# AWS CDK alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 176 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where AWS CDK 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/aws-cdk/alternatives

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

- Terraform: 94
- OpenTofu: 41
- Pulumi: 11
- Ansible: 8
- Spacelift: 5
- AWS CloudFormation: 2

## Infrastructure as code

**Small business**: 52 of 84 answers did not name AWS CDK (AWS CDK is #5 of 11 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 26 of those 52
- OpenTofu: first choice in 16 of those 52
- Ansible: first choice in 7 of those 52
- Pulumi: first choice in 2 of those 52
- AWS SAM: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Azure Bicep: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 1 of those 52

**Mid-market**: 58 of 84 answers did not name AWS CDK (AWS CDK is #6 of 13 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 31 of those 58
- OpenTofu: first choice in 13 of those 58
- Pulumi: first choice in 3 of those 58
- Terraform with HCP Terraform: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Ansible: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 1 of those 58

**Enterprise**: 66 of 84 answers did not name AWS CDK (AWS CDK is #8 of 14 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 37 of those 66
- OpenTofu: first choice in 12 of those 66
- Pulumi: first choice in 6 of those 66
- Spacelift: first choice in 5 of those 66
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Scalr: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Terraform with HCP Terraform or Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 66

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