Salt AlternativesServer Management Tools and other similar apps like Salt

Salt is described as 'Powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer and provision servers in a fast and efficient way' and is a server management tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Salt for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Salt alternative is Ansible, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Salt are Ansible Automation Platform, Puppet, Terraform 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 Salt.

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

    • Ansible is Freemium and Open SourceSalt is Free and Open Source
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    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is an end-to-end automation platform to configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate advanced workflows. It includes resources to create, manage, and scale across the entire enterprise.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Google Cloud Platform
     
    • Ansible Automation Platform is the most popular SaaS alternative to Salt.

    • Ansible Automation Platform is the most popular commercial alternative to Salt.

    • Ansible Automation Platform is Paid and ProprietarySalt is Free and Open Source
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    • Puppet is Freemium and Open SourceSalt is Free and Open Source
  4. Terraform icon
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    Tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently. Terraform can manage existing and popular service providers as well as custom in-house solutions.

    17 Terraform alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. Rudder icon
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    Rudder is a 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.

    13 Rudder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise
    • Self-Hosted
    • CentOS
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Slackware
     
    • Rudder is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Salt.

    • Rudder is Paid and Open SourceSalt is Free and Open Source
  7. 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
     
  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. RunDeck icon
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    RunDeck is an open source automation service with a web console, command line tools and a WebAPI. It lets you easily run automation tasks across a set of nodes.

    31 RunDeck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. 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
     
  11. (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
     
  12. 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
     
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