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.

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Spacelift47
★Terramate53
Score
vioscaleAI score
Spacelift47 / 100medium · 74%
Terramate53 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tier
Spacelift✓
Terramate✓
Model
Spaceliftfreemium
Terramatefreemium
Price level
Spacelifthigh
Terramatelow
Starting price
Spacelift$20,000
Terramate–
Transparent
Spacelift✗
Terramate✗
Integrations
Count
Spacelift22
Terramate10
Security
Certifications
Terramate–
Disclosure policy
Spacelift✓
Terramate–
Fedramp
Spacelift✓
Terramate–
Soc2
Spacelift✓
Terramate–
Trust center
Terramate–
Reliability
Status page
Spacelift✓
Terramate–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Spacelift–
Terramate0
Github stars
Spacelift–
Terramate3,636
Activity
Commits last 30d
Spacelift–
Terramate19
Release
Cadence days
Spacelift–
Terramate6
History
Spacelift–
Terramate20 items
License
Spdx
Spacelift–
TerramateMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
Spacelift–
TerramateGo
Content
Faq
Spacelift7 items
Terramate6 items

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

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

Terramate

Leader

Terramate coordinates and manages infrastructure projects built with popular tools like Terraform and Kubernetes. It offers both an open-source CLI and a cloud service with features for detecting infrastructure drift, automating deployments through GitOps workflows, and tracking resources across teams and environments.

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 ↗

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✗
Hybrid
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 (7)
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub
  • Slack
  • Terragrunt
  • Azure DevOps

Spacelift

26 total - 19 not shared
  • CloudFormation
  • Pulumi
  • Ansible
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Infracost
  • Checkov
  • Wiz
  • OPA
  • ServiceNow
  • AWS CDK
  • Serverless Framework
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Bitbucket Datacenter
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Datadog
Independently observed

Terramate

Leader
10 total - 3 not shared
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • BitBucket Pipelines
Independently observed
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Spacelift or Terramate: which one depends on you

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