# Terraform/OpenTofu: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/terraform-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) | 0% | 17 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Terraform is "a widely used declarative IaC tool for provisioning infrastructure across many cloud providers and services"" (Muse Glimmer 30B, IaC)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Terraform/OpenTofu, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- pulumi.com: 4
- dev.to: 3
- techtarget.com: 3
- charlessieg.com: 2
- daily.dev: 2
- devopsschool.com: 2
- qovery.com: 2
- rajeshkumar.xyz: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- spacelift.io: 2

### Pages cited

- https://techtarget.com/news/8-popular-infrastructure-as-code-IaC-tools-to-consider/858033: 3
- https://charlessieg.com/articles/infrastructure-as-code-cloudformation-cdk-terraform-pulumi.html: 2
- https://devopsschool.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-iac-tools-in-2024: 2
- https://rajeshkumar.xyz/blog/infrastructure-as-code-iac-tools: 2
- https://spacelift.io/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 2
- https://alpacked.io/blog/the-discovery-phase-why-you-need-it-and-why-ours-is-different: 1
- https://artjoker.net/blog/best-devops-tools-for-small-and-medium-enterprises: 1
- https://arxiv.org/html/2502.03127v1: 1

## In its own words

What Terraform/OpenTofu's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Customers named: Riskified, Jit, WELL Health, Evinova

## What it publishes

Every page terra.security exposes, read 2026-09-29: 141 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 71 pages, 9 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 4 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-12
- conference or event: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-21
- glossary or explainer: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-30
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-15
- news or press: 2 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-15
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Terra platform validation hub https://www.terra.security/blog/terra-platform-validation-hub
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: New testing instructions in terra platform https://www.terra.security/blog/new-testing-instructions-in-terra-platform
- Recent: 2026-09-08 blog: Continual learning and memories in terra platform https://www.terra.security/blog/continual-learning-and-memories-in-terra-platform
- Recent: 2026-08-24 blog: Mcp security testing in terra platform https://www.terra.security/blog/mcp-security-testing-in-terra-platform
- Recent: 2026-08-13 blog: Cve 2026 72898 metabase sqli under active exploitation and how terra customers closed it in one click https://www.terra.security/blog/cve-2026-72898-metabase-sqli-under-active-exploitation-and-how-terra-customers-closed-it-in-one-click
- Recent: 2026-08-11 blog: Terra security appoints james cook as vice president of global sales https://www.terra.security/blog/terra-security-appoints-james-cook-as-vice-president-of-global-sales

## 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.