- Supports many infrastructure orchestration frameworks signals
- Policy controls strengthen platform governance programs
- Free plan helps teams evaluate workflows
Best for
Platform teams governing infrastructure workflows
Pricing
Free tier available
Free plan
Available
SoftFinders Score
8.5 / 10
Overview
What is Spacelift?
Spacelift is an infrastructure orchestration platform for teams managing Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Terragrunt, Ansible, Kubernetes, and related IaC workflows. It combines policy, approvals, drift visibility, GitOps automation, and an infrastructure assistant for designing, deploying, and governing infrastructure. Its strength is helping platform teams manage many IaC stacks without relying on ad hoc pipelines within platform teams managing governed delivery workflows at engineering scale.
It fits organizations with multiple infrastructure repositories, compliance requirements, and platform teams that need standard guardrails. Buyers should review free-plan limits, quote-based tiers, runner model, policy language, and supported frameworks before rollout. Spacelift is more specialized than general DevOps suites, so compare it with env0 and Pulumi when infrastructure governance is the central requirement within platform teams managing governed delivery workflows at engineering scale.
KEY FEATURES
What you get out of the box
IaC Orchestration
Manages infrastructure workflows across many frameworks process
Infrastructure Assistant
Supports designing deploying and governing infrastructure signals
Policy Controls
Enforces guardrails before infrastructure changes apply signals
Drift Visibility
Shows unmanaged changes across cloud resources signals
GitOps Automation
Connects infrastructure changes with repository workflows process
Runner Options
Supports controlled execution environments for deployments coordination
USE CASES
Where teams put it to work
Editorial Take
What we like, and what to verify
- Paid tiers may require sales conversations
- IaC maturity is needed for value
- Specialized focus excludes broader DevOps coverage
Screenshots
A look inside
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