# Ansible alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 185 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Ansible holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ansible/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Terraform: 107
- OpenTofu: 50
- Pulumi: 13
- Spacelift: 5
- Terraform/OpenTofu: 3
- AWS CloudFormation: 2

## Infrastructure as code

**Small business**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Ansible (Ansible is #4 of 11 at 3%).

- Terraform: first choice in 30 of those 54
- OpenTofu: first choice in 21 of those 54
- Pulumi: first choice in 4 of those 54
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Terraform with Terraform Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 54

**Mid-market**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Ansible (Ansible is #4 of 13 at 2%).

- Terraform: first choice in 32 of those 56
- OpenTofu: first choice in 16 of those 56
- Pulumi: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Terraform with HCP Terraform: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 1 of those 56

**Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Ansible (Ansible is #11 of 14 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 45 of those 75
- OpenTofu: first choice in 13 of those 75
- Pulumi: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Spacelift: first choice in 5 of those 75
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Scalr: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Terraform with HCP Terraform or Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Terraform, specifically HCP Terraform / Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 75

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