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Spacelift vs Zilliz Cloud comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Spacelift
Ranking in AI Software Development
20th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (14th)
Zilliz Cloud
Ranking in AI Software Development
27th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Vector Databases (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the AI Software Development category, the mindshare of Spacelift is 0.4%. The mindshare of Zilliz Cloud is 0.4%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Software Development Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Spacelift0.4%
Zilliz Cloud0.4%
Other99.2%
AI Software Development
 

Featured Reviews

Filip Grasheski - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager - Platform Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Automated testing and drift detection have transformed how my team delivers cloud infrastructure
Regarding improvements needed in Spacelift, it's difficult to say because I have been using it for a while now and haven't seen many areas where I would want to see something new because much of what I missed at the beginning has actually been added. The engineering team behind Spacelift is very responsive whenever I submit a feature request, and there's a very good chance I would see it within the next year, which has been the case a couple of times for me. Perhaps the learning curve could be a bit steep if someone is completely new to Spacelift and only has experience with plain Terraform. Apart from that, perhaps some cost visibility of the infrastructure would be interesting to have, unless it's already there and I haven't seen it. I would add about the needed improvements that a reporting solution where I could click through my stacks and see the costs driving my stack, such as whether it's the database, the sizing, or the VM types being used, could be an interesting feature to have.
PrinceKumar2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at Rishabh Software
Managed vector search has reduced infrastructure overhead and empowers faster AI workloads
Zilliz Cloud has allowed us to focus on building the AI products without the overhead of operating vector database infrastructure. The best features Zilliz Cloud offers, in my opinion, include high-performance similarity search, managed infrastructure for cluster maintaining, infrastructure scaling, backup management, storage planning, Milvus compatibility, and metadata filtering. The offering of this managed infrastructure of a vector database is most useful for me, and the high-performance similarity search is useful in my case. Regarding the similarity search, it delivers low latency retrieval and maintains strong relevance in returned units, which is particularly useful for me. Zilliz Cloud has positively impacted my organization because initially, we spent too much time hosting self-hosted Milvus and planning for infrastructure that did not yield very useful results. Now, we do not have the overhead of managing infrastructure for my vector database, so we can directly focus on building our RAG system and AI workload. Time saved is the first and foremost outcome since all the time we invested in self-hosting Milvus has been redirected towards building the AI workloads. Time has definitely been saved, which is the primary benefit of using Zilliz Cloud.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Spacelift impacted our organization positively in several areas, with time-saving by eliminating the need for coordination runs, a 60 to 70% reduction in infrastructure-related incidents, and a significant drop in weekly deployment coordination from six to eight hours to roughly two hours, freeing up meaningful time for actual feature work and improvements."
"Spacelift has positively impacted my organization by making it very easy to manage the different modules with a very clear interface."
"Knowing the HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) makes it easier to use without issues."
"A valuable feature of Spacelift is that you can attach labels, and it is a modernized tool for infrastructure deployments. It is pull request-based, and you can see all the Terraform plan and apply logs on the pull request itself, which is not available across any other CI/CD tools."
"I appreciate that I just have to connect to my AWS account with my credentials, and Spacelift handles the rest."
"Spacelift is like an extension of Terraform, where everything can be visibly managed."
"After using Spacelift, I noticed a 90% reduction in time saved for repetitive infrastructure tasks, as the cloud configuration speed has doubled."
"If you're looking to automate your Infrastructure as Code, then Spacelift is the best choice."
"Zilliz Cloud has allowed us to focus on building the AI products without the overhead of operating vector database infrastructure."
"The best feature of Zilliz Cloud is that it helps in very high-performance vector search, and it is also very scalable, with very low latency that helps provide faster results."
 

Cons

"In the free version, there's no straightforward way to be notified once a deployment is finished."
"Pricing could be a little lower to make it a very robust tool, and it can improve areas in scalability and integrate some open-source tools."
"I chose a rating of six out of ten because I think multiple other tools similar to Spacelift exist, for example, many automation tools such as Jenkins or other cloud-native tools that perform efficiently compared to Spacelift."
"The self-hosted version does not have a lot of features compared to the SaaS version, such as cloud integrations for Azure and GCP."
"Spacelift currently lacks features that can help with complex type deployments and coordination for major deployments."
"I specifically wish to see improvements in Spacelift's user interface, making it more useful and easier for the team to understand."
"Perhaps the learning curve could be a bit steep if someone is completely new to Spacelift and only has experience with plain Terraform."
"Synchronization can be difficult when using older and newer versions with Kubernetes and HashiCorp."
"It can be improved a little bit on the search functionality."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a bit expensive product."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Educational Organization
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise3
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Spacelift?
I've never checked the pricing because I enjoy using it for free. Besides the notification feature, I haven't needed any paid features.
What needs improvement with Spacelift?
There are a few areas for improvement. For instance, getting notification webhooks is not easy. In the free version, there's no straightforward way to be notified once a deployment is finished. Spa...
What is your primary use case for Spacelift?
I use Spacelift to deploy my applications, particularly AWS applications and infrastructure to my personal AWS account.
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