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One category · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Puppet, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 247 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Puppet holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often

Terraform137

Pulumi19

First choices in the 247 answers that did not name Puppet, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Infrastructure as code

Cloud and infrastructure. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Puppet is not its first choice or an alternative in it.

Small businessPuppet is #9 of 10 here at 0% of first choices, 12 labels.

Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Puppet; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, seven products in all:

Terraform54 of 82

OpenTofu34 of 82

Pulumi9 of 82

Ansible5 of 82

Terraform/OpenTofu4 of 82

AWS CloudFormation1 of 82

Terraform using HCP Terraform's Free plan1 of 82

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketPuppet is #12 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 15 labels.

Eighty-three of the eighty-four answers did not name Puppet; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-three answers, six products in all:

Terraform43 of 83

OpenTofu28 of 83

Ansible4 of 83

Terraform with HCP Terraform2 of 83

Pulumi1 of 83

Terraform/OpenTofu1 of 83

The full mid-market standing →

EnterprisePuppet is #12 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 19 labels.

Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Puppet; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Terraform40 of 82

OpenTofu13 of 82

Pulumi9 of 82

Terraform/OpenTofu4 of 82

AWS CloudFormation3 of 82

Spacelift3 of 82

AWS CDK1 of 82

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform1 of 82

3 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Puppet neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Puppet only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Puppet's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Puppet was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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