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Head-to-head · Infrastructure as Code Tools

Pulumi vs Spacelift

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Pulumi #2 in Infrastructure as Code Tools 9.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Pulumi
Spacelift #5 in Infrastructure as Code Tools 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Spacelift

Pulumi leads on 0 checks, Spacelift on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scorePulumi · 9.2/10
  • Free planboth

Pulumi scores higher on our rubric for infrastructure as code tools: 9.2 against 8.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #5.

On configuration language, Pulumi gives you General-purpose language where Spacelift offers Hcl.

Pulumi is the better fit for teams wanting IaC in familiar languages. Spacelift is the better fit for large teams running multiple IaC engines.

  • Pulumi fits best

    Teams wanting IaC in familiar languages

  • Spacelift fits best

    Large teams running multiple IaC engines

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Side by side

Feature Pulumi 9.2/10 Visit ↗ Spacelift 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.2 8.8
Ranking #2 in Infrastructure as Code Tools #5 in Infrastructure as Code Tools
Best for Teams wanting IaC in familiar languages Large teams running multiple IaC engines
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $40/mo $20,000/yr
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, Linux Web
Support Tickets, Community, Docs Email, Live chat, Tickets
Compliance SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations 8 integrations 20 integrations
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Pulumi 4/4 · Spacelift 4/4
Policy as code ✓ ✓
Drift detection ✓ ✓
Import existing resources ✓ ✓
Self-hosted execution ✓ ✓
Specs
Configuration language General-purpose language Hcl
Supported clouds AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes AWS, Azure, GCP
State management Both Both
Our review
Pros
  • Supports TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, .NET, JavaScript, and YAML
  • Multi-cloud provisioning with managed or self-managed state backends
  • Includes policy as code, drift detection, import, secrets, and CI/CD
  • Orchestrates Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, Kubernetes, and more
  • Combines policies, drift detection, state, dependencies, and workers
  • Supports managed SaaS and self-hosted deployment options
Cons
  • Team pricing starts at $40 per month for up to 10 users
  • Enterprise features require a $400-per-month plan
  • Platform coverage is narrower than Terraform's
  • Free plan is limited to 2 users and 1 public worker
  • Starter+ costs $20,000 per year with annual billing
  • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of small teams
Our verdict

Pulumi is an open-source infrastructure-as-code platform for developers, platform engineers, and DevOps teams. It lets teams define and manage cloud infrastructure with TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, .NET, Java, or YAML rather than…

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Spacelift is an infrastructure-as-code orchestration platform for platform, DevOps, and SRE teams. It connects source-control repositories, cloud providers, and configurable workers around stack-based workflows. The platform supports…

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  1. PulumiInfrastructure as Code Tools 9.2Free plan
  2. SpaceliftInfrastructure as Code Tools 8.8Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Pulumi — where it wins

    • Supports TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, .NET, JavaScript, and YAML
    • Multi-cloud provisioning with managed or self-managed state backends
    • Includes policy as code, drift detection, import, secrets, and CI/CD

    Where it doesn't

    • Team pricing starts at $40 per month for up to 10 users
    • Enterprise features require a $400-per-month plan
    • Platform coverage is narrower than Terraform's

  • Spacelift — where it wins

    • Orchestrates Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, Kubernetes, and more
    • Combines policies, drift detection, state, dependencies, and workers
    • Supports managed SaaS and self-hosted deployment options

    Where it doesn't

    • Free plan is limited to 2 users and 1 public worker
    • Starter+ costs $20,000 per year with annual billing
    • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of small teams

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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