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Spacelift

AI-powered Infrastructure as Code management platform

freemiumupdated Apr 21, 2026

IaC orchestration platform with AI-powered policy suggestions, drift detection, and automated remediation. Supports Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Kubernetes. Centralizes infrastructure management with approval workflows, cost estimation, and compliance guardrails for teams running multi-cloud environments at scale.

Spacelift is an infrastructure orchestration platform designed specifically for managing Infrastructure-as-Code workflows at scale, supporting Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Ansible, and Kubernetes configurations. It provides a CI/CD pipeline purpose-built for infrastructure changes, with features like drift detection, policy enforcement, and approval workflows that go far beyond what general-purpose CI/CD tools offer. Spacelift bridges the gap between writing infrastructure code and safely applying it to production environments.

The platform features OPA-based policy enforcement for plans, approvals, and security controls, automatic drift detection that highlights when real infrastructure diverges from its intended state, and flexible deployment models including SaaS, self-hosted, and air-gapped installations. Spacelift Intelligence introduces AI-powered capabilities for natural language infrastructure provisioning, diagnostics, and operational insights. The Intent feature allows teams to deploy infrastructure using natural language without writing any Terraform or configuration code.

Spacelift targets platform engineering teams and DevOps organizations managing complex, multi-cloud infrastructure across many teams and environments. It provides role-based access control, audit logs, cost estimation, and integration with version control systems for GitOps-style workflows. The platform is particularly valuable for enterprises that need governance, compliance, and security guardrails around infrastructure changes, ensuring that every modification goes through proper review and policy checks before reaching production.

Pricing

Free tier / Cloud from $0.05/min / Enterprise custom

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Web app, GitHub/GitLab integration, CLI

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Comparisons

env0 vs Spacelift — IaC Orchestration with Self-Service Provisioning vs Policy-Driven Stack Management

env0 and Spacelift both orchestrate Infrastructure as Code workflows but emphasize different capabilities for platform engineering teams. env0 focuses on self-service infrastructure provisioning with cost governance, TTL-based environment management, and broad IaC tool support. Spacelift prioritizes policy-driven stack management with drift detection, approval workflows, and deep integration with the Terraform ecosystem.

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FAQ

What is Spacelift?

IaC orchestration platform with AI-powered policy suggestions, drift detection, and automated remediation. Supports Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Kubernetes. Centralizes infrastructure management with approval workflows, cost estimation, and compliance guardrails for teams running multi-cloud environments at scale.

Is Spacelift free?

Spacelift offers a free tier alongside paid plans. Free tier / Cloud from $0.05/min / Enterprise custom

What are the best Spacelift alternatives?

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