Top 10 AWS CloudFormation Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to AWS CloudFormation Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

#1

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
By Red Hat
(307)4.6 out of 5
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a simple way to automate apps and infrastructure. Application Deployment + Configuration Management + Continuous Delivery.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
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Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is:
Slower to reach roi
More usable
Easier to admin
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#2

Google Cloud Deployment Manager
By Google
(30)4.6 out of 5
Google Cloud Deployment Manager allows users to specify all the resources needed for their application in a declarative format using yaml.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, Google Cloud Deployment Manager is:
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
Better at support
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#3

Azure Automation
By Microsoft
(41)4.5 out of 5
Azure Automation delivers a cloud-based automation and configuration service that provides consistent management across your Azure and non-Azure environments. It consists of process automation, update management, and configuration features.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, Azure Automation is:
Slower to reach roi
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
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#4

Progress Chef
By Progress Software
(105)4.2 out of 5
The Chef enterprise automation portfolio includes 4 workload aligned solutions: Infrastructure Management; Compliance Audit; Application Delivery; and Desktop Management, all solutions are built upon Chef open-source tools: Chef Infra, InSpec, Habitat, Workstation and Automate.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
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Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, Progress Chef is:
Slower to reach roi
More expensive
Better at meeting requirements
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#5

Puppet Enterprise
By Perforce
(43)4.2 out of 5
Deliver and operate constantly modern software with the leading infrastructure-as-code platform.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, Puppet Enterprise is:
Slower to reach roi
More expensive
Easier to do business with
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#6

GitLab
By GitLab Inc.
(823)4.5 out of 5
An open source web interface and source control platform based on Git.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
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Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, GitLab is:
Slower to reach roi
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
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#7

GitHub
By GitHub
(2,194)4.7 out of 5
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over two million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, GitHub is:
Easier to set up
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
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#8

Hashicorp Terraform
By Hashicorp
(92)4.7 out of 5
Hashicorp Terraform is a tool that collaborate on infrastructure changes to reduce errors and simplify recovery.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, Hashicorp Terraform is:
Easier to set up
More usable
Easier to admin
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#9

Azure Resource Manager
By Microsoft
(50)4.3 out of 5
Azure Resource Manager enables you to work with the resources in your solution as a group and allows you to deploy, update, or delete all the resources for your solution in a single, coordinated operation.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager is:
Slower to reach roi
Easier to do business with
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#10

Nerdio Manager
By Nerdio
(172)4.7 out of 5
Nerdio Manager empowers IT professionals to easily deploy, manage, and cost-optimize native Microsoft Cloud technologies. Nerdio Manager runs in users’ own tenant without compromising security and compliance. With its intuitive interface, the platform enables IT to rapidly deploy a complete virtual desktop environment, easily manage endpoints with its Microsoft Intune integration, and dynamically scale resources to save up to 80% on Azure compute and storage.
Categories in common with AWS CloudFormation:
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation
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Reviewers say compared to AWS CloudFormation, Nerdio Manager is:
More expensive
More usable
Easier to admin
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