Ansible Alternatives

Ansible is described as 'Radically simple IT automation engine that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs' and is a popular server management tool in the system & hardware category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ansible for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Ansible alternative is Puppet, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ansible are Salt, Chef, pyinfra and Nix Package Manager.

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  1. DebOps icon
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    The DebOps project is a set of Free and Open Source tools that let users bootstrap and manage an IT infrastructure based on Debian or Ubuntu operating systems. Ansible is used as the main configuration management platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Commando.io icon
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    A simpler way to manage servers online. Commando.io empowers users to be more efficient, improve their workflow, and eliminate anxiety over server provisioning, maintenance, and deployment. DropBox simplified online storage, GitHub simplified revision control, Commando.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. depX icon
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    Currently DevOps engineers spend majority of their time writing code while deploying cloud infrastructure. They also have to learn and juggle between multiple tools for the exact same task.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Otter icon
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    Otter is modern infrastructure automation that utilizes Infrastructure as Code to help teams with Configuration and Orchestration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Bcfg2 icon
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    Bcfg2 helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducible, and verifiable description of their environment, and offers visualization and reporting tools to aid in day-to-day administrative tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Config icon
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    Config is a SaaS tool for Configuration File Management created for Programmers, Sysadmins, and IT Managers. It is the easiest way to manage your config files across all your servers and environments.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Landscape icon
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    Landscape automates security patching, auditing, access management and compliance tasks across your Ubuntu estate. Use it in well-connected or airgapped environments: at sea, in space and everywhere in between. Landscape is available with an Ubuntu Pro subscription.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
    • Ubuntu
     
  8. (R)?ex icon
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    (R)?ex - manage all your boxes from a central point - Datacenter Automation and Configuration Management

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Cfengine icon
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    CFEngine is a configuration management and automation framework that lets you securely manage your mission critical IT infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. mgmt icon
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    Mgmt is confirmation management software that monitors and reacts dynamically to changes, executes tasks in parallel, and operates on an interconnected mesh model instead of a client-server model.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    Fetch Apply is a simple system configuration and management framework built by Priveasy and designed for transparency. Fetch Apply has many, wonderful advantages and features... here are just a few:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    It's the most secure, efficient, auditable, and well-documented.

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    • Fetch Apply is Free and Open SourceAnsible is Freemium and Open Source
    • Fetch Apply is Security-focusedAnsible is not according to our users
  12. filetailor icon
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    filetailor is a peer-based configuration management utility for plain-text files (and directories) such as dotfiles. Files are backed up to a specified folder using filetailor, transferred to another device using tools such as Nextcloud or Syncthing, and then restored on other...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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