Canonical Landscape
Canonical Landscape manages and monitors Ubuntu deployments across desktops, servers, cloud instances and IoT devices.
What Canonical Landscape is
Canonical Landscape manages and monitors Ubuntu deployments across desktops, servers, cloud instances and IoT devices. It can install, update and remove software, apply automated update and security-patch policies, and configure users and groups. Monitoring includes update alerts, graphs for temperature, disk, memory and system load, running-process views and custom metrics. Security and compliance tools include patch compliance, role-based access control, audit logging and compliance reporting. Teams can mirror and stage APT repositories and manage custom packages. Landscape is available as multi-tenant SaaS, Canonical-managed single-tenant service, or self-hosted on cloud or on-premises infrastructure, including air-gapped environments. A single instance can manage up to 40,000 machines, with larger deployments possible. Its scriptable API supports customization and integrations with configuration management, monitoring and ticketing systems. Self-hosted and Ubuntu Pro-included SaaS plans are listed as free. Managed Landscape on public clouds, VMware, OpenStack or LXD costs $6,861 a year per physical machine; managed bare-metal service costs $9,470 a year per physical machine. Ubuntu Pro offers a 30-day enterprise trial.
Good
- Manages up to 40,000 machines per instance
- Supports self-hosting and air-gapped environments
- Automates updates and security-patch policies
- Provides audit logging and compliance reporting
Watch out
- Supports Ubuntu Linux deployments only
- Managed public-cloud or virtualization plan costs $6,861 a year per physical machine
- Managed bare-metal plan costs $9,470 a year per physical machine
Who it suits
It suits system administrators, security teams, IT managers and compliance officers managing Ubuntu devices across an organization.
Verdict
Landscape combines Ubuntu fleet administration, monitoring and compliance tools, with self-hosted and managed deployment choices. The managed options have substantial per-machine annual costs, while self-hosted and Ubuntu Pro-included SaaS plans are listed as free.
Plans and prices
From Canonical Landscape's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Landscape SaaS (Ubuntu Pro included) | Free | Included in an Ubuntu Pro subscription · Multi-tenant service · Managed by Canonical · newest features arrive here first |
| Self-hosted Landscape | Free | Self-installed on-premises or in a cloud · Can work without internet · Available in airgapped environments |
| Managed Landscape on public clouds, VMware, OpenStack or LXD | $6,861 a year | Canonical deployed and maintained · SaaS in an environment you control · Public clouds, VMware, OpenStack or LXD · Per Landscape physical machine/year |
| Managed Landscape on bare metal | $9,470 a year | Canonical deployed and maintained · Bare metal · Per Landscape physical machine/year |
The facts
Each one read from Canonical Landscape's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Deployment models
- Landscape is available as a multi-tenant SaaS service, as a Canonical-managed single-tenant service, or self-hosted on cloud or on-premises infrastructure.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Fleet scale
- A single Landscape instance can manage up to 40,000 machines, and deployments can scale larger.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Identity integrations
- Managed Landscape supports OpenID Connect authentication and enterprise identity providers including Azure AD, Google, Okta and IBM.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Landscape has a scriptable API for customization and can integrate with existing configuration management, monitoring and ticketing systems.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Managed service
- Managed Landscape advertises up to 99.9% uptime backed by an SLA, 24/7 monitoring and high availability.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Management
- Landscape can install, update and remove software, define automated update and security patch policies, and configure users and groups.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Landscape can alert on updates, graph temperature, disk, memory and system load trends, show running processes, and collect custom metrics.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Landscape is a systems management tool for managing and monitoring Ubuntu deployments, including desktops, servers, cloud instances and IoT devices.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Repositories
- Landscape can mirror and stage internal or external APT repositories and upload and manage custom packages.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- Features include patch compliance, role-based access control, automated audit logging and compliance reporting.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Landscape support is available to customers who purchase it with Ubuntu Pro.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- Landscape documentation identifies system administrators, security teams, IT managers and compliance officers in organizations of all sizes as users.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- Ubuntu Pro offers a 30-day trial for enterprises, and Landscape is available with an Ubuntu Pro subscription.checked 7 Oct 2026
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