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What is Configuration Management Software?
Configuration management software is used to track and manage the configuration of systems, networks, and software throughout their lifecycle. It allows teams to automate the process of setting up and maintaining consistent configurations across multiple environments, reducing human error and ensuring standardization. This software helps monitor changes, providing version control and audit trails to maintain system integrity and compliance. It is especially useful in complex IT infrastructures, enabling teams to deploy, update, and scale systems efficiently. Configuration management software ultimately improves system reliability, reduces downtime, and facilitates collaboration among development and operations teams. Compare and read user reviews of the best Configuration Management software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Unleash
Bricks Software AS
Unleash is an open-source feature management software, built with large enterprises in mind. It's private, secure, scalable, and ready for the most complex setups out-of-the-box. Move from all-or-nothing releases to safe and frequent deployments Instead of perfecting a merge and fixing bugs when a set of features go live, you can release individual changes to your users, then immediately roll them back if something goes wrong. Scale your software and infrastructure at your own pace Reduce the complexity of feature flag management and tracking through a simple, user-friendly dashboard. Keep your user data to yourself. Full stop. Unleash offers private instances as part of its SaaS package. With assets like its proxy and Edge offerings, SaaS Unleash user data remains entirely with the customer. Significantly cut costs and reduce the drain on resources Reduce a significant amount of administrative costs, technical debt and helps you focus on the feature flags' benefits.Starting Price: $0 -
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AWS CodePipeline
Amazon
AWS CodePipeline is a fully managed continuous delivery service that helps you automate your release pipelines for fast and reliable application and infrastructure updates. CodePipeline automates the build, test, and deploy phases of your release process every time there is a code change, based on the release model you define. This enables you to rapidly and reliably deliver features and updates. AWS CodePipeline can easily be extended to adapt to your specific needs. You can use our pre-built plugins or your own custom plugins in any step of your release process. For example, you can pull your source code from GitHub, use your on-premises Jenkins build server, run load tests using a third-party service, or pass on deployment information to your custom operations dashboard. With AWS CodePipeline, you can immediately begin to model your software release process. There are no servers to provision or set up. -
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SaltStack
SaltStack
SaltStack is an intelligent IT automation platform that can manage, secure, and optimize any infrastructure—on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge. It’s built on a unique and powerful event-driven automation engine that detects events in any system and reacts intelligently to them, making it an extremely effective solution for managing large, complex environments. With the newly launched SecOps offering, SaltStack can detect security vulnerabilities and non-compliant, mis-configured systems. As soon as an issue is detected, this powerful automation helps you and your team remediate it, keeping your infrastructure securely configured, compliant, and up-to-date. The SecOps suite includes both Comply and Protect. Comply scans and remediates against CIS, DISA-STIG, NIST, PCI, HIPAA compliance standards. And Protect scans for vulnerabilities and patches and updates your operating systems. -
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Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
Red Hat
Built on the open Eclipse Che project, Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces uses Kubernetes and containers to provide any member of the development or IT team with a consistent, secure, and zero-configuration development environment. The experience is as fast and familiar as an integrated development environment on your laptop. OpenShift Dev Spaces is included with your OpenShift subscription and is available in the Operator Hub. It provides development teams a faster and more reliable foundation on which to work, and it gives operations centralized control and peace of mind. Get coding today with our free Developer Sandbox for Red Hat OpenShift, which includes OpenShift Dev Spaces to try out at no cost. Developers can focus more on coding, with their application and development environment containerized and running on OpenShift - all without needing to understand the details of Kubernetes. Administrators can easily manage and monitor workspaces as any other Kubernetes resource.Starting Price: $30 per month -
