Is Spacelift or Wiz better?

Neither clearly leads. Spacelift starts at Free and Wiz at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Spacelift or Wiz?

Spacelift has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Spacelift and On request for Wiz.

Does Spacelift or Wiz run on more platforms?

Spacelift runs on Web, Self-hosted, Cloud. Wiz runs on web, api.

Can I use Spacelift for free?

Yes. Spacelift has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Wiz starts at On request.

What is Spacelift best used for?

Spacelift is most often used for platform teams running infrastructure changes through approval gates rather than through application ci, organisations standardising terraform and opentofu across many teams with policy enforcement, estates needing private runners so cloud credentials never leave the network, teams wanting drift detection and reconciliation rather than plan-time checks alone. Of those, platform teams running infrastructure changes through approval gates rather than through application ci and organisations standardising terraform and opentofu across many teams with policy enforcement are not what Wiz is typically brought in for.

What can Spacelift do that Wiz cannot?

Spacelift covers Multi-tool orchestration, Policy as code, Private workers, Spaces. Wiz covers Cloud security posture management, Code security (Wiz Code), Runtime threat detection (Wiz Defend), AI security agents.

Developer Tools · head to head

Spacelift vs Wiz

Spacelift

Developer Tools

Infrastructure-as-code orchestration for Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi and Kubernetes

From: Free
Free plan: Yes

Full review Website

Wiz

Cloud

Cloud and AI security platform unifying code, cloud, and runtime protection.

From: On request
Free plan: No

Full review Website

The short version

Only Spacelift has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Spacelift users are unlimited and private workers are metered, so deployment concurrency rather than headcount drives the bill, which inverts how most engineering budgets are built and is easy to under-forecast.; Wiz no public pricing; licensing requires a custom quote based on workloads and sensors.
They diverge on capability: Spacelift covers Multi-tool orchestration, Wiz covers Cloud security posture management.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Spacelift and Wiz actually diverge.

Attributes where Spacelift and Wiz differ
Attribute	Spacelift	Wiz
Starting price	Free	On request
Pricing model	By private worker and tier, not by user	quote
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	Web, Self-hosted, Cloud	web, api
Category	Developer Tools	Cloud

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Spacelift

Multi-tool orchestration
Policy as code
Private workers
Spaces
Blueprints
Drift detection

Only in Wiz

Cloud security posture management
Code security (Wiz Code)
Runtime threat detection (Wiz Defend)
AI security agents
AI workload protection
Attack path analysis

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Spacelift

Platform teams running infrastructure changes through approval gates rather than through application CInot Wiz
Organisations standardising Terraform and OpenTofu across many teams with policy enforcementnot Wiz
Estates needing private runners so cloud credentials never leave the networknot Wiz
Teams wanting drift detection and reconciliation rather than plan-time checks alonenot Wiz

Wiz

Identifying cloud misconfigurations across multi-cloud environmentsnot Spacelift
Securing code from IDE through CI/CD deploymentnot Spacelift
Detecting and responding to active threats at runtimenot Spacelift
Governing AI workloads and models in the cloudnot Spacelift
Prioritizing risk with cross-environment attack path analysisnot Spacelift

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Spacelift

Users are unlimited and private workers are metered, so deployment concurrency rather than headcount drives the bill, which inverts how most engineering budgets are built and is easy to under-forecast.
There is no affordable paid entry point. The free tier stops at two users and the next tier is a five-figure commitment with nothing in between.
Three of the five tiers are quote-only, so a shortlist cannot be costed without entering a sales process with each vendor on it.
The self-hosted build lags the hosted one, has no public worker pool and lacks the Azure and Google Cloud integrations available in the SaaS product, with OIDC federation offered as the workaround.
Stacks, Rego policies, Blueprints, Spaces and Spacelift-managed state are proprietary constructs, so leaving means rebuilding the orchestration layer rather than pointing it at a different runner.

