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As of 4 November 2026, 37 iac config management are named by companies instead of Terraform: Ansible by 5,846 companies, AWS CloudFormation by 2,970, Puppet by 1,347.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Terraform, companies in postings
- 11,012
- Most used alternative
- Ansible · 5,846
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Ansible
- Alternatives ranked
- 37
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
iac config management companies choose instead of Terraform
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Terraform | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AnsibleRed Hat | 5,846 | 53% | 22,542 | Terraform vs Ansible → | |
| 2 | AWS CloudFormationAmazon | 2,970 | 27% | 8,108 | Terraform vs AWS CloudFormation → | |
| 3 | PuppetPerforce | 1,347 | 12% | 3,167 | Terraform vs Puppet → | |
| 4 | Azure BicepMicrosoft | 1,311 | 12% | 3,177 | Terraform vs Azure Bicep → | |
| 5 | ChefProgress | 1,069 | 10% | 2,513 | Terraform vs Chef → | |
| 6 | PulumiPulumi | 938 | 9% | 1,769 | Terraform vs Pulumi → | |
| 7 | AWS CDKAmazon Web Services | 604 | 5% | 1,300 | Terraform vs AWS CDK → | |
| 8 | Azure ARM TemplatesMicrosoft | 556 | 5% | 1,142 | Terraform vs Azure ARM Templates → | |
| 9 | 471 | 4% | 1,039 | Terraform vs Open Policy Agent → | ||
| 10 | SaltStackBroadcom (VMware) | 407 | 4% | 983 | Terraform vs SaltStack → | |
| 11 | OpenTofuLinux Foundation | 400 | 4% | 739 | Terraform vs OpenTofu → | |
| 12 | TerragruntGruntwork | 305 | 3% | 655 | Terraform vs Terragrunt → | |
| 13 | Azure CLIMicrosoft | 278 | 3% | 588 | Terraform vs Azure CLI → | |
| 14 | AWS Control TowerAmazon | 266 | 2% | 2,886 | Terraform vs AWS Control Tower → | |
| 15 | HashiCorp PackerHashiCorp | 260 | 2% | 576 | Terraform vs HashiCorp Packer → | |
| 16 | Azure Resource ManagerMicrosoft | 230 | 2% | 501 | Terraform vs Azure Resource Manager → | |
| 17 | AWS Systems ManagerAmazon | 225 | 2% | 438 | Terraform vs AWS Systems Manager → | |
| 18 | CrossplaneCNCF | 213 | 2% | 447 | Terraform vs Crossplane → | |
| 19 | Ansible Automation PlatformRed Hat | 187 | 2% | 796 | Terraform vs Ansible Automation Platform → | |
| 20 | Azure AutomationMicrosoft | 162 | 1% | 320 | Terraform vs Azure Automation → | |
| 21 | AWXRed Hat | 139 | 1% | 285 | soon | |
| 22 | AWS CLIAmazon | 123 | 1% | 268 | soon | |
| 23 | VagrantHashiCorp | 89 | 1% | 155 | soon | |
| 24 | Serverless FrameworkServerless Inc | 74 | 1% | 116 | soon | |
| 25 | CedarAmazon Web Services | 72 | 1% | 167 | soon | |
| 26 | 62 | 1% | 162 | soon | ||
| 27 | Terraform CloudHashiCorp | 62 | 1% | 511 | soon | |
| 28 | ForemanThe Foreman Project | 57 | 1% | 116 | soon | |
| 29 | SpaceliftSpacelift | 45 | 0% | 88 | soon | |
| 30 | Terraform EnterpriseHashiCorp | 40 | 0% | 145 | soon | |
| 31 | NetmikoKirk Byers | 36 | 0% | 117 | soon | |
| 32 | NAPALMNAPALM Automation | 27 | 0% | 77 | soon | |
| 33 | AWS SAMAmazon | 25 | 0% | 50 | soon | |
| 34 | VMware vRealize AutomationVMware | 23 | 0% | 44 | soon | |
| 35 | BOSHCloud Foundry Foundation | 22 | 0% | 24 | soon | |
| 36 | MorpheusHPE | 17 | 0% | 165 | soon | |
| 37 | OCI Resource ManagerOracle | 13 | 0% | 56 | soon |
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37 iac config management are named by companies instead of Terraform: Ansible by 5,846 companies, AWS CloudFormation by 2,970, Puppet by 1,347, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/terraform/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.
Terraform alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Terraform?
Ansible: 5,846 companies name it in their own job postings, against 11,012 for Terraform.
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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