Alternatives to Nautobot
An open-source network source of truth and network automation platform you host yourself. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Nautobot
An open-source network source of truth and network automation platform you host yourself.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Nautobot.
NetBox Community
Document network devices, addresses and connections on your own server.
NetBox Community is the Apache-2.0 self-hosted inventory for devices, addresses and connections with a web interface and API, used as a documentation source of truth.
phpIPAM
An open-source web application for IP address management with subnet scanning and VLAN management.
phpIPAM is an open-source self-hosted tool focused on IP address and VLAN management with subnet scanning, rather than a general automation platform.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Nautobot as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
ManageEngine OpUtils
An IP address, DNS, DHCP and switch port management tool with a free edition.
Nautobot is an open-source self-hosted source of truth built for network automation, replacing live DNS and DHCP management with inventory records.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
NAPALM
Automate network devices with a common Python interface.
Netmiko
Script command-line sessions on network equipment with Python.
Oxidized
A network device configuration backup tool that collects and versions configs from routers and switches.
Batfish
A network configuration analysis tool that finds bugs and checks the correctness of router and switch configurations.
Lansweeper
Network discovery and IT asset inventory platform.
