Instead of CFEngine
CFEngine alternatives
CFEngine is suited to teams that want to define infrastructure states in a policy language and have lightweight agents keep devices aligned. It covers embedded devices, servers, cloud systems and mainframes, and is designed for fleets reaching tens or hundreds of thousands of nodes. Its Enterprise Edition adds a web portal, reporting, alerts, inventory and change views, plus compliance and performance monitoring. Community Edition is free; Enterprise is free for up to 25 hosts, with license pricing available on request.
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ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5Teams focused on cross-platform endpoint patching — Patch Manager Plus centers on patch assessment, testing and deployment, including patches for over 1,100 third-party applications.
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ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4Organizations managing workforce devices and apps — Mobile Device Manager Plus manages workforce devices, apps and data with enrollment, work profiles, kiosk mode and remote lock or wipe.
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OPSI
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Teams automating software deployment and OS installation — OPSI adds automated operating-system installation, software distribution and hardware inventory, including inventory on systems without an OS.
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Rundeck
Free plan APILinuxMac+3Teams coordinating existing automation into workflows — Rundeck combines scripts, tools, APIs and commands into scheduled or self-service operational workflows rather than defining infrastructure states.
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Action1
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1Teams seeking cloud patch and configuration management — Action1 offers cloud-based patch, configuration and remediation management for Windows, macOS and Linux.
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AWS Systems Manager State Manager
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1AWS customers maintaining resource configuration — State Manager targets AWS resources through scheduled associations, with targeting by tags, resource groups, node IDs or account and Region.
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Foreman
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Teams provisioning and managing physical or virtual servers — Foreman adds bare-metal and cloud provisioning, server lifecycle management and Puppet or Salt support, with Ansible report collection.
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Canonical MAAS
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 9
PatchMon
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+2 - 10
Puppet
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3 - 11
Rudder
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+2 - 12
Rundeck
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3 - 13
Uyuni
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 14
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Canonical Landscape
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 16
Chef Infra
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 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 main task is patching, mobile-device control, provisioning, orchestration or managing AWS resources. Compare the systems and device types each product covers, whether you need continuous policy enforcement or a narrower workflow, and whether a cloud or self-hosted deployment suits your setup. Reporting, integrations and entry costs also matter: some options center on endpoints or AWS, while others coordinate tools or provide server lifecycle management rather than CFEngine’s broad configuration model.