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AI tools for DevOps engineers — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for ai tools for devops engineers, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INGitLab entered the top 10 (#11 → #7)
▲ INGit entered the top 10 (#14 → #10)
▼ OUTBits AI left the top 10 (#8 → #11)
▼ OUTCursor left the top 10 (#9 → #13)
▲GitLab moved #11 → #7
▲Git moved #14 → #10
▼Cursor moved #9 → #13
▼Bits AI moved #8 → #11
▼Pulumi moved #7 → #8
▲PagerDuty moved #10 → #9
▼Terraform -4.7pp (44.4% → 39.7%)
▲GitLab +3.2pp (19% → 22.2%)
▼Pulumi -3.2pp (25.4% → 22.2%)
▼Bits AI -3.2pp (22.2% → 19%)
▼Cursor -3.1pp (20.6% → 17.5%)
▲Kubernetes +1.6pp (65.1% → 66.7%)
▼AWS -1.6pp (39.7% → 38.1%)
▼Datadog -1.6pp (36.5% → 34.9%)
▼Harness -1.6pp (28.6% → 27%)
▲Git +1.5pp (17.5% → 19%)

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

▲Pulumi moved #10 → #7
▼Cursor moved #6 → #9
▼PagerDuty moved #8 → #10
▲AWS moved #4 → #3
▼Datadog moved #3 → #4
▲Harness moved #7 → #6
▲Bits AI moved #9 → #8
▼Datadog -9.5pp (46% → 36.5%)
▼Cursor -8pp (28.6% → 20.6%)
▼PagerDuty -8pp (28.6% → 20.6%)
▼Kubernetes -7.9pp (73% → 65.1%)
▼AWS -4.7pp (44.4% → 39.7%)
▼Terraform -3.2pp (47.6% → 44.4%)
▼Dynatrace -3.2pp (34.9% → 31.7%)
▼Bits AI -3.2pp (25.4% → 22.2%)
▲Pulumi +1.6pp (23.8% → 25.4%)

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

▲ INPulumi entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTSpacelift left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Terraform moved #3 → #2
▼Datadog moved #2 → #3
▲Pulumi moved #11 → #10
▼Spacelift moved #10 → #11
▲Kubernetes +3.3pp (69.7% → 73%)
▲Terraform +2.9pp (44.7% → 47.6%)
▲Pulumi +2.7pp (21.1% → 23.8%)
▼Dynatrace -1.9pp (36.8% → 34.9%)
▼Spacelift -1.5pp (23.7% → 22.2%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

▲Datadog moved #4 → #2
▼Dynatrace moved #3 → #5
▲PagerDuty moved #10 → #8
▼Terraform moved #2 → #3
▲AWS moved #5 → #4
▲Cursor moved #7 → #6
▼Harness moved #6 → #7
▼Bits AI moved #8 → #9
▼Spacelift moved #9 → #10
▲Datadog +10pp (36.1% → 46.1%)
▲AWS +9.6pp (35.1% → 44.7%)
▲PagerDuty +6.2pp (22.7% → 28.9%)
▲Kubernetes +3.7pp (66% → 69.7%)
▲Cursor +1.1pp (27.8% → 28.9%)
▼Spacelift -1pp (24.7% → 23.7%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

▲Harness moved #7 → #6
▼Cursor moved #6 → #7
▲Datadog +4.6pp (31.5% → 36.1%)
▲AWS +4.5pp (30.6% → 35.1%)
▼PagerDuty -2.5pp (25.2% → 22.7%)
▼Cursor -1.9pp (29.7% → 27.8%)
▲Kubernetes +1.1pp (64.9% → 66%)
▲Dynatrace +1pp (35.1% → 36.1%)

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Kubernetes66.7%
#2Terraform39.7%
#3AWS38.1%
#4Datadog34.9%
#5Dynatrace31.7%
#6Harness27%
#7GitLab22.2%
#8Pulumi22.2%
#9PagerDuty20.6%
#10Git19%

Sep 7, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Kubernetes66.7%
#2Terraform39.7%
#3AWS38.1%
#4Datadog34.9%
#5Dynatrace31.7%
#6Harness27%
#7GitLab22.2%
#8Pulumi22.2%
#9PagerDuty20.6%
#10Git19%

Sep 6, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Kubernetes66.7%
#2Terraform39.7%
#3AWS38.1%
#4Datadog34.9%
#5Dynatrace31.7%
#6Harness27%
#7GitLab22.2%
#8Pulumi22.2%
#9PagerDuty20.6%
#10Git19%

Sep 5, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Kubernetes66.7%
#2Terraform39.7%
#3AWS38.1%
#4Datadog34.9%
#5Dynatrace31.7%
#6Harness27%
#7GitLab22.2%
#8Pulumi22.2%
#9PagerDuty20.6%
#10Git19%

