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iac config management, ranked by real usage_

As of 4 November 2026, Terraform leads iac config management with 11,012 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Ansible at 5,846.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Terraform · 11,012
Runner-up
Ansible · 5,846
Most hiring, 90 days
Terraform
Highest postings per company
AWS Control Tower
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
29,983companies across the category
37%of them on Terraform
98,133postings naming a iac config management in 90 days
38tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every iac config management we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
TerraformHashiCorp
11,012
41,9013.8
2
AnsibleRed Hat
5,846
22,5423.9
3
AWS CloudFormationAmazon
2,970
8,1082.7
4
PuppetPerforce
1,347
3,1672.4
5
Azure BicepMicrosoft
1,311
3,1772.4
6
ChefProgress
1,069
2,5132.4
7
PulumiPulumi
938
1,7691.9
8
AWS CDKAmazon Web Services
604
1,3002.2
9
Azure ARM TemplatesMicrosoft
556
1,1422.1
10
Open Policy AgentCNCF
471
1,0392.2
11
SaltStackBroadcom (VMware)
407
9832.4
12
OpenTofuLinux Foundation
400
7391.8
13
TerragruntGruntwork
305
6552.1
14
Azure CLIMicrosoft
278
5882.1
15
AWS Control TowerAmazon
266
2,88610.8
16
HashiCorp PackerHashiCorp
260
5762.2
17
Azure Resource ManagerMicrosoft
230
5012.2
18
AWS Systems ManagerAmazon
225
4381.9
19
CrossplaneCNCF
213
4472.1
20
Ansible Automation PlatformRed Hat
187
7964.3
21
Azure AutomationMicrosoft
162
3202.0
22
AWXRed Hat
139
2852.1
23
AWS CLIAmazon
123
2682.2
24
VagrantHashiCorp
89
1551.7
25
Serverless FrameworkServerless Inc
74
1161.6
26
CedarAmazon Web Services
72
1672.3
27
Google Cloud Deployment ManagerGoogle
62
1622.6
28
Terraform CloudHashiCorp
62
5118.2
29
ForemanThe Foreman Project
57
1162.0
30
SpaceliftSpacelift
45
882.0
31
Terraform EnterpriseHashiCorp
40
1453.6
32
NetmikoKirk Byers
36
1173.3
33
NAPALMNAPALM Automation
27
772.9
34
AWS SAMAmazon
25
502.0
35
VMware vRealize AutomationVMware
23
441.9
36
BOSHCloud Foundry Foundation
22
241.1
37
MorpheusHPE
17
1659.7
38
OCI Resource ManagerOracle
13
564.3
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Terraform vs Ansible11,012 · 5,846Terraform vs AWS CloudFormation11,012 · 2,970Terraform vs Puppet11,012 · 1,347Terraform vs Azure Bicep11,012 · 1,311Terraform vs Chef11,012 · 1,069Ansible vs AWS CloudFormation5,846 · 2,970Ansible vs Puppet5,846 · 1,347Ansible vs Azure Bicep5,846 · 1,311Ansible vs Chef5,846 · 1,069AWS CloudFormation vs Puppet2,970 · 1,347AWS CloudFormation vs Azure Bicep2,970 · 1,311AWS CloudFormation vs Chef2,970 · 1,069Puppet vs Azure Bicep1,347 · 1,311Puppet vs Chef1,347 · 1,069Azure Bicep vs Chef1,311 · 1,069
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Terraform leads iac config management with 11,012 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Ansible at 5,846. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/iac-config-management)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

iac config management: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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