AWS Systems Manager State Manager vs Uyuni

AWS Systems Manager State Manager9.1Visit Uyuni8.5Visit

Higher score AWS Systems Manager State Manager #2 in Configuration Management Tools 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit AWS

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Uyuni #7 in Configuration Management Tools 8.5/10 Open source ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Uyuni

• AWS Systems Manager State Manager fits best

  AWS-heavy teams wanting free managed-state control

• Uyuni fits best

  SUSE-centric teams needing provisioning and compliance

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Systems Manager State Manager 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Uyuni 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.5
Ranking	#2 in Configuration Management Tools	#7 in Configuration Management Tools
Best for	AWS-heavy teams wanting free managed-state control	SUSE-centric teams needing provisioning and compliance
Pricing model	Free	Free
Starting price	Free plan	Open source
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Linux
Support	Docs	Docs, Community
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Systems Manager State Manager 4/4 · Uyuni 4/4
Drift detection	✓	✓
Patch management	✓	✓
Policy as code	✓	✓
Compliance reporting	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Cloud	Both
Agent model	Agent_based	Both
Supported platforms	Linux, macOS on Amazon EC2, Windows Server	SUSE Linux Enterprise; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP; SLE Micro; SL Micro; openSUSE Leap; openSUSE Tumbleweed; Alibaba Cloud Linux; AlmaLinux; Amazon Linux; CentOS; Debian; openEuler; Open Enterprise Server; Oracle Linux; Raspberry Pi OS; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Rocky Linux; Ubuntu
Our review
Pros	Free State Manager service with scheduled desired-state associations Targets AWS, on-premises, virtual, and edge systems Includes drift management, patching, and compliance reporting	Combines Salt management, patching, provisioning, and configuration control Supports a broad list of enterprise and community Linux distributions Adds CVE auditing and OpenSCAP compliance remediation workflows
Cons	Its scope is centered on AWS and Systems Manager Associated AWS resources may incur separate charges Configuration work is organized around associations and documents	The server is deployed on supported SUSE-based hosts Self-hosted deployment requires organizations to operate the platform Support depends on vendor operating-system versions and lifecycle conditions
Our verdict	AWS Systems Manager State Manager is a cloud configuration management service for AWS customers. It uses associations and Systems Manager documents to define desired configurations and repeatedly apply them to managed nodes and other AWS… Read the review →	Uyuni is an open-source configuration and infrastructure management platform for organizations managing Linux servers, edge devices, and container environments. It uses Salt for client registration and management, while also supporting SSH… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• AWS Systems Manager State Manager — where it wins

  • Free State Manager service with scheduled desired-state associations
  • Targets AWS, on-premises, virtual, and edge systems
  • Includes drift management, patching, and compliance reporting

  Where it doesn't

  • Its scope is centered on AWS and Systems Manager
  • Associated AWS resources may incur separate charges
  • Configuration work is organized around associations and documents

• Uyuni — where it wins

  • Combines Salt management, patching, provisioning, and configuration control
  • Supports a broad list of enterprise and community Linux distributions
  • Adds CVE auditing and OpenSCAP compliance remediation workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • The server is deployed on supported SUSE-based hosts
  • Self-hosted deployment requires organizations to operate the platform
  • Support depends on vendor operating-system versions and lifecycle conditions

• AWS Systems Manager State Manager9.1/10 · Free plan

  A free AWS service for scheduled configuration, drift management, patching, and compliance reporting.

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• Uyuni8.5/10 · Open source

  A broad Salt-based platform for provisioning, patching, compliance, and configuration control.

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