Spacelift [Self-Hosted] is a highly cost-effective Terraform Enterprise alternative that unlocks multi-IaC workflows for Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Kubernetes, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, and Pulumi. With Spacelift, you can truly customize your workflow to suit your needs while keeping your infrastructure secure.
Predictable and Cost-effective Pricing
Yes
No
Multi-IaC Workflow
Yes
No
Dependencies Workflow
Yes
No
VCS Integrations
Yes
Yes
RBAC
Yes
Yes
Private Workers
Yes
Yes
Terraform Provider
Yes
Yes
Integrations
Unlimited integrations
Integrations limited to run tasks
Full Workflow Control
Full control over your workflow by bringing your image, modifying the default workflow, and hooks in runner phases
Limited to what TFE lets you do
Policies across Various Decision Points
Control almost any aspect of the platform through policies
Only the equivalent of plan and approval policies
Resource Management
Full inventory management solution including visualization, lifecycle tracking, search, and filtering
Resource view only per workspace
Targeted Runs
Native
Only with env var
Atlantis-style Workflow
Yes
Partial
Custom Tasks
Yes
No
Drift Detection
Yes
Yes
Advanced Scheduling
Yes
No
SSO (OIDC & SAML)
Yes
Yes
State Management
Managed + optional ability to use other backends
Managed only
Credential-less Integrations with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
Yes
Yes
Support
Yes
Yes
Private Registry
Yes
Yes
Cost Estimation
Yes
Yes
IaC is never single-player, so having the flexibility to build workflows for different IaC tools and combining them unlocks unlimited possibilities. With Stack Dependencies — directed acyclic graphs that allow you to build dependencies on as many nested levels as you want —you get that flexibility, plus the ability to pass outputs from one stack to another.
With Spacelift you can modify your workflows flexibly:
Spacelift integrates with any tool you want, thanks to custom inputs and the notification policy. For example, use custom inputs to define policies for a third-party tool, enabling you to enhance your security by adding tools such as tfscan, Checkov, or Terrascan to your workflow. Take observability to the next level and leverage the notification policy to build integrations with tools such as Datadog and Prometheus.
Let software engineers get back to development by giving them what they need – self-service infrastructure. With Spacelift’s Blueprints, you get templates for:
Terraform Automation and Collaboration Software (TACOS) are becoming an industry standard for managing Terraform codebases at scale. See the differences and similarities between Terraform Enterprise / Cloud workspaces and Spacelift stacks and examples of how to use them.
See the differences and similarities between Terraform Enterprise / Cloud workspaces and Spacelift stacks and examples of how to use them.
Learn moreIf you want to migrate from Terraform Cloud or Enterprise, we are here to help - learn how to use our Spacelift Migration Kit to speed up the process.
If you want to migrate from Terraform Cloud or Enterprise, we are here to help - learn how to use our Spacelift Migration Kit to speed up the process.
Learn moreSee the comparison and learn about the differences between Terraform Cloud agents and Spacelift workers.
See the comparison and learn about the differences between Terraform Cloud agents and Spacelift workers.
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