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Best Salt Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from IT automation software ranked against Salt on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $20.42/mo8.1
    Salt vs ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
  2. 2
    ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacself-hosted $0.82/mo7.9
    Salt vs ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus
  3. 3
    OPSI Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb €41.58/mo7.8
    Salt vs OPSI
  4. 4
    CFEngine Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.7
    Salt vs CFEngine
  5. 5
    PatchMon Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $1/mo7.7
    Salt vs PatchMon
  6. 6
    Rudder Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin Free7.7
    Salt vs Rudder
  7. 7
    Rundeck Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.7
    Salt vs Rundeck
  8. 9
    Foreman Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.1
    Salt vs Foreman
  9. 10
    Matrix42 FastViewer Free trial AndroidiOSMacself-hostedWeb €45/mo7.1
    Salt vs Matrix42 FastViewer
  10. 11
    Puppet Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.1
    Salt vs Puppet
  11. 12
    Arista NG Firewall Free plan Web $22.50/mo7.0
    Salt vs Arista NG Firewall
  12. 13
    Canonical MAAS Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $2.50/mo7.0
    Salt vs Canonical MAAS
  13. 14
    Chef Infra Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $4.92/mo7.0
    Salt vs Chef Infra
  14. 15
    ManageEngine Endpoint Central Free plan Web $66.25/mo7.0
    Salt vs ManageEngine Endpoint Central
  15. 16
    OpenVox Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Salt vs OpenVox
  16. 17
    WAPT Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 7.0
    Salt vs WAPT
  17. 18
    Action1 Free plan LinuxMacWebWin Free6.9
    Salt vs Action1
  18. 19
    ActiveBatch Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.9
    Salt vs ActiveBatch
  19. 20
    baramundi Management Suite Free trial AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted 6.9
    Salt vs baramundi Management Suite
  20. 21
    HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Free trial Linuxself-hostedWeb $50/mo6.9
    Salt vs HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software

Salt alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus8.1Free plan$20.42/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus7.9Free plan$0.82/moAndroid, API, iOS, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3OPSI7.8Free plan€41.58/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4CFEngine7.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5PatchMon7.7Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Rudder7.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Rundeck7.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Foreman7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10Matrix42 FastViewer7.1No€45/moAndroid, iOS, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Puppet7.1No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12Arista NG Firewall7.0Free plan$22.50/moWeb
13Canonical MAAS7.0Free plan$2.50/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14Chef Infra7.0No$4.92/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15ManageEngine Endpoint Central7.0Free plan$66.25/moWeb
16OpenVox7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17WAPT7.0No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
18Action16.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
19ActiveBatch6.9No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20baramundi Management Suite6.9No—Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
21HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software6.9No$50/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
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Questions about Salt alternatives

What is the best alternative to Salt?

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, number 1 in IT automation software with a score of 8.1 out of 10. The others here: ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus, OPSI, CFEngine and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Salt?

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 13 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.