# Spacelift: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 18 judge labels across 2 categories by 9 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/spacelift

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Infrastructure as code](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/infrastructure-as-code/index.md) | 0% | 10 | 12% | 17 |
| [CI/CD platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/ci-cd-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 30 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Strongly consider a managed IaC platform (Spacelift, Scalr, Env0, Pulumi ESC, etc.) on top of the core tool." (Grok 4.20, IaC)
- "A managed IaC orchestration layer like Spacelift, env0, or Terraform Cloud" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, IaC)
- "paired with a GitOps/orchestration tool (like Spacelift, env0, or Atlantis)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IaC)
- "Pair OpenTofu/Terraform with tools like Spacelift, env0, or open-source Atlantis" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IaC)

## And against it

- "Avoid for tight budgets: Paid platforms like Terraform Enterprise, Pulumi Team, or Spacelift" (Grok 4.20, IaC)
- "Per-user/seat pricing (Pulumi, Spacelift, Terraform Cloud) can get expensive fast at 500 people." (Kimi K2, IaC)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Spacelift, from 43 of the 59 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- pulumi.com: 31
- spacelift.io: 20 (its own site)
- dev.to: 13
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 13
- computingforgeeks.com: 10
- guideflow.com: 10
- scalr.com: 10
- cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com: 9
- envzero.com: 9
- techtarget.com: 9

### Pages cited

- https://pulumi.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 17
- https://spacelift.io/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 11
- https://computingforgeeks.com/best-infrastructure-as-code-iac-cloud-automation-tools: 10
- https://guideflow.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 10
- https://pulumi.com/docs/iac/comparisons/terraform: 10
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/prescriptive-guidance/latest/choose-iac-tool/choose-iac-tool.pdf: 9
- https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tools/best-iac-tools/126145308: 8
- https://legitsecurity.com/aspm-knowledge-base/best-iac-tools: 7

## In its own words

What Spacelift's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The IaC Orchestration Platform Engineers Trust (https://spacelift.io/)
- For: engineers (https://spacelift.io/)
- Price stated: $20,000 (https://spacelift.io/pricing)
- Starting price: $20,000 (https://spacelift.io/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Free trial (https://spacelift.io/)
- Certifications: FedRAMP
- Customers named: Brace, Checkout, Lightspeed, 1Password, Figma, Infinite Campus, Checkout.com, Duolingo

## What it publishes

Every page spacelift.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2867 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 699 pages, 18 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- case study: 46 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 5 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-09
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 69 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-03
- template or tool: 49 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 49 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-14
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-10-09 conference or event: Devops conferences events https://spacelift.io/devops-conferences-events
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: How to audit cloud spend https://spacelift.io/blog/how-to-audit-cloud-spend
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Ai infrastructure tools https://spacelift.io/blog/ai-infrastructure-tools
- Recent: 2026-09-10 blog: Iac governance playbook https://spacelift.io/blog/iac-governance-playbook
- Recent: 2026-09-08 blog: Spacelift flows is live https://spacelift.io/blog/spacelift-flows-is-live
- Recent: 2026-09-04 blog: Terraform cloud contract renewal https://spacelift.io/blog/terraform-cloud-contract-renewal

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.