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Best FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from bare metal provisioning software ranked against FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    AuroraBoot Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs AuroraBoot
  2. 2
    FOG Project Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.6
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs FOG Project
  3. 3
    Canonical MAAS Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $2.50/mo6.5
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Canonical MAAS
  4. 4
    Clonezilla Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Clonezilla
  5. 5
    Foreman Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Foreman
  6. 6
    openQRM Enterprise Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs openQRM Enterprise
  7. 7
    Supermicro SuperDoctor 5 Free plan LinuxWin Free6.5
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Supermicro SuperDoctor 5
  8. 8
    iVentoy Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.4
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs iVentoy
  9. 9
    NVIDIA Base Command Manager LinuxWeb 6.4
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs NVIDIA Base Command Manager
  10. 10
    NVIDIA ShadowPlay Free plan Win Free6.4
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs NVIDIA ShadowPlay
  11. 11
    Cobbler Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.3
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Cobbler
  12. 12
    Serva Free plan Win $7.67/mo6.3
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Serva
  13. 13
    Warewulf Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.3
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Warewulf
  14. 14
    Confluent apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Confluent
  15. 15
    Grendel apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Grendel
  16. 16
    MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator
  17. 17
    NOC-PS Free trial apiself-hostedWeb €83.33/mo5.4
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs NOC-PS
  18. 18
    NVIDIA Infra Controller apiself-hosted 5.4
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs NVIDIA Infra Controller
  19. 19
    Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud Free trial AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted 5.3
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud
  20. 20
    Tinkerbell apiLinuxself-hosted 5.3
    FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) vs Tinkerbell

FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1AuroraBoot6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2FOG Project6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Canonical MAAS6.5Free plan$2.50/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4Clonezilla6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Foreman6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6openQRM Enterprise6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7Supermicro SuperDoctor 56.5Free planFreeLinux, Windows
8iVentoy6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
9NVIDIA Base Command Manager6.4No—Linux, Web
10NVIDIA ShadowPlay6.4Free planFreeWindows
11Cobbler6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
12Serva6.3Free plan$7.67/moWindows
13Warewulf6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
14Confluent5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Grendel5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
17NOC-PS5.4No€83.33/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
18NVIDIA Infra Controller5.4No—API, self-hosted
19Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud5.3No—Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20Tinkerbell5.3No—API, Linux, self-hosted
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Questions about FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) alternatives

What is the best alternative to FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)?

AuroraBoot, number 1 in bare metal provisioning software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: FOG Project, Canonical MAAS, Clonezilla and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)?

AuroraBoot is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.