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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 84 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Terraform 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/terraform/alternatives

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

- OpenTofu: 24
- Pulumi: 6
- Ansible: 5
- Terraform/OpenTofu: 3
- Spacelift: 2
- Terraform with HCP Terraform: 2

## Infrastructure as code

**Small business**: 29 of 84 answers did not name Terraform (Terraform is #1 of 11 at 49%).

- OpenTofu: first choice in 8 of those 29
- Ansible: first choice in 4 of those 29
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 2 of those 29
- AWS SAM: first choice in 1 of those 29
- Azure Bicep: first choice in 1 of those 29
- Pulumi: first choice in 1 of those 29
- Terraform with Terraform Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 29

**Mid-market**: 28 of 84 answers did not name Terraform (Terraform is #1 of 13 at 58%).

- OpenTofu: first choice in 8 of those 28
- Terraform with HCP Terraform: first choice in 2 of those 28
- Ansible: first choice in 1 of those 28
- Pulumi: first choice in 1 of those 28
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 1 of those 28

**Enterprise**: 27 of 84 answers did not name Terraform (Terraform is #1 of 14 at 62%).

- OpenTofu: first choice in 8 of those 27
- Pulumi: first choice in 4 of those 27
- Spacelift: first choice in 2 of those 27
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 1 of those 27
- Terraform with HCP Terraform or Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 27
- Terraform, specifically HCP Terraform / Terraform Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 27

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