Spacelift
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What is Spacelift
Spacelift is a cloud infrastructure automation platform that orchestrates infrastructure-as-code workflows, primarily for Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes. It is used by platform engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams to standardize provisioning, approvals, and policy controls across multiple cloud accounts and environments. The product focuses on Git-based workflows, policy-as-code guardrails, and multi-tool orchestration rather than being a general-purpose application CI system.
Broad IaC tool orchestration
Spacelift supports multiple infrastructure-as-code engines and can run them under a consistent workflow model. This helps teams that operate mixed estates (for example, Terraform/OpenTofu plus Kubernetes and cloud-native templates) reduce process fragmentation. It also enables standardization of run steps, approvals, and environment handling across tools.
Policy and governance controls
Spacelift includes policy-as-code capabilities to enforce guardrails on plans, applies, and workflow behavior. This is useful for organizations that need consistent controls across many repositories and teams, including approval gates and restrictions on what can be deployed. Centralized auditability of runs and decisions supports compliance-oriented operating models.
Git-based workflow automation
Spacelift is designed around Git events and pull-request style workflows for infrastructure changes. It provides automation around planning, applying, and coordinating changes with approvals and notifications. This aligns well with teams that already manage infrastructure changes through code review and want consistent execution across environments.
Not a full app CI/CD
Spacelift is primarily oriented to infrastructure workflows rather than end-to-end application build, test, and release pipelines. Teams often still need separate tooling for application CI, artifact management, and deployment strategies. This can increase the number of platforms to operate if a single unified CI/CD suite is a requirement.
Learning curve for governance
Implementing policy-as-code, stack design, and standardized workflows typically requires upfront platform engineering effort. Organizations without mature IaC practices may find initial setup and operating model design non-trivial. Ongoing maintenance of policies and templates can add overhead as teams and environments scale.
IaC-centric scope limitations
The product’s value is highest when infrastructure changes are managed through supported IaC tools and Git workflows. Use cases that rely heavily on ad-hoc console changes, proprietary deployment mechanisms, or non-IaC automation may not fit well. Some organizations may need additional integrations or custom scripting to cover edge cases.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 (Free forever) | 2 users, 1 API key, 1 public worker; IaC support (Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, Kubernetes, etc.), VCS integration, OIDC SSO, workflow customization, cloud cost estimation, resource visualization, dependencies, cloud integrations. |
| Starter | $399 per month (starting) | 10 users, 2 public workers; includes all Free features plus OIDC integrations, private module registry, webhooks, Policy-as-Code engine, notifications, custom tasks. Monthly subscription (can be paid annually). |
| Starter+ | Request a quote | Unlimited users, 2 public workers, 1 private worker, drift detection; upgrade from Starter. Starter+ availability/term described on site (appears as annual in FAQ; pricing is by quote). |
| Business | Request a quote | Unlimited users, 3+ private workers; blueprints, advanced scheduling, private provider registry, targeted replans, Silver customer success program and Silver support SLAs. |
| Enterprise | Request a quote | Unlimited users, 5+ private workers; concurrent VCS connections, audit trail, SSO with SAML 2.0, MFA, OIDC API keys, private source control, Gold customer success & Gold support SLAs; self-hosted option available. |
