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Canonical Landscape

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What it is

Canonical Landscape manages and monitors Ubuntu deployments, including desktops, servers, cloud instances and IoT devices. It can install, update and remove software, apply automated update and security-patch policies, and configure users and groups. For monitoring, it can alert on updates, chart temperature, disk, memory and system-load trends, show running processes and collect custom metrics. It also supports patch-compliance reporting, role-based access control, audit logging, APT repository mirroring and custom package management. Landscape can run as multi-tenant SaaS, as a Canonical-managed single-tenant service, or self-hosted on cloud or on-premises infrastructure, including air-gapped environments. One instance can manage up to 40,000 machines, with larger deployments possible. A scriptable API supports customization and integrations with configuration-management, monitoring and ticketing systems. Self-hosted Landscape and SaaS included with Ubuntu Pro are listed at free. Managed options cost $6,861 a year on supported public-cloud or virtualization environments, or $9,470 a year on bare metal, billed per physical machine. Ubuntu Pro offers a 30-day enterprise trial.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Landscape is a systems management tool for managing and monitoring Ubuntu deployments, including desktops, servers, cloud instances and IoT devices.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Trial
Ubuntu Pro offers a 30-day trial for enterprises, and Landscape is available with an Ubuntu Pro subscription.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Integrations
Landscape has a scriptable API for customization and can integrate with existing configuration management, monitoring and ticketing systems.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Support
Landscape support is available to customers who purchase it with Ubuntu Pro.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Deployment models
Landscape is available as a multi-tenant SaaS service, as a Canonical-managed single-tenant service, or self-hosted on cloud or on-premises infrastructure.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Fleet scale
A single Landscape instance can manage up to 40,000 machines, and deployments can scale larger.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Identity integrations
Managed Landscape supports OpenID Connect authentication and enterprise identity providers including Azure AD, Google, Okta and IBM.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Managed service
Managed Landscape advertises up to 99.9% uptime backed by an SLA, 24/7 monitoring and high availability.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Management
Landscape can install, update and remove software, define automated update and security patch policies, and configure users and groups.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Monitoring
Landscape can alert on updates, graph temperature, disk, memory and system load trends, show running processes, and collect custom metrics.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Repositories
Landscape can mirror and stage internal or external APT repositories and upload and manage custom packages.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Security and compliance
Features include patch compliance, role-based access control, automated audit logging and compliance reporting.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Who it serves
Landscape documentation identifies system administrators, security teams, IT managers and compliance officers in organizations of all sizes as users.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com

Plans and prices

Landscape SaaS (Ubuntu Pro included) Free Included in an Ubuntu Pro subscription · Multi-tenant service · Managed by Canonical · newest features arrive here first Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Self-hosted Landscape Free Self-installed on-premises or in a cloud · Can work without internet · Available in airgapped environments Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Managed Landscape on public clouds, VMware, OpenStack or LXD $6,861 a year Per Landscape physical machine/year Canonical deployed and maintained · SaaS in an environment you control · Public clouds, VMware, OpenStack or LXD Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com
Managed Landscape on bare metal $9,470 a year Per Landscape physical machine/year Canonical deployed and maintained · Bare metal Read 7 Oct 2026 · ubuntu.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Manages up to 40,000 machines per instance.
  • Supports self-hosting, managed service and air-gapped environments.
  • Includes patch-compliance reporting and audit logging.
  • Can automate updates and security patches.
  • Offers a scriptable API and integrations.

Limits

  • Supported platform is Ubuntu Linux.
  • Managed plans have annual per-machine pricing.
  • Support is available with Ubuntu Pro purchases.

Who it suits

Landscape suits system administrators, security teams, IT managers and compliance officers managing Ubuntu machines. Its deployment options cover organizations that want self-hosting or a managed service.

Verdict

Landscape combines fleet administration, monitoring and compliance features for Ubuntu deployments. Buyers should distinguish the free self-hosted and Ubuntu Pro-included options from the annual per-machine managed plans.

Where Specifiction places it

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