Alternatives to Landscape
Canonical's systems management tool for monitoring, patching and auditing fleets of Ubuntu machines. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Landscape
Canonical's systems management tool for monitoring, patching and auditing fleets of Ubuntu machines.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Landscape.
Uyuni
An open-source server for patching, configuring and provisioning large fleets of Linux machines using Salt.
Uyuni is a free open-source server for patching, configuring and provisioning Linux fleets using Salt, not limited to Ubuntu and needing no Ubuntu Pro subscription.
Foreman
An open-source lifecycle management tool for provisioning, configuring and monitoring physical and virtual servers.
Foreman is an open-source lifecycle tool that provisions and monitors servers across bare metal, virtualization and cloud, relying on Puppet or Salt for configuration.
Action1
A cloud-based patch management service for Windows, macOS and Linux endpoints, free for 200 devices.
Action1 is a cloud-only patching service covering Windows, macOS and Linux, free for 200 endpoints, but it offers no self-hosted or airgapped option.
Automox
Cloud service for patching operating systems, third-party software and configuration across Windows, macOS and Linux endpoints.
Automox is a paid cloud service applying one patch policy across Windows, macOS and Linux, including third-party software, with no self-hosted option mentioned.
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
Patch management software that scans endpoints and deploys operating system and third-party application updates.
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus patches Windows, macOS and Linux plus third-party apps, drivers and BIOS, deployable in the cloud or on-premises as a commercial product.
Rudder
Open-source configuration management and compliance platform for Linux and Windows systems.
Rudder is an open-source configuration and compliance platform for Linux and Windows, including patch management and CIS, NIST and ISO 27001 benchmark auditing.
Fleet
An open device management platform for MDM, software patching and vulnerability management across operating systems.
Fleet is an open-source device management platform covering MDM, patching and vulnerability management across operating systems, with GitOps configuration and some paid features.
Salt
Open-source automation framework for remote execution, configuration management and orchestration across many servers.
Salt is an open-source framework for remote execution and configuration management at scale, but it has no dedicated patching interface and its concepts take time to learn.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Webmin
A web-based control panel for administering Unix and Linux servers and the services running on them.
Ubuntu Core
An immutable, snap-based version of Ubuntu for IoT and embedded devices with over-the-air updates.
Puppet
A configuration management and infrastructure automation tool that enforces the intended state of servers.
CFEngine
A configuration management and automation system that keeps servers in a defined, compliant state.
OpenSCAP
Open source tools for scanning systems against SCAP security policies and hardening baselines.
Prometheus Node Exporter
A small agent that exposes hardware and operating system metrics from Linux and Unix machines to Prometheus.
