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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 110 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where OpenTofu 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/opentofu/alternatives

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

- Terraform: 59
- Pulumi: 15
- Ansible: 6
- Spacelift: 4
- Terraform/OpenTofu: 3
- AWS CloudFormation: 1

## Infrastructure as code

**Small business**: 33 of 84 answers did not name OpenTofu (OpenTofu is #2 of 11 at 37%).

- Terraform: first choice in 15 of those 33
- Ansible: first choice in 5 of those 33
- Pulumi: first choice in 4 of those 33
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 2 of those 33
- AWS SAM: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Azure Bicep: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Terraform with Terraform Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 33

**Mid-market**: 36 of 84 answers did not name OpenTofu (OpenTofu is #2 of 13 at 31%).

- Terraform: first choice in 20 of those 36
- Pulumi: first choice in 5 of those 36
- Ansible: first choice in 1 of those 36
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 1 of those 36

**Enterprise**: 41 of 84 answers did not name OpenTofu (OpenTofu is #2 of 14 at 18%).

- Terraform: first choice in 24 of those 41
- Pulumi: first choice in 6 of those 41
- Spacelift: first choice in 4 of those 41
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Scalr: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Terraform, specifically HCP Terraform / Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 41

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