Canonical Landscape vs Mgmt Config
Canonical Landscape
landscape.is.canonical.comMgmt Config
mgmtconfig.comSide by side
| Figure | Canonical Landscape | Mgmt Config |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $571.75/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Configuration Management Tools | 8.8 (#3) | 7.3 (#19) |
| Integrations | Landscape has a scriptable API and can integrate with existing configuration management, monitoring, and ticketing systems. | The project includes a Prometheus guide and documents a service API for external developers. |
| Purpose | Landscape is Canonical’s systems management solution for managing Ubuntu desktops, servers, cloud instances, IoT devices, and other Ubuntu systems. | Mgmt is an open source automation tool for modeling infrastructure as code and running it autonomously. |
| Security | Landscape SaaS data in transit uses HTTPS with TLS and data at rest is encrypted using AES-128. | The maker describes the tool as safe and says its language is designed with immutability, strong typing, and functional programming. |
Plans
Canonical Landscape
- Landscape SaaS (Ubuntu Pro)Free
- Managed Landscape on public clouds, VMware, OpenStack or LXD$6,861 a year
- Managed Landscape on bare metal$9,470 a year
- Self-hosted LandscapePriced on request
In their own words
Canonical Landscape
Canonical Landscape manages Ubuntu desktops, servers, cloud instances, IoT devices, and other Ubuntu systems from a central portal. Administrators can handle updates, packages and repositories, run scripts remotely, set role-based access, and monitor machines. It can alert on updates and graph temperature, disk and memory use, system load, and custom metrics. One instance can manage up to 40,000 machines, with options to scale further. Deployment choices are Canonical-hosted SaaS, Managed Landscape, and self-hosted software; SaaS is bundled with Ubuntu Pro. A free SaaS account with Ubuntu Pro covers up to five machines. Managed Landscape costs $6,861 a year per physical machine on public clouds, VMware, OpenStack, or LXD, or $9,470 a year per physical machine on bare metal. No self-hosted price is listed; Ubuntu Pro is its main licensing mechanism. Landscape has a scriptable API and can integrate with configuration management, monitoring, and ticketing systems. Self-hosting requires the organization to install, host, and maintain it. SaaS does not currently offer repository mirroring or custom external identity-provider configuration.
Mgmt Config
Mgmt Config has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.