5)
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub
  • Slack

Spacelift

17 total - 12 not shared
  • CloudFormation
  • Pulumi
  • Ansible
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Infracost
  • Checkov
  • Wiz
  • OPA
Independently observed

Terramate

Leader
10 total - 5 not shared
  • Terragrunt
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • BitBucket Pipelines
  • Azure DevOps
Independently observed

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