# Spacelift alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 226 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Spacelift holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/spacelift/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Terraform: 125
- OpenTofu: 71
- Pulumi: 15
- Ansible: 9
- Terraform/OpenTofu: 8
- AWS CloudFormation: 4

## Infrastructure as code

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Spacelift.

- Terraform: first choice in 56 of those 84
- OpenTofu: first choice in 34 of those 84
- Pulumi: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Ansible: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 4 of those 84
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Terraform using HCP Terraform's Free plan: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Spacelift (Spacelift is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 41 of those 79
- OpenTofu: first choice in 26 of those 79
- Ansible: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Terraform with HCP Terraform: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Pulumi: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Spacelift (Spacelift is #4 of 13 at 5%).

- Terraform: first choice in 28 of those 63
- OpenTofu: first choice in 11 of those 63
- Pulumi: first choice in 5 of those 63
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Terraform with HCP Terraform: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Terraform with HCP Terraform or Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 63

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