Clad

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What the maker publishes

Ansible import

Clad can convert Ansible playbooks to Clad format with one command. source

Ansible import

Clad can convert Ansible playbooks to Clad format with one command. source

Compliance

The Enterprise offering lists compliance reports. source

Dependencies

The maker describes Clad as a single 5MB binary that needs no Python, pip, or virtualenvs. source

Drift detection

Clad compares declared state with live servers to identify manual changes. source

Drift detection

Clad compares declared state against live servers to identify manual changes. source

Enterprise features

Enterprise offerings listed include audit dashboards, scheduled drift scans, team RBAC and SSO, and compliance reports. source

Enterprise integrations

The Enterprise offering lists webhook notifications. source

Execution

Clad uses SSH and says it needs no agent on managed hosts. source

Installation

The page gives Cargo and shell-script commands to install Clad or download its binary. source

Installation

The page gives Cargo and shell-script commands to install Clad or download its binary. source

Integrations

The page describes Ansible playbook import and webhook notifications for enterprise teams. source

Maker

The page footer identifies Grundlabs as the maker; it does not state a headquarters or founding year. source

Managed hosts

The maker says Clad uses SSH keys and requires no agent on managed hosts. source

Plan before apply

Clad shows what will change on every host before commands run. source

Plan before apply

Clad shows what will change on every host before a command runs. source

Reusable patterns

Clad Shapes let users define a service pattern once and deploy it repeatedly. source

Reusable patterns

Clad Shapes let users define a service pattern once and deploy it repeatedly. source

Rollback

Clad says it rolls back changes in reverse order if a task fails. source

Rollback

Clad says it rolls back changes in reverse order if a task fails. source

Speed

Clad says batched checks use four SSH round-trips instead of 139 and are 10x faster than Ansible on real infrastructure. source

Support

Priority support is listed as an enterprise offering; the page provides [email protected] for contact. source

Support

Priority support is listed as an Enterprise offering, and the page gives [email protected] as a contact. source

Team access

The Enterprise offering lists team RBAC and SSO. source

Checked against the maker's pages on 11 Oct 2026.