Spacelift

What it is for

Spacelift is a hosted IaC-run desk: you open a Stack, and Free is $0 (2 users, 1 public worker, no card, no time limit). Use it when the job is Terraform / OpenTofu / Ansible runs you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Spacelift Stacks list (Terraform / Ansible workflows, Finished / Failed, Blueprints / Runnables / Policies sidebar) from the stack-list still — not a pricing card. The table itself is ops of Stacks. Paid Starter+ / Business / Enterprise are annual quotes on the pricing HTML we fetched — do not invent a Starter dollar.

Key features

• Stacks — an IaC project you run from Git (Stacks still; docs). One project. Cover rows (Terraform Ansible Workflow, Azure Staging, S3 Bucket) and Create stack are ops of this. VCS details and project globs are options of a Stack.
• Runs — a plan / apply (or Ansible play) for a Stack (docs; sidebar Runnables). A run, not a stack. Needs Attention / Failed / Finished filters on the cover sit here.
• Policies — a Rego policy-as-code gate on a run (pricing Policy as Code engine). A rule, not a stack. Login / plan / approval / push policies are ops of this.
• Workers — the compute that executes a Run (pricing public / private workers). A machine, not a policy. Free includes 1 public worker. Private workers print on Starter+ (1 included) and higher quote cards.
• Drift detection — a scheduled compare of live infra vs the last apply (pricing Drift detection). A check, not a run. Resource visualization and cost estimation sit beside this, not as extra desks.

Spaces, Blueprints, and LaunchPad in the sidebar are ops / onboarding of Stacks. Cloud integrations and the Terraform provider are install. Spacelift Intelligence is a generate option, not a sixth desk.

Who it's for

Best fit: platform teams who will stay on Free at $0 (2 users, 1 public worker, no card) while they open a first Stacks list, then request a Starter+ quote when they need a private worker and unlimited users.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from spacelift.io/pricing. The page prints Always free for small teams and Request a quote for Starter+ / Business / Enterprise. No paid dollar appeared in the HTML we fetched — do not invent one (third-party “$20,000 / year” cards are not on this page).

• Free — $0. No card, no time limit. 2 users. 1 public worker. IaC + VCS on the public pool.
• Starter+ — annual subscription, quote / trial. Unlimited users, 2 public workers, 1 or 2 private workers. Spaces, drift detection, policy-as-code, cost estimation.
• Business — annual, quote. Unlimited users, 3 private workers.
• Enterprise — annual, quote. Unlimited users, 5–30 private workers.
• Enterprise+ — annual, quote. Unlimited users, 12–30 private workers; self-host / air-gap / FedRAMP mentioned in the FAQ.

Confirm the live quote; taxes follow your location. Marketplace listings (AWS / Azure) are separate SKUs — do not fold them into the public Free card.

Limitations / costs

• Free is 2 users and 1 shared public worker. A third seat is a quote.
• Paid dollars are not printed. Treat Starter+ as contact, not a self-serve $ tile.
• Public workers are a shared pool (isolated containers). Private workers are the dedicated path.
• An IaC desk, not a PaaS. For Git-to-VM deploys see Coolify. For per-second GPU/CPU see Koyeb.

Alternatives

• Coolify — self-host PaaS when the job is a running app, not a Terraform plan/apply queue.
• Dagger — CI-as-code when the pipeline should be a portable SDK, not a Spacelift Stack.
• Northflank — combined compute + jobs when you want a hosted app platform, not policy-gated IaC runs.

Official tutorial

Official Spacelift channel video: How to Manage Terraform at Scale (with Spacelift) (oEmbed author: Spacelift). First-party product talk; the docs Stacks still is the cover. Do not embed @spacelift (unrelated lifestyle channel).

Written path: spacelift.io/pricing plus the Stacks still.

Website

https://spacelift.io

Repository

https://github.com/spacelift-io

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Spacelift Stacks list from the docs still. Dollars checked on spacelift.io/pricing (Free $0 for 2 users / 1 public worker; paid cards are quote — no invented Starter $). Tutorial oEmbed author: Spacelift (@spaceliftio).

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.