# Google Cloud Deployment Manager alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 250 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Google Cloud Deployment Manager holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/google-cloud-deployment-manager/alternatives/

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

- Terraform: 141
- OpenTofu: 76
- Pulumi: 19
- Ansible: 9
- Terraform/OpenTofu: 8
- AWS CloudFormation: 4

## Infrastructure as code

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud Deployment Manager.

- Terraform: first choice in 55 of those 83
- OpenTofu: first choice in 33 of those 83
- Pulumi: first choice in 9 of those 83
- Ansible: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 4 of those 83
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Terraform using HCP Terraform's Free plan: first choice in 1 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud Deployment Manager (Google Cloud Deployment Manager is #10 of 12 at 0%).

- Terraform: first choice in 44 of those 84
- OpenTofu: first choice in 29 of those 84
- Ansible: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Terraform with HCP Terraform: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Pulumi: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud Deployment Manager.

- Terraform: first choice in 42 of those 83
- OpenTofu: first choice in 14 of those 83
- Pulumi: first choice in 9 of those 83
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Spacelift: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Terraform/OpenTofu: first choice in 3 of those 83
- AWS CDK: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: first choice in 1 of those 83

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