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As of 4 November 2026, 37 iac config management are named by companies instead of Cedar: Terraform by 11,012 companies, Ansible by 5,846, AWS CloudFormation by 2,970.

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

Cedar, companies in postings
72
Most used alternative
Terraform · 11,012
Fastest hiring, 90 days
Terraform
Alternatives ranked
37
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
01 — Ranked by evidence

iac config management companies choose instead of Cedar

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs Cedarpostings, 90 dCompare
1
TerraformHashiCorp
11,01215294%41,901soon
2
AnsibleRed Hat
5,8468119%22,542soon
3
AWS CloudFormationAmazon
2,9704125%8,108soon
4
PuppetPerforce
1,3471871%3,167soon
5
Azure BicepMicrosoft
1,3111821%3,177soon
6
ChefProgress
1,0691485%2,513soon
7
PulumiPulumi
9381303%1,769soon
8
AWS CDKAmazon Web Services
604839%1,300soon
9
Azure ARM TemplatesMicrosoft
556772%1,142soon
10
Open Policy AgentCNCF
471654%1,039soon
11
SaltStackBroadcom (VMware)
407565%983soon
12
OpenTofuLinux Foundation
400556%739soon
13
TerragruntGruntwork
305424%655soon
14
Azure CLIMicrosoft
278386%588soon
15
AWS Control TowerAmazon
266369%2,886soon
16
HashiCorp PackerHashiCorp
260361%576soon
17
Azure Resource ManagerMicrosoft
230319%501soon
18
AWS Systems ManagerAmazon
225313%438soon
19
CrossplaneCNCF
213296%447soon
20
Ansible Automation PlatformRed Hat
187260%796soon
21
Azure AutomationMicrosoft
162225%320soon
22
AWXRed Hat
139193%285soon
23
AWS CLIAmazon
123171%268soon
24
VagrantHashiCorp
89124%155soon
25
Serverless FrameworkServerless Inc
74103%116soon
26
Google Cloud Deployment ManagerGoogle
6286%162soon
27
Terraform CloudHashiCorp
6286%511soon
28
ForemanThe Foreman Project
5779%116soon
29
SpaceliftSpacelift
4563%88soon
30
Terraform EnterpriseHashiCorp
4056%145soon
31
NetmikoKirk Byers
3650%117soon
32
NAPALMNAPALM Automation
2738%77soon
33
AWS SAMAmazon
2535%50soon
34
VMware vRealize AutomationVMware
2332%44soon
35
BOSHCloud Foundry Foundation
2231%24soon
36
MorpheusHPE
1724%165soon
37
OCI Resource ManagerOracle
1318%56soon
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37 iac config management are named by companies instead of Cedar: Terraform by 11,012 companies, Ansible by 5,846, AWS CloudFormation by 2,970, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/cedar/alternatives)
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  • RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
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Cedar alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to Cedar?

Terraform: 11,012 companies name it in their own job postings, against 72 for Cedar.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.

Does this say which is better?

No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.

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