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Ansible
Red Hat
Ansible is a radically simple automation engine that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs. Ansible Automation Platform has grown over the past years to provide powerful automation solutions that work for operators, administrators and IT decision makers across a variety of technology domains. It’s a leading enterprise automation solution from Red Hat®, a thriving open source community, and the de facto standard technology of IT automation. Scale automation, manage complex deployments, and speed productivity with an enterprise automation platform that can be used across entire IT teams. Red Hat or partner consulting services help you advance your end-to-end automation journey for faster time to value.Starting Price: Free -
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SUSE Manager
SUSE
SUSE Manager was designed to help your enterprise DevOps and IT Operations teams reduce complexity and regain control of your IT assets with a single tool to manage Linux systems across a variety of hardware architectures, hypervisors as well as container, IoT and cloud platforms. It automates Linux server and IoT device provisioning, patching and configuration for faster, consistent and repeatable server deployment helping to optimize operations and reduce costs. And with automated monitoring, tracking, auditing and reporting of your systems, VMs, and containers across your development, test and production environments, you can ensure compliance with internal security policies and external regulations. -
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Chef
Progress Software
Chef turns infrastructure into code. With Chef, you can automate how you build, deploy, and manage your infrastructure. Your infrastructure becomes as versionable, testable, and repeatable as application code. Chef Infrastructure Management ensures configurations are applied consistently in every environment with infrastructure management automation. Chef Compliance makes it easy to maintain and enforce compliance across the enterprise. Deliver successful application outcomes consistently at scale with Chef App Delivery. Chef Desktop allows IT teams to automate the deployment, management, and ongoing compliance of IT resources. Ensure configurations are applied consistently in every environment. Powerful policy-based configuration management system software. Runbook automation to consistently define, package & deliver applications. IT automation & DevOps dashboards for operational visibility. -
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Bamboo
Atlassian
Bamboo offers first-class support for the "delivery" aspect of continuous delivery. Deployment projects automate the tedium right out of releasing into each environment, while letting you control the flow with per-environment permissions.Starting Price: $10 for up to 10 jobs -
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BelManage
Belarc
BelManage allows users to reduce their software license and maintenance costs, monitor their cybersecurity status and configuration details. BelManage is based on Belarc’s Cloud architecture, uses a single Intranet server and database, and automatically creates an accurate and up-to-date central repository (CMDB) of software, hardware and security configuration details. Belarc’s cloud architecture allows users to simplify and automate the monitoring of all of their desktops, laptops, servers and virtual machines throughout the world, using a single server and database. The BelManage server can be located on premises, on our customer's cloud or hosted by Belarc via SaaS.Starting Price: $10 per computer -
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RemoteExec
IS Decisions
RemoteExec remotely installs applications, executes programs/scripts and updates files and folders on Windows systems throughout the network. RemoteExec quickly and easily deploys applications packaged in .msi format to hundreds or (tens of) thousands of Windows systems. You simply need to specify the .msi path and the action to take (install/uninstall/repair/update), select the target computers, and launch the deployment in a click. RemoteExec allows remote execution of programs (.exe, .bat, .cmd), scripts (.vbs, .js) and files associated to executables (.txt, .doc, .wav, .reg, .inf, .msi, …). With RemoteExec, you can deploy Service Packs, updates, patches and hotfixes to all required Windows systems in minutes. RemoteExec allows remote modification of the registry on all Windows systems throughout the network, or of a specific subset of computers.Starting Price: $437.80 for 20 systems -
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Change Manager for Group Policy/Intune
SDM Software, Inc.
