Best Software Configuration Management (SCM) Tools

Compare the Top Software Configuration Management (SCM) Tools as of April 2025

What are Software Configuration Management (SCM) Tools?

Software configuration management tools assist in the task of identifying, tracking, controlling, managing and organizing software changes systematically. Compare and read user reviews of the best Software Configuration Management (SCM) tools currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Ansible

    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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    Chef

    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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    ChangeMan ZMF
    Ensure quality at every step of the software development lifecycle. If you have complex and massive release management processes, the Enterprise Release Option (ERO) for ChangeMan ZMF simplifies the maintenance of multiple release processes. Bringing together all affected artifacts simplifies mainframe development. ChangeMan ZMF tracks every change you make. Tracking helps you catch problems early, when they are easier to fix. Extend the power of ChangeMan ZMF by adding the Client Pack. To take full advantage of your mainframe development resources, the ChangeMan ZMF Client Pack provides multiple client interfaces. If you have complex and massive release management processes, the Enterprise Release Option (ERO) for ChangeMan ZMF simplifies the maintenance of multiple release processes.
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