Rudder Alternatives

Rudder is described as 'Solution for automating your IT infrastructure to ensure security, reliability and compliance of your systems, whatever the OS. Gain instant visibility of IT compliance and benefit from continuous remediation to ensure an environment well configured and secured' and is a server management tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Rudder for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Rudder alternative is Ansible, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Rudder are Salt, pyinfra, Puppet and Chef.

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  1. Ansible icon
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    Ansible is a radically simple IT automation engine that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs.

    56 Ansible alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
    • Ansible is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Rudder.

    • Ansible is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Rudder.

    • Ansible is Freemium and Open SourceRudder is Paid and Open Source
  2. Salt icon
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    Salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer and provision servers in a fast and efficient way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. pyinfra icon
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    pyinfra automates infrastructure super fast at massive scale. It can be used for ad-hoc command execution, service deployment, configuration management and more.

    9 pyinfra alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Puppet icon
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    Puppet Data Center Automation Solution helps you save time, gain visibility into your server environment, and ensure consistency across your IT infrastructure.

    46 Puppet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Puppet is the most popular Web-based alternative to Rudder.

    • Puppet is Freemium and Open SourceRudder is Paid and Open Source
  5. Chef icon
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    Chef is an open source systems integration framework built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure. You write source code to describe how you want each part of your infrastructure to be built, then apply those descriptions to your servers.

    41 Chef alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Manage IT infrastructure with features like automated patching, asset intelligence, security policy enforcement, remote troubleshooting, device tracking, and more, all from a single console for various platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS.

    30 ManageEngine Endpoint Central alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • ManageEngine Endpoint Central is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Rudder.

    • ManageEngine Endpoint Central is Freemium and ProprietaryRudder is Paid and Open Source
  7. CTO.ai icon
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    The CTO.ai platform allows you and your software development team to implement DevOps automations in minutes rather than days by runnings "Ops" in Slack and the CLI. Leverage a curated inventory of DevOps workflows to adopt int your development cycles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is a systems management software product by Microsoft for managing large groups of computers running Windows, macOS, Linux, as well as Windows Phone, Symbian, iOS and Android.

    22 Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is the most popular commercial alternative to Rudder.

    • Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is Paid and ProprietaryRudder is Paid and Open Source
  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. 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
     
  11. 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
     
    • Config is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Rudder.

    • Config is Freemium and ProprietaryRudder is Paid and Open Source
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    Workspace management with Matrix42 Physical (former Empirum) simplifies and reduces the cost and administration effort in the field of clientmanagement.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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