Change Manager for Group Policy/Intune brings modern change control and governance to customers that rely on Windows Group Policy and Intune day in and day out. Securely delegate access to GPO editing, container linking and Intune profiles and their assignments, with approval-based workflows. View differences and search for settings between versions of GPOs, containers and Intune profiles and rollback, undelete or schedule deployment of changes–all from a modern web interface. Whether you are new to GPO (and Intune) Change Control or looking for an alternative to Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM), CMGPI can meet your needs. Bring Security and Governance to your Windows configuration environments.Starting Price: based on active computers -
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Xurrent
Xurrent
Xurrent is an enterprise service management (ESM) solution for seamless collaboration between internal and external service providers. Xurrent is the only ESM solution that makes it possible for all internal departments, like IT, HR and Facilities, to work together seamlessly with each other, as well as with the managed service providers to which some services have been outsourced. In addition to supporting the ITIL processes, Xurrent also provides fully integrated knowledge management, time tracking and project management capabilities. For enterprise employees, Xurrent is the Self Service app that is always there for them whenever they need some help. Apart from Xurrent's ITSM and ESM capabilities that support the ITIL and KCS practices, Xurrent uniquely supports the SIAM approach. This management approach is becoming increasingly important as enterprises rely on ever-more external providers.Starting Price: $0 per month Freemium -
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Rudder
Normation
Manually managing your IT infrastructure, especially if it’s critical or hybrid, is not really efficient. The best approach is to use automation combined with configuration compliance to have full and continuous control of your systems. Rudder is built on a powerful compliance-driven automation engine, providing a simple, declarative management framework for your system configurations. No more loss of service, Rudder keeps your systems correctly configured by controlling the drift in a centralized platform. Define global parameters across your infrastructure while managing exceptions with hierarchical variables. In the same way, configure using infrastructure-as-code with the Rudder language, synchronized with the web interface allowing all teams to collaborate.Starting Price: €50 per node per year -
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SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
SolarWinds
Powerful network automation and configuration management software. Affordable network configuration management for small business networks. Schedule automatic backup activities and roll out configuration changes to multiple devices at the same time. Pre-schedule changes to your network device configurations to occur only on the devices you choose, and only when you want them to. Get alerted on changes to your network equipment so you can head off any malicious activities. Quickly rollback configuration changes when needed to avoid issues before their impact is felt. Schedule automated backups of network device configuration from routers, switches, firewalls, etc. Managing one-off config changes isn’t easy, not to mention the impact a minor issue can have on your entire network. Simultaneously perform or schedule configuration changes across multiple network devices with great ease. Changes to config files, outside of your knowledge, could be a sign of something insidious.Starting Price: $811 -
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Octopus Deploy
Octopus Deploy
Founded in 2012, Octopus Deploy enables successful deployments for over 25,000 companies around the world. Prior to Octopus Deploy, release orchestration and DevOps automation tools were clunky, limited to large enterprises and didn't deliver what they promised. Octopus Deploy was the first release automation tool to gain popular adoption by software teams, and we continue to invent new ways for Dev & Ops teams to automate releases and deliver working software to production. Runbook automation in Octopus sits side-by-side with your deployments and gives you control over your infrastructure and applications. Automate operations tasks like routine maintenance and emergency incident recovery. Flexible, role-based access control lets you manage who can deploy to production, change your deployment process, infrastructure, and more.Starting Price: Free -
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WinReporter
IS Decisions
WinReporter retrieves detailed information about hardware, software and security settings from Windows systems and automatically generates reports. -
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SystemLink
NI
SystemLink eliminates the manual tasks when keeping test systems current and healthy. From automating updates to monitoring system health, SystemLink delivers key information that improves situational awareness and test readiness to help you deliver quality across the product lifecycle. With SystemLink, you ensure that software configurations are accurate, and that test equipment complies with calibration and quality standards. Leveraging an automation and connectivity platform, SystemLink aggregates test and measurement data from all test systems into a centralized data repository. Users have ready access to asset utilization, calibration forecasts as well as test result history, trends, and production metrics data to make proactive decisions on the capital expense, maintenance events, and test or product modifications. -