Wiz

No public pricing; licensing requires a custom quote based on workloads and sensors.
Modular licensing across Cloud, Code, Defend, and Sensor products can complicate cost planning.
Full runtime protection value depends on deploying Wiz Sensor agents, adding operational overhead.
Primarily aimed at mid-to-large enterprises despite the smaller Wiz Go bundle.

Pricing, plan by plan

Spacelift

Free

FreeFree
- Two users
- Public workers only
- No private workers
Starter Plus$undefined/year
- Unlimited users
- Two public workers
- One to two private workers
Business$undefined/year
- Unlimited users
- Three private workers
- Quoted
Enterprise$undefined/year
- Unlimited users
- Five to thirty private workers
- Self-hosted option

Wiz

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Wiz review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Spacelift if

You need multi-tool orchestration.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, Self-hosted, Cloud.
You also want policy as code.

Spacelift review

Choose Wiz if

You need cloud security posture management.
You work on web, api.
You also want code security (wiz code).

Wiz review

Questions people ask

Is Spacelift or Wiz better?: Neither clearly leads. Spacelift starts at Free and Wiz at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Spacelift or Wiz?: Spacelift has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Spacelift and On request for Wiz.
Does Spacelift or Wiz run on more platforms?: Spacelift runs on Web, Self-hosted, Cloud. Wiz runs on web, api.
Can I use Spacelift for free?: Yes. Spacelift has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Wiz starts at On request.
What is Spacelift best used for?: Spacelift is most often used for platform teams running infrastructure changes through approval gates rather than through application ci, organisations standardising terraform and opentofu across many teams with policy enforcement, estates needing private runners so cloud credentials never leave the network, teams wanting drift detection and reconciliation rather than plan-time checks alone. Of those, platform teams running infrastructure changes through approval gates rather than through application ci and organisations standardising terraform and opentofu across many teams with policy enforcement are not what Wiz is typically brought in for.
What can Spacelift do that Wiz cannot?: Spacelift covers Multi-tool orchestration, Policy as code, Private workers, Spaces. Wiz covers Cloud security posture management, Code security (Wiz Code), Runtime threat detection (Wiz Defend), AI security agents.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Spacelift: How is Spacelift priced?

By tier and by private worker count rather than per user. Users are unlimited on every paid plan. The published figure on the pricing page carries no period label, and the FAQ describes the tier as an annual subscription, so confirm the period in writing.

Wiz: How much does Wiz cost?

Wiz does not publish standard pricing. The platform uses modular licensing based on workloads, active developers, log ingestion, or sensors. All pricing requires requesting a custom quote directly from the company.

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Spacelift: Does it support OpenTofu?

Yes, and Spacelift sponsors the OpenTofu project, which is a substantive hedge for anyone avoiding Terraform under the Business Source Licence.

Wiz: Does Wiz offer a free trial?

No free trial information is mentioned on Wiz's pricing page. Pricing is determined by custom quote based on organizational needs.

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Spacelift: Is there a self-hosted version?

Yes, described as carrying Enterprise functionality, but it is priced on request and lags the hosted product on cloud integrations.

Wiz: What products does Wiz offer?

Wiz provides five modular licensing options: Wiz Cloud, Wiz Code, Wiz Defend, Wiz Sensor, and Wiz Go Bundle for SMBs, allowing organizations to scale based on specific security requirements.

Source

Spacelift: Why not just use the CI system we already have?

That is the real comparison. General purpose CI handles state, drift, approval gates and concurrency control for infrastructure poorly, and whether that is worth a five-figure floor depends on how much infrastructure change your organisation actually ships.

Spacelift: What happens to our pipelines if we leave?

They do not port. Rego policies, Blueprints, Spaces and managed state are Spacelift constructs and the orchestration has to be rebuilt elsewhere.

Spacelift vs Wiz

Spacelift

Wiz

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Spacelift

Only in Wiz

What people use each for

Spacelift

Wiz

Where each one falls short

Spacelift

Wiz

Pricing, plan by plan

Spacelift

Wiz

Which should you pick?

Choose Spacelift if

Choose Wiz if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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