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Spacelift Alternative for Terraform Governance

Unlock Terraform Automation and Governance at Scale—with ControlMonkey

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From Cloud Complexity to Total Cloud Control

What Sets ControlMonkey Apart

End-to-end platform

Running infra at scale raises a lot of challenges. Point solutions won’t get you where you want to be. ControlMonkey provides end-to-end Terraform automation connecting IaC code with cloud insights , at any scale, for any future.

AI-powered code generation

Benefit from automatic code generation for existing cloud resources. Achieve 100% Terraform coverage for operational excellence.

Built-In Compliance Without the Busywork

Security and governance shouldn’t slow you down. ControlMonkey enforces policy-as-code from the start using QualityGate guardrails—ensuring every deployment meets your security, cost, and compliance standards. No custom OPA. No last-minute surprises.

Future-Ready Platform for Total Cloud Control With Terraform

Full IaC coverage, auto-remediation, and daily cloud backup.

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Spacelift vs ControlMonkey: Feature & Capability Comparison

Cloud Asset Inventory & Terraform Coverage

Terraform Code Generation (Cloud to Code)

Daily Cloud Backups

Drift Remediation

ClickOps Scanner

Proactive Policies for Security, Cost & Compliance

Terraform Modules Insights

ControlMonkey

Provides full cloud scanning & Terraform coverage insights. See all unmanaged resources.

Automatically generates Terraform code & state files from your existing cloud resources.

Disaster recovery ready. Instant rollback for misconfigurations.

2-way drift remediation: Fix code to match live environment, or reconcile.

Automatically identifies unsupervised manual operations from the cloud console.

Out-of-the box guardrails including security standards like PCI-DSS, CIS and more.

Identify outdated modules used across your code.

Spacelift

No. Spacelift does not offer cloud account scanning for Terraform coverage, leaving users without a clear view of unmanaged resources.

No. Spacelift does not have built-in Terraform code generation, requiring engineers to manually create and maintain configurations.

No. Spacelift lacks cloud configuration backup capabilities, increasing the risk of data loss and recovery delays.

No. Spacelift detects drift but requires manual intervention to resolve it.

No. Spacelift does not have built-in mechanism for identifying ClickOps.

No. Need to write and maintain OPA policies.

No. Spacelift does not provide visibility to modules usage and versions

Spacelift vs. ControlMonkey: Terraform Automation, Governance, and Visibility

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Why Control Monkey is the best alternative

Cloud-to-Code

The only platform that auto-generates Terraform code from your cloud resources—eliminating manual effort to achieve full resilience

Full Cloud Inventory

Understand your Cloud’s IaC posture and blind spots. Never have ‘unknowns’ again.

Drift Remediation

Cloud drift happens, but that doesn’t mean it should cause production issues. ControlMonkey catches and fixes drift automatically, keeping your infrastructure stable and secure—before your team even notices there’s a problem

Disaster Recovery-Ready

cloud configuration daily backups & instant rollbacks ensure infrastructure resilience and compliance.

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Spacelift Alternative for Terraform Governance

Unlock Terraform Automation and Governance at Scale—with ControlMonkey

From Cloud Complexity to Total Cloud Control

End-to-end platform

AI-powered code generation

Built-In Compliance Without the Busywork

Future-Ready Platform for Total Cloud Control With Terraform

Spacelift vs ControlMonkey: Feature & Capability Comparison

Cloud Asset Inventory & Terraform Coverage

Terraform Code Generation (Cloud to Code)

Daily Cloud Backups

Drift Remediation

ClickOps Scanner

Proactive Policies for Security, Cost & Compliance

Terraform Modules Insights

ControlMonkey

Spacelift

Spacelift vs. ControlMonkey: Terraform Automation, Governance, and Visibility

Why Control Monkey is the best alternative

Cloud-to-Code

Full Cloud Inventory

Drift Remediation

Disaster Recovery-Ready

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