Alternatives to FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)

FOG Project

FOG Project suits administrators who need to image and manage networked Windows, Mac OSX and Linux computers.

Clonezilla

Clonezilla suits users who need disk or partition imaging for deployment, backup, or recovery, from one machine to larger deployments.

Foreman

Foreman is aimed at system administrators managing physical or virtual infrastructure across on-premise and cloud environments.

AuroraBoot suits teams building and deploying machine images, provisioning hardware, and operating registered nodes across a fleet.

Cobbler

It suits administrators provisioning Linux systems across networked environments, including organizations managing small or large installations.

iVentoy suits administrators deploying operating systems across multiple networked machines.

SuperDoctor 5 suits administrators monitoring Supermicro servers in data centers who need hardware status, alerts, and remote management on Linux or Windows.

DRBL suits administrators deploying GNU/Linux across multiple clients from a central server.

It suits organizations managing employee endpoints or virtual servers across Windows, UNIX, Linux, macOS, and mobile devices.

openQRM Enterprise is aimed at professional users managing infrastructure for production, research and development, or quality assurance.

Serva suits administrators deploying Windows or other operating systems across networks from a Windows machine.

PxeLab suits IT operations and data center engineers, system administrators, development and test teams, and education or training users managing network boot and provisioning.

It suits administrators managing Linux-based servers, nodes, or systems who need provisioning and lifecycle controls.