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Best Clad Alternatives in 2026

Taken from IT Automation Software, where Clad is listed too, in the same order.

  1. 1

    OPSI

    OPSI is an open-source client management system for automating software distribution, operating-system installation, inventory, patch management, and configuration.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.7 Club score
  2. 2

    Puppet

    Puppet Enterprise provides policy-driven configuration management and infrastructure automation for enterprise-scale environments.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.7 Club score
  3. 3

    ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus

    ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus automates patch management, from scanning and assessment to deployment and reporting.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.6 Club score
  4. 4

    ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus

    ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus gives enterprise IT teams a console for managing and securing devices, apps, and data.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Web · iPhone and iPad
    8.5 Club score
  5. 5

    CFEngine

    CFEngine automates infrastructure, security, and compliance by steering managed systems toward a state defined by users.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.5 Club score
  6. 6

    Rudder

    Rudder is an infrastructure security automation platform for managing and securing IT systems across on-premises and cloud environments.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · Linux · Web · API
    8.4 Club score
  7. 7

    PatchMon

    PatchMon gives infrastructure teams a central dashboard for patch monitoring across Linux, FreeBSD and Windows fleets.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · Linux · Web · API
    8.4 Club score
  8. 8

    ActiveBatch

    ActiveBatch is a workload automation and enterprise job scheduling platform for coordinating IT and business processes.

    • Free trial
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.2 Club score
  9. 9

    Azure Monitor

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.1 Club score
  10. 10

    Okta Lifecycle Management

    Okta Lifecycle Management automates employee identity changes by linking HR systems with an organization’s IT infrastructure.

    • Free trial
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.1 Club score
  11. 11

    Google Cloud VM Manager

    Google Cloud VM Manager manages operating systems across large fleets of Windows and Linux virtual machines running on Compute Engine.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · Linux · Web · API
    8.0 Club score
  12. 12

    KACE Systems Management Appliance

    • Free trial
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.0 Club score
  13. 13

    Oracle Enterprise Manager

    Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai is a management platform for Oracle Database and Engineered Systems across data centers and cloud environments.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · Linux · Web · Self-hosted
    8.0 Club score
  14. 14

    Canonical MAAS

    Canonical MAAS is an open-source platform for turning physical servers into centrally managed, cloud-like resources.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.0 Club score
  15. 15

    Salt

    Salt is a free, open-source framework for remote execution, configuration management, provisioning, and infrastructure orchestration.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.9 Club score
  16. 16

    Juju

    Juju is Canonical's open-source orchestration engine for deploying, integrating and managing application lifecycles with charms.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.9 Club score
  17. 17

    Chef Infra

    Chef Infra is configuration management software for defining infrastructure state and keeping systems consistent over time.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.8 Club score
  18. 18

    Uyuni

    Uyuni is a free, open-source tool for managing configuration and infrastructure across groups of machines.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.8 Club score
  19. 19

    Foreman

    Foreman is a free, self-hosted lifecycle management tool for physical and virtual servers.

    • Free plan
    • Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.8 Club score
  20. 20

    Rundeck

    Rundeck coordinates existing automation for routine operations across development and production environments.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    7.8 Club score

The whole list: IT Automation Software