18.4
Puppet Enterprise provides policy-driven configuration management and infrastructure automation for medium and large organizations handling complex…
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
Best Orchestration / Provisioning Software in 2026
Orchestration and provisioning software helps define infrastructure, apply configurations, and automate deployment work. Tools in this category may use APIs, web interfaces, or self-hosted environments. Compare deployment model, provisioning method, automation runs, role-based access, and audit logs.
28.1
Canonical MAAS is an open source platform for managing physical servers as cloud resources.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
37.8
CFEngine automates infrastructure, security and compliance by steering managed systems toward a state defined by users.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
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AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation models, provisions, and manages related AWS and third-party resources as infrastructure as code.
Free planiOSWebAPILinux7.7Free plan - 5
Pulumi
Pulumi helps engineers define and manage infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code using general-purpose languages.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.4From $40 a month - 6
Uyuni
Uyuni is a free, open-source tool for configuration and infrastructure management across groups of machines.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.4Free plan - 7
Qovery
Qovery describes itself as a Kubernetes control plane for people and AI agents, running on customers' own infrastructure.
WebAPILinuxmacOS7.1From $299 a month - 8
Salt
Salt is an open-source framework for remote execution, configuration management, provisioning, and infrastructure orchestration.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.0Free plan - 9
Foreman
Foreman is a free, open-source lifecycle management tool for physical and virtual servers.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.9Free plan - 10
Juju
Juju is Canonical's open-source orchestration engine for deploying, integrating and managing application lifecycles with charms.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.9Free plan - 11
Spacelift
Spacelift is an infrastructure-as-code orchestration platform for managing plans, applies, policy checks and drift detection.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted6.9From $20,000 a year - 12
Terragrunt
Terragrunt is an open-source infrastructure-as-code orchestration tool for running Terraform and OpenTofu at scale.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.9From $500 a month - 13
Chef Infra
Chef Infra is configuration management software for automating infrastructure setup and maintaining a defined system state.
APILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.7From $59 a year - 14
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open-source system for deploying and managing applications packaged in containers.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.5Free plan - 15
OpenTofu
OpenTofu is a free infrastructure as code tool for defining cloud and on-premises resources in human-readable configuration files.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.4Free plan - 16
Quattor
Quattor is a free, open-source Linux toolkit for automating installation, configuration, and management of clusters, farms, grids, and clouds.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted6.4Free plan - 17
Cycle
Cycle is a control plane for provisioning infrastructure and deploying containers, virtual machines, and functions across providers.
WebAPISelf-hosted6.3From $500 a month - 18
Facets
Facets gives platform teams a way to govern infrastructure while developers, including AI coding agents, can provision it through self-service workflows.
WebSelf-hosted6.3$799 usage-based - 19
OpenVox
OpenVox is a free, open-source system for managing configuration across Linux, macOS, and Windows environments.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.3Free plan - 20
AWS CDK
AWS CDK is a framework for defining AWS infrastructure in programming languages and deploying it through AWS CloudFormation.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.2Free plan - 21
OpenStack Heat
OpenStack Heat is a free, open-source orchestration service for building cloud applications from declarative templates in an OpenStack environment.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 22
Crossplane
Crossplane is an open-source control plane framework for platform engineering, designed to help teams manage cloud-native software through control planes they build.
Free planSelf-hosted5.9Free plan - 23
Google Cloud Infrastructure Manager
Google Cloud Infrastructure Manager is a paid managed service for deploying and managing Google Cloud infrastructure with Terraform configurations.
WebAPI5.4 - 24
Azure Bicep
WebLinuxmacOSWindows5.2 - 25
OpenText Automation Center
OpenText Automation Center is web software for creating and managing workflows.
Web4.9
Choosing well
Check where it runs
Supported platform details include self-hosted, Linux, API, web, macOS, and Windows. Match those options to the systems your team can operate.
Compare free plans and trials
A free plan is available from tools such as AWS CDK, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, Foreman, and Juju. Open-source options include Chef Infra and Crossplane.
Paid pricing varies. Listed examples include Canonical MAAS from $30 per year, Cycle from $500 per month with a 30-day trial, and Facets from $799 per month with a 14-day trial.
Match the deployment model
Check whether the product is self-hosted, delivered through a web interface, or accessed by API. The deployment model affects where provisioning work is managed and integrated.
Review team controls
Role-based access can help separate permissions across a team. Audit logs provide a record of activity; compare these fields when shared administration or change review matters.
Look at provisioning and automation
Compare the provisioning method and automation-run support with the workflows you need. Documentation and freshness are part of the published facts used for comparison.
Questions people ask
Is Android support listed for these tools?
No Android platform entry is provided in the category facts. Check the vendor's supported-platform details if Android access matters.
Are free plans available?
Yes. Listed examples with free plans include AWS CDK, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, Foreman, and Juju.
Which tools are open source?
Chef Infra, Crossplane, and Juju are listed with open-source pricing notes.
Do paid tools offer trials?
Cycle lists a 30-day trial, and Facets lists a 14-day trial.
What access controls should I compare?
Compare role-based access and audit logs, along with provisioning method and automation runs, to fit team administration needs.