# Pulumi alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 84 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Pulumi 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/pulumi/alternatives/

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

- Terraform: 21
- OpenTofu: 20
- AWS CloudFormation: 4
- Ansible: 4
- AWS CDK: 1
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: 1

## Infrastructure as code

**Small business**: 26 of 84 answers did not name Pulumi (Pulumi is #3 of 10 at 11%).

- Terraform: first choice in 12 of those 26
- OpenTofu: first choice in 9 of those 26
- Ansible: first choice in 2 of those 26
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 1 of those 26

**Mid-market**: 20 of 84 answers did not name Pulumi (Pulumi is #4 of 12 at 0%).

- OpenTofu: first choice in 3 of those 20
- Ansible: first choice in 2 of those 20
- Terraform: first choice in 2 of those 20

**Enterprise**: 38 of 84 answers did not name Pulumi (Pulumi is #3 of 13 at 10%).

- OpenTofu: first choice in 8 of those 38
- Terraform: first choice in 7 of those 38
- AWS CloudFormation: first choice in 3 of those 38
- AWS CDK: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Scalr: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Spacelift: first choice in 1 of those 38

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