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Head-to-head · Infrastructure as Code Tools

Spacelift vs Firefly

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Spacelift #5 in Infrastructure as Code Tools 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Spacelift
Firefly #19 in Infrastructure as Code Tools 7.4/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Firefly

Spacelift leads on 1 check, Firefly on 0, and 4 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 scoreSpacelift · 8.8/10
  • Free planonly Spacelift
  • Free trialonly Firefly

Spacelift scores higher on our rubric for infrastructure as code tools: 8.8 against 7.4 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #19.

Spacelift offers free plan; Firefly doesn't.

Spacelift is the better fit for large teams running multiple IaC engines. Firefly is the better fit for enterprise infrastructure governance and recovery.

  • Spacelift fits best

    Large teams running multiple IaC engines

  • Firefly fits best

    Enterprise infrastructure governance and recovery

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Side by side

Feature Spacelift 8.8/10 Visit ↗ Firefly 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.8 7.4
Ranking #5 in Infrastructure as Code Tools #19 in Infrastructure as Code Tools
Best for Large teams running multiple IaC engines Enterprise infrastructure governance and recovery
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price $20,000/yr $2,499/mo
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — 14 days
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web
Support Email, Live chat, Tickets Email, Live chat, Docs
Compliance SSO/SAML, 2FA SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO/SAML
Integrations 20 integrations 20 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Spacelift 4/4 · Firefly 4/4
Policy as code ✓ ✓
Drift detection ✓ ✓
Import existing resources ✓ ✓
Self-hosted execution ✓ ✓
Specs
Configuration language Hcl Hcl
Supported clouds AWS, Azure, GCP AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OCI, Nebius, Kubernetes
State management Both Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Orchestrates Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, Kubernetes, and more
  • Combines policies, drift detection, state, dependencies, and workers
  • Supports managed SaaS and self-hosted deployment options
  • Drift detection with alerts, diffs, and automated remediation
  • Terraform, OpenTofu, and Terragrunt orchestration with runner options
  • Backup, disaster recovery, policy as code, and configuration history
Cons
  • 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
  • Essential starts at $2,499 per month with annual billing
  • No free plan is available
  • Advanced recovery and governance features require Enterprise pricing
Our verdict

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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Firefly is a cloud infrastructure management platform for enterprise CloudOps, platform engineering, security, and governance teams. It discovers cloud resources, generates infrastructure as code, orchestrates Terraform, OpenTofu, and…

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  1. SpaceliftInfrastructure as Code Tools 8.8Free plan
  2. FireflyInfrastructure as Code Tools 7.414-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • 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

  • Firefly — where it wins

    • Drift detection with alerts, diffs, and automated remediation
    • Terraform, OpenTofu, and Terragrunt orchestration with runner options
    • Backup, disaster recovery, policy as code, and configuration history

    Where it doesn't

    • Essential starts at $2,499 per month with annual billing
    • No free plan is available
    • Advanced recovery and governance features require Enterprise pricing

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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