Head-to-head · Infrastructure Drift Detection Software
Spacelift vs ControlMonkey
Spacelift leads on 1 check, ControlMonkey on 0, and 1 is even. Who comes out ahead on the 2 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.
Our verdict
- Highest scoreSpacelift · 8.4/10
- Free planonly Spacelift
- Most featuresControlMonkey · 1 of 1
Spacelift scores higher on our rubric for infrastructure drift detection software: 8.4 against 7.9 out of 10; our editors rank them #6 and #8.
Spacelift offers free plan; ControlMonkey doesn't.
Spacelift is the better fit for teams managing diverse IaC workflows. ControlMonkey is the better fit for cloud teams wanting continuous Terraform drift alerts.
- Spacelift fits best
Teams managing diverse IaC workflows
- ControlMonkey fits best
Cloud teams wanting continuous Terraform drift alerts
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Side by side
| Feature | Spacelift 8.4/10 Visit ↗ | ControlMonkey 7.9/10 Visit ↗ |
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| At a glance | ||
| Editor score | 8.4 | 7.9 |
| Ranking | #6 in Infrastructure Drift Detection Software | #8 in Infrastructure Drift Detection Software |
| Best for | Teams managing diverse IaC workflows | Cloud teams wanting continuous Terraform drift alerts |
| Pricing model | Free plan + paid | Paid |
| Starting price | $20,000/yr | — |
| Free plan | ✓ (best) | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Compliance | SSO/SAML, 2FA | SOC 2, 2FA, SSO/SAML |
| Integrations | 20 integrations | 9 integrations |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise | Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Features Spacelift 0/1 · ControlMonkey 1/1 | ||
| Approval workflows | Not checked yet | ✓ (best) |
| Specs | ||
| Cloud coverage | Not checked yet | Multi-cloud |
| IaC sources | Not checked yet | Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt |
| Detection cadence | Not checked yet | Continuous |
| Drift remediation | Not checked yet | Guided |
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| Our verdict | Spacelift brings infrastructure-as-code workflows together for DevOps, platform engineering, and SRE teams. It connects code repositories with cloud environments and supports Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Kubernetes,… Read the review → |
ControlMonkey is a cloud infrastructure and IaC governance platform for DevOps and platform teams that need to identify changes made outside declared infrastructure code. It continuously compares cloud resources with Terraform state and… Read the review → |
Strengths and trade-offs
Spacelift — where it wins
- Scheduled drift detection and reconciliation across several IaC workflows
- OPA/Rego policies cover plans, approvals, access, and notifications
- Supports managed or external state and self-hosted workers
Where it doesn't
- Starter+ is listed at $20,000 per year
- Business, Enterprise, and Enterprise+ require quotes
- The free plan is limited to 2 users and 1 public worker
ControlMonkey — where it wins
- Continuously compares live cloud resources with Terraform state and code.
- Real-time alerts surface out-of-band changes and ClickOps activity.
- Guided fixes can open a pull request or reconcile resources to code.
Where it doesn't
- The Free Resilience Assessment is a one-time assessment, not an ongoing plan.
- Paid subscriptions are quote-based.
- The product is cloud-deployed and listed for web access.
- Spacelift8.4/10 · Free plan
Broad IaC orchestration and drift controls, with paid plans starting at $20,000 annually.
Visit SpaceliftFull verdict → - ControlMonkey7.9/10 · Pricing on request
Continuous multi-cloud drift detection with code-and-pull-request remediation.
Visit ControlMonkeyFull verdict →
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Nov 2026
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