# Google Cloud Deployment Manager alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 244 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Google Cloud Deployment Manager 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/google-cloud-deployment-manager/alternatives

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

- Terraform: 143
- OpenTofu: 72
- Pulumi: 17
- Ansible: 8
- Spacelift: 5
- Terraform/OpenTofu: 3

## Infrastructure as code

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud Deployment Manager.

- Terraform: first choice in 44 of those 82
- OpenTofu: first choice in 34 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**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud Deployment Manager (Google Cloud Deployment Manager is #11 of 13 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 49 of those 80
- OpenTofu: first choice in 21 of those 80
- Pulumi: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Terraform with HCP Terraform: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Ansible: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud Deployment Manager (Google Cloud Deployment Manager is #13 of 14 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 50 of those 82
- OpenTofu: first choice in 17 of those 82
- Pulumi: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Spacelift: first choice in 5 of those 82
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Scalr: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Terraform with HCP Terraform or Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Terraform, specifically HCP Terraform / Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 82

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