Instead of Canonical MAAS
Canonical MAAS alternatives
Canonical MAAS turns physical servers into centrally managed cloud resources, covering discovery, inventory, commissioning, deployment, testing, and decommissioning. Its API connects with Terraform, Juju, and Ansible, while web and command-line interfaces manage nodes. It also configures networks and storage, serves Ubuntu, CentOS, Windows, and RHEL images, and manages LXD and KVM virtual machines. These capabilities suit private clouds, server automation, and bare-metal Kubernetes, from single-machine installations to high-availability controller setups.
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ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5Cross-platform patch management and compliance reporting — Patch Manager Plus focuses on scanning, testing, deploying, and reporting patches for Windows, Mac, Linux, and third-party applications.
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ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4Enterprise mobile and endpoint device management — Mobile Device Manager Plus manages smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs, and rugged devices with enrollment, app, policy, and security controls.
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CFEngine
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Continuous infrastructure policy and compliance enforcement — CFEngine uses lightweight agents and desired-state policies to enforce configuration, security, compliance, inventory, and monitoring across very large node estates.
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OPSI
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Automated Windows and Linux client administration — OPSI combines software distribution, unattended operating-system installation, inventory, patching, configuration, multi-site depots, and directory integrations.
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Rundeck
Free plan APILinuxMac+3Scheduled operational workflows and self-service jobs — Rundeck orchestrates scripts, tools, APIs, and commands into scheduled workflows with execution history and broad community integrations.
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Action1
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1Cloud-based patching for up to 200 endpoints — Action1 provides cloud patch, configuration, and remediation management for Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints.
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AWS Systems Manager State Manager
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1AWS resource state and configuration governance — State Manager maintains declared states on AWS resources, scheduling software, agents, network settings, scripts, and domain joins through associations.
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PatchMon
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+2 - 9
Puppet
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3 - 10
Rudder
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+2 - 11
Rundeck
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3 - 12
Uyuni
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 13
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Canonical Landscape
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 15
Chef Infra
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 16
Foreman
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 17
Google Cloud VM Manager
Free plan APILinuxWeb+1 - 18
CloudBolt
Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb - 19
Cobbler
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted - 20
Juju
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 21
Gluware
Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb - 22
OpenVox
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 23
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWeb+17.2 Visit site - 24
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Registry
Free plan APILinuxWeb
An alternative may fit better when the priority is endpoint patching, mobile-device control, continuous policy enforcement, software distribution, workflow orchestration, cloud-resource governance, or a cloud-only deployment. MAAS runs on Linux as self-hosted software, and its free plan excludes HA support, RBAC, Knowledge Base access, Sev 1 response commitments, phone support, and ticket support. Paid plans start at $30 per managed machine per year. Compare the systems and devices you need to manage, whether bare-metal provisioning is central, required integrations, deployment model, and support expectations.
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