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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 214 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Crossplane 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/crossplane/alternatives

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

- Terraform: 118
- OpenTofu: 63
- Pulumi: 14
- Ansible: 8
- Spacelift: 5
- Terraform/OpenTofu: 3

## Infrastructure as code

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Crossplane (Crossplane is #9 of 11 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 44 of those 82
- OpenTofu: first choice in 35 of those 82
- Ansible: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Pulumi: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 2 of those 82
- AWS SAM: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Azure Bicep: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Terraform with Terraform Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Crossplane (Crossplane is #8 of 13 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 41 of those 70
- OpenTofu: first choice in 20 of those 70
- Pulumi: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Terraform with HCP Terraform: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Ansible: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Enterprise**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Crossplane (Crossplane is #7 of 14 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 33 of those 62
- OpenTofu: first choice in 8 of those 62
- Pulumi: first choice in 7 of those 62
- Spacelift: first choice in 5 of those 62
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Scalr: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Terraform with HCP Terraform or Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Terraform, specifically HCP Terraform / Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 62

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