IaC Basics
Is Terraform declarative or imperative?
Declarative
Which IaC tools does Spacelift NOT support?
Arm/Bicep
How does Spacelift reduce the risk of failed IaC deployments?
Through PR-based previews, policies, and automated tests before applying changes
How would you respond to the prospect who says "Our setup is perfect. I dont need what you're selling"
welllll, you stupid monkey! you dont know what you are missing out on!
What is version control and why is it important for IaC?
Tracks changes to code; helps teams collaborate and roll back mistakes
What is a “Stack” in Spacelift?
A core unit that defines a workspace for executing IaC workflows
"Onboarding new infra engineers is painful."
Spacelift's Git-based workflows, shared contexts, and templates speed up onboarding.
How does your pricing work?
“Spacelift is typically around 30% more cost-effective than other solutions because we don’t charge based on users or managed resources. Instead, our pricing is based on the number of workers and concurrent runs you actually need.”
What is the purpose of terraform workspace?
To manage multiple environments (e.g., dev, staging, prod) within the same configuration
What’s a common use of Spacelift’s Trigger Policies?
To prevent runs from executing unless specific conditions are met.
"We don’t have a standardized way to configure our environments."
Spacelift’s reusable blueprints and contexts enforce consistency across stacks.
“We use Atlantis already.”
ATLANTIS IS A DINOSAUR!!! It lacks many enterprise features like RBAC, drift detection, private workers, and full policy-as-code support.
What’s the limitation of using CloudFormation across multiple clouds?
It only supports AWS resources
What does Spacelift's audit log provide?
A detailed record of user and system actions for compliance and troubleshooting
What can Spacelift do if a prospect wants us to manage their infrastructure for them?
NOTHING! we dont offer managed services. they need to stop being lazy and take care of their infrastructure!
“What’s the difference between Spacelift and Env0?”
Spacelift offers stronger policy-as-code, agent model, better policy layering, and open platform philosophy.
What IaC tool can be combined with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI to enable GitOps for infrastructure?
Any (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.), depending on team preference
How does Spacelift handle run concurrency and queuing?
It allows configuring concurrency limits and queues runs intelligently to avoid conflicts.
"We have slow handoffs between DevOps and developers."
Spacelift lets developers run their own plans securely via PRs without needing full access.
“Our DevOps team doesn’t want to learn a new tool.”
Spacelift integrates natively with Git, Terraform, Pulumi, and existing workflows. No major re-learning required.