Case Study: 1Password achieves a 10x reduction in mean time to change with Spacelift
Key results
The challenge
1Password's strong security posture meant only its small cloud platform engineering team could manage the company's IaC operations. This protected customer data but limited collaboration and made IaC administration laborious, with teams waiting weeks for queued work.
The solution
1Password adopted Spacelift and used its policy engine with OPA's Rego to safely delegate IaC management to the teams that own it, democratizing access without changing existing patterns.
“By using Spacelift's guardrails and security, we were able to confidently delegate much of IaC management to the individuals that owned it. This also allowed our teams to transform into service teams, not just remote hands for other teams and move from gatekeeping AWS to providing expertise.”
MDMaxx DaymonStaff Cloud Platform Engineer, 1Password
The results, in context
Spacelift proved up to 90% cheaper than 1Password's initial first choice and delivered a 10x reduction in the mean time to change and time to review. Daily deployment frequency rose from a maximum of three or four to an average of 60, and teams that previously waited weeks can now run changes themselves.