Best IT Automation Software in 2026
Updated
74 IT automation software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
74ranked
0free plans on this page
$1,455/molowest paid tier
9 Oct 2026last checked
Input list IT Automation Software 24 channels on this page · 68 of 192 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromPatch managementConfiguration managementRemediation automationDeployment modelIncluded endpointsSupported platforms Spec sheet Score
51 Tidal Automation Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelhybridIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsnot stated 2/8spec lines stated 6.5
52 Syxsense Manage Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementYesConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelcloudIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsWindows, Mac, Linux, iOS, iPadOS, Android 4/8spec lines stated 6.4
53 Itential Automation Platform Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementYesRemediation automationYesDeployment modelhybridIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsRHEL 8/9; Rocky Linux 8/9 5/8spec lines stated 6.3
54 BMC Control-M Free planNoPaid from$2,400/moPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationYesDeployment modelhybridIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsnot stated 4/8spec lines stated 6.2
55 Finance Automation by Redwood Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationYesDeployment modelhybridIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsWindows, Linux, AIX, HPUX, macOS, OpenVMS, Solaris 4/8spec lines stated 6.2
56 PDQ Connect Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementYesConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationYesDeployment modelcloudIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsWindows, macOS 5/8spec lines stated 6.0
57 OpenText Server Automation Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementYesConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelself hostedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsWindows Server, Windows, Linux, UNIX, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Debian, Oracle Linux, VMware ESXi 3/8spec lines stated 5.9
58 System Center Orchestrator Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelself hostedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsWindows Server 2022; Windows Server 2025; Windows 10 for Runbook Designer 3/8spec lines stated 5.9
59 HPE OneView Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementYesConfiguration managementYesRemediation automationYesDeployment modelself hostedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsHPE Synergy; HPE ProLiant DL and ML; HPE Apollo; HPE Superdome Flex; HPE Primera; HPE 3PAR StoreServ; HPE Alletra 6000 and 9000; HPE Nimble; HPE Networking; Converged System 6/8spec lines stated 5.7
60 IBM Tivoli System Automation Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementNoConfiguration managementYesRemediation automationYesDeployment modelself hostedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsAIX, Linux, z/OS 5/8spec lines stated 5.7
61 Stonebranch Universal Automation Center Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationYesDeployment modelhybridIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsWindows; Linux; AIX; HP-UX; Solaris; z/OS; IBM i; HP NonStop 3/8spec lines stated 5.7
62 Symantec IT Management Suite Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelnot statedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsWindows, macOS, Linux 1/8spec lines stated 5.7
63 VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementYesRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelself hostedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsVMware vSphere; Kubernetes; Ubuntu OS images 3/8spec lines stated 5.7
64 VMware Live Recovery (VLR)VMware by Broadcom Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementYesRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelself hostedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsVMware vSphere; Kubernetes; Ubuntu OS images 3/8spec lines stated 5.7
65 Microsoft Configuration Manager Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelnot statedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsWindows, Windows Server, Windows Embedded; existing macOS clients only 2/8spec lines stated 5.6
66 xCAT Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementYesRemediation automationYesDeployment modelself hostedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsRHEL, SLES, Ubuntu, CentOS, Windows 4/8spec lines stated 5.6
67 OpenText Automation Center Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelhybridIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 5.5
68 VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)Broadcom (VMware) Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementYesRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelself hostedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsVMware vSphere; Kubernetes; Ubuntu OS images 3/8spec lines stated 5.5
69 KernelCare Enterprise Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelnot statedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsAmazon Linux, AlmaLinux, CentOS, CloudLinux, Debian, Oracle Linux, Proxmox VE, RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, Virtuozzo and other supported Linux distributions 2/8spec lines stated 5.4
70 orcharhino Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelnot statedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsAlmaLinux, Amazon Linux, CentOS, Debian, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2/8spec lines stated 5.4
71 Matrix42 Unified Endpoint Management Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelnot statedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 5.3
72 BatchPatch Free planNoPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelnot statedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsWindows 10, 11, Server 2012/2012R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025 2/8spec lines stated 5.2
73 Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelnot statedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsnot stated 0/8spec lines stated 5.2
74 Entranix Digital Employee Experience Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedPatch managementnot statedConfiguration managementnot statedRemediation automationnot statedDeployment modelnot statedIncluded endpointsnot statedSupported platformsnot stated 0/8spec lines stated 4.7
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