DevTool AI Index · 2026-11-05
Which infrastructure as code tools do AI assistants recommend?
Asked neutral build questions about infrastructure as code, AI assistants name Terraform most often (53% of answers on average), then Pulumi (46%). Gemini names Terraform most (60%); Claude names Terraform most (47%).
500 neutral build questions in 25 categories, written so they never name a product. Each question is asked 3 times to every engine, because AI answers change from run to run. A share is the part of answers that names the tool. The range in brackets is a 95% interval: with fewer answers it is wider. Engines this run: Gemini, Claude (plain model answers, no web search). Run date 2026-11-05.
Top 10 tools
| # | Tool | Gemini | Claude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terraform | 60% [47% to 71%] | 47% [35% to 59%] |
| 2 | Pulumi | 48% [36% to 61%] | 43% [32% to 56%] |
| 3 | AWS CDK | 20% [12% to 32%] | 23% [14% to 35%] |
| 4 | CloudFormation | 8% [4% to 18%] | 17% [9% to 28%] |
| 5 | OpenTofu | 15% [8% to 26%] | 8% [4% to 18%] |
| 6 | Crossplane | 10% [5% to 20%] | 5% [2% to 14%] |
| 7 | CDKTF | 7% [3% to 16%] | 7% [3% to 16%] |
| 8 | SST | 7% [3% to 16%] | not named |
| 9 | Spacelift | 7% [3% to 16%] | not named |
| 10 | AWS CloudFormation | 7% [3% to 16%] | not named |
Answers per engine: Gemini 60, Claude 60.
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