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Otter by Inedo
Inedo
Otter helps you provision and configure your servers automatically, without ever needing to log-in to a command prompt. You can define reusable sets of configuration called roles, and then scale your infrastructure by simply assigning these roles to any number of servers. Let everyone on your team run complex scripts with a custom GUI that you develop around your script parameters. Enable anyone to develop advanced, multi-server orchestrations without needing advanced coding skills. Define desired states of configuration for your servers, detect “drift” from their actual configuration, and re-configure as needed. CI/CD for Infrastructure & Configuration Management. Read the guide to learn how you can deliver infrastructure changes using CI/CD pipelines with Otter and BuildMaster.Starting Price: $2,995/year -
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Cruz Operations Center (CruzOC)
Dorado Software
CruzOC is a scalable multi-vendor network management and IT operations tool for robust yet easy-to-use netops. Key features of CruzOC’s integrated and automated management include performance monitoring, configuration management, and lifecycle management for 1000s of vendors and converging technologies. With CruzOC, administrators have implicit automation to control their data center operations and critical resources, improve network and service quality, accelerate network and service deployments, and lower operating costs. The result is comprehensive and automated problem resolution from a single-pane-of-glass. Cruz Monitoring & Management. NMS, monitoring & analytics -- health, NPM, traffic, log, change. Automation & configuration management -- compliance, security, orchestration, provisioning, patch, update, configuration, access control. Automated deployment -- auto-deploy, ZTP, remote deploy. Deployments available on-premise and from the cloud.Starting Price: $1350 -
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Cruz RMM
Dorado Software
Single Pane-of-glass to automate your customers' IT operations. Cruz Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) is designed for Managed IT Service Providers (MSPs) to proactively and remotely monitor and manage the IT infrastructure, networks, client endpoints, and computers, from anywhere! Whether you are an MSP looking for ways to enhance your business, or a reseller/VAR breaking into the MSP business, Dorado can help you monitor and manage your environment securely and remotely from a single console. All of this is included in an affordable, easy-to-use, and scalable solution. Dorado Software is a leading provider of resource management, performance monitoring, and service orchestration software to automate cloud operations across converged infrastructure fabrics. Dorado helps operators and IT professionals monitor, configure, and manage converged infrastructures (physical and virtual storage, servers, networking devices), virtualized network functions, and cloud services.Starting Price: $1350 -
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CruzNow
Dorado Software
CruzNow is a SaaS-based, single-pane-of-glass infrastructure management solution for IT teams to configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and manage your multi-vendor/technology infrastructure including routers, switches, servers, operating systems, software stacks, any physical or virtual device! By moving your infrastructure management to a SaaS solution, you can reduce overhead, save time and money, and free IT staff to focus on more strategic initiatives.Starting Price: Contact Dorado for pricing. -
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Cruz Wireless Controller
Dorado Software
Cruz Wireless Controller lets IT departments view, monitor, and configure multi-vendor wireless IT infrastructures. It provides end-to-end visibility and control over the wireless devices on your network. With Cruz Wireless Controller, automate discovery, performance monitoring, configuration backup and restore, firmware management, scheduling, traffic flow analysis, configuration audit capabilities, scripting, reporting, and more, all from a single-pane-of-glass and an affordable price. --Performance statistics, real-time health monitoring, firmware/SW management, backup, restore, deploy, one-to-one or groups, enforce device security policies, push and monitor configurations to wireless controllers, APs, and network switches. --Trigger network health alerts, automate repetitive tasks, simplify live/remote troubleshooting, ensure service availability, and multi-vendor features. --IT departments can simplify deployment and management with a single tool to manage their operationsStarting Price: $1350 -
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TeamCity
JetBrains
Powerful Continuous Integration out of the box. Define up to 100 build configurations (jobs) and run unlimited builds. Run up to 3 builds concurrently. Add extra agents when necessary. Utilize the full potential of all the TeamCity features. This product includes features identical to those available to our largest customers. Receive peer support through the forum, alternatively file a bug or feature request, and vote for them in our public issue tracker. Unlimited users, unlimited build time. No strings attached. Build, check and run automated tests on the server even before committing your changes – keeping your code base clean at all times. Don’t wait for a build to finish to discover that something is wrong. Form your project tree to inherit parent settings and permissions. Create templates with common settings and inherit any number of build configurations from them.Starting Price: $299.00/year -
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Puppet Enterprise
