# OpenTofu: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 57 judge labels across 1 category by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opentofu

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Infrastructure as code](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/infrastructure-as-code/index.md) | 31% | 2 | 4% | 57 |

## What the models said for it

- "the practical budget pick is: OpenTofu if you want Terraform compatibility with a permissive, truly open source license and zero software cost" (Muse Glimmer 30B, IaC)
- "many cost-conscious teams are now choosing OpenTofu, which is an open-source fork of Terraform designed to ensure it stays forever free" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, IaC)
- "For most budget-conscious companies, OpenTofu offers the best combination of zero licensing cost, mature features, multi-cloud support" (MiniMax M2.5, IaC)
- "The best infrastructure-as-code tool for a company with a limited budget is OpenTofu, as it is completely free and open-source." (Llama 4 Maverick, IaC)

## And against it

- "it is younger; validate support for niche providers, modules, CI/CD integrations, and state migrations before moving a large estate" (Perplexity Sonar, IaC)
- "Don't assume a Terraform-to-OpenTofu switch is completely frictionless." (GPT-6 Luna, IaC)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named OpenTofu, from 141 of the 166 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- pulumi.com: 87
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 58
- spacelift.io: 42
- opentofu.org: 35 (its own site)
- dev.to: 32
- toolradar.com: 32
- developer.hashicorp.com: 28
- gane.ai/index: 27
- github.com: 27
- guideflow.com: 26

### Pages cited

- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/prescriptive-guidance/latest/choose-iac-tool/choose-iac-tool.pdf: 34
- https://pulumi.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 32
- https://spacelift.io/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 30
- https://pulumi.com/blog/best-terraform-alternatives: 27
- https://guideflow.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 26
- https://computingforgeeks.com/best-infrastructure-as-code-iac-cloud-automation-tools: 24
- https://devopsschool.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-iac-tools-in-2024: 24
- https://toolradar.com/best/infrastructure-as-code: 24

## In its own words

What OpenTofu's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Open-Source Infrastructure as Code (https://opentofu.org/)
- For: companies, vendors, and developers using Terraform (https://opentofu.org/)
- Integrations claimed: 3900 (https://opentofu.org/)

## What it publishes

Every page opentofu.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2900 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 32 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- comparison: 45 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: Symbol libraries introduction https://opentofu.org/blog/2026/09/17/symbol-libraries-introduction/
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Plans for linting https://opentofu.org/blog/plans-for-linting/
- Recent: 2026-05-14 blog: Opentofu 1 12 0 https://opentofu.org/blog/opentofu-1-12-0/
- Recent: 2026-04-07 blog: Help us test opentofu 1 12 0 beta1 https://opentofu.org/blog/help-us-test-opentofu-1-12-0-beta1/
- Recent: 2026-01-22 blog: Dual command output streams https://opentofu.org/blog/dual-command-output-streams/
- Recent: 2025-12-09 blog: Opentofu 1 11 0 https://opentofu.org/blog/opentofu-1-11-0/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.