Puppet
Puppet is redefining what’s possible for continuous operations. Easily automate your environment to deliver at cloud speed and cloud scale with products that are responsive and predictive by design. 90% of the largest US-based companies rely on Puppet’s infrastructure as code to simplify the complexity of modern IT infrastructure. At Puppet, we’re redefining what is possible for continuous operations. We empower IT operations teams to easily automate their infrastructure, enabling them to deliver at cloud speed and cloud scale. Our scalable approach to infrastructure automation enables teams to innovate rapidly, with security and compliance baked in. We’re leading the way from find-and-fix to predicting at scale. No more surprises. We move at the speed of business, delivering infrastructure automation software that gives your teams back their time, and promises them, and your business. peace of mind.Starting Price: $120 per month -
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Microsoft System Center
Microsoft
Stay in control of your IT—across your environment and platforms—with System Center. Simplify the deployment, configuration, management, and monitoring of your infrastructure and virtualized software-defined datacenter, while increasing agility and performance. Diagnose and troubleshoot infrastructure, workload, or application issues to maintain reliability and high performance. Deploy and manage your software-defined datacenter with a comprehensive solution for networking, storage, compute, and security. -
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Terraform
HashiCorp
Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool that provides a consistent CLI workflow to manage hundreds of cloud services. Terraform codifies cloud APIs into declarative configuration files. Write infrastructure as code using declarative configuration files. HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) allows for concise descriptions of resources using blocks, arguments, and expressions. Run terraform plan to check whether the execution plan for a configuration matches your expectations before provisioning or changing infrastructure. Apply changes to hundreds of cloud providers with terraform apply to reach the desired state of the configuration. Define infrastructure as code to manage the full lifecycle — create new resources, manage existing ones, and destroy those no longer needed. -
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HashiCorp Consul
HashiCorp
A multi-cloud service networking platform to connect and secure services across any runtime platform and public or private cloud. Real-time health and location information of all services. Progressive delivery and zero trust security with less overhead. Receive peace of mind that all HCP connections are secured out of the box. Gain insight into service health and performance metrics with built-in visualization directly in the Consul UI or by exporting metrics to a third-party solution. Many modern applications have migrated towards decentralized architectures as opposed to traditional monolithic architectures. This is especially true with microservices. Since applications are composed of many inter-dependent services, there's a need to have a topological view of the services and their dependencies. Furthermore, there is a desire to have insight into health and performance metrics for the different services. -
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TrueSight Infrastructure Management
BMC Software
Gain greater efficiency by moving from the traditional bottom-up approach to IT infrastructure management. Business monitoring and event management: Detect and analyze events that have an impact on the business and act accordingly. Define and perform telemetry from the end-user perspective to troubleshoot business problems, rather than blindly trying to resolve state changes in infrastructure components. By digging into the underlying infrastructure metrics, events, and logs, TrueSight enables you to address the root cause of degraded application performance. With predictive analytics, alert IT when a metric is out of band up to 3 hours before it breaches baseline. Identify and prioritize the most important business issues, regardless of their source, to dramatically simplify downstream event and impact management efforts. -
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IBM Rational ClearCase provides controlled access to software assets, including code, requirements, design documents, models, test plans and test results. It features parallel development support, automated workspace management, baseline management, secure version management, reliable build auditing, and flexible access virtually anytime, anywhere. Allows you to delete previous versions, create and delete branches, list version histories, and compare and merge versions. Provides development and integration models, private workspaces and public integration areas. Includes user authentication and audit trails to help meet compliance requirements with minimal administrative hassle. Allows you to control personal workspaces and provides access to the file and directory versions you need.
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Vagrant
HashiCorp
Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments in a single workflow. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases production parity, and makes the "works on my machine" excuse a relic of the past. Mirror production environments by providing the same operating system, packages, users, and configurations, all while giving users the flexibility to use their favorite editor, IDE, and browser. Declarative configuration file describes all the requirements and builds them through a consistent workflow.