Sep 4, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Kubernetes66.7%
#2Terraform39.7%
#3AWS38.1%
#4Datadog34.9%
#5Dynatrace31.7%
#6Harness27%
#7GitLab22.2%
#8Pulumi22.2%
#9PagerDuty20.6%
#10Git19%

Sep 3, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes65.1%
#2Terraform44.4%
#3AWS39.7%
#4Datadog36.5%
#5Dynatrace31.7%
#6Harness28.6%
#7Pulumi25.4%
#8Bits AI22.2%
#9Cursor20.6%
#10PagerDuty20.6%

Sep 2, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes73%
#2Terraform47.6%
#3Datadog46%
#4AWS44.4%
#5Dynatrace34.9%
#6Cursor28.6%
#7Harness28.6%
#8PagerDuty28.6%
#9Bits AI25.4%
#10Pulumi23.8%

Sep 1, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes73%
#2Terraform47.6%
#3Datadog46%
#4AWS44.4%
#5Dynatrace34.9%
#6Cursor28.6%
#7Harness28.6%
#8PagerDuty28.6%
#9Bits AI25.4%
#10Pulumi23.8%

Aug 31, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes73%
#2Terraform47.6%
#3Datadog46%
#4AWS44.4%
#5Dynatrace34.9%
#6Cursor28.6%
#7Harness28.6%
#8PagerDuty28.6%
#9Bits AI25.4%
#10Pulumi23.8%

Aug 30, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes73%
#2Terraform47.6%
#3Datadog46%
#4AWS44.4%
#5Dynatrace34.9%
#6Cursor28.6%
#7Harness28.6%
#8PagerDuty28.6%
#9Bits AI25.4%
#10Pulumi23.8%

Aug 29, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes73%
#2Terraform47.6%
#3Datadog46%
#4AWS44.4%
#5Dynatrace34.9%
#6Cursor28.6%
#7Harness28.6%
#8PagerDuty28.6%
#9Bits AI25.4%
#10Pulumi23.8%

Aug 28, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes73%
#2Terraform47.6%
#3Datadog46%
#4AWS44.4%
#5Dynatrace34.9%
#6Cursor28.6%
#7Harness28.6%
#8PagerDuty28.6%
#9Bits AI25.4%
#10Pulumi23.8%

Aug 27, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes73%
#2Terraform47.6%
#3Datadog46%
#4AWS44.4%
#5Dynatrace34.9%
#6Cursor28.6%
#7Harness28.6%
#8PagerDuty28.6%
#9Bits AI25.4%
#10Pulumi23.8%

Aug 26, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes69.7%
#2Datadog46.1%
#3Terraform44.7%
#4AWS44.7%
#5Dynatrace36.8%
#6Cursor28.9%
#7Harness28.9%
#8PagerDuty28.9%
#9Bits AI25%
#10Spacelift23.7%

Aug 25, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes69.7%
#2Datadog46.1%
#3Terraform44.7%
#4AWS44.7%
#5Dynatrace36.8%
#6Cursor28.9%
#7Harness28.9%
#8PagerDuty28.9%
#9Bits AI25%
#10Spacelift23.7%

Aug 24, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes69.7%
#2Datadog46.1%
#3Terraform44.7%
#4AWS44.7%
#5Dynatrace36.8%
#6Cursor28.9%
#7Harness28.9%
#8PagerDuty28.9%
#9Bits AI25%
#10Spacelift23.7%

Aug 23, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes69.7%
#2Datadog46.1%
#3Terraform44.7%
#4AWS44.7%
#5Dynatrace36.8%
#6Cursor28.9%
#7Harness28.9%
#8PagerDuty28.9%
#9Bits AI25%
#10Spacelift23.7%

Aug 22, 202697 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes66%
#2Terraform44.3%
#3Dynatrace36.1%
#4Datadog36.1%
#5AWS35.1%
#6Harness28.9%
#7Cursor27.8%
#8Bits AI24.7%
#9Spacelift24.7%
#10PagerDuty22.7%

Aug 21, 202697 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes66%
#2Terraform44.3%
#3Dynatrace36.1%
#4Datadog36.1%
#5AWS35.1%
#6Harness28.9%
#7Cursor27.8%
#8Bits AI24.7%
#9Spacelift24.7%
#10PagerDuty22.7%

Aug 20, 202697 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes66%
#2Terraform44.3%
#3Dynatrace36.1%
#4Datadog36.1%
#5AWS35.1%
#6Harness28.9%
#7Cursor27.8%
#8Bits AI24.7%
#9Spacelift24.7%
#10PagerDuty22.7%

Aug 19, 202697 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes66%
#2Terraform44.3%
#3Dynatrace36.1%
#4Datadog36.1%
#5AWS35.1%
#6Harness28.9%
#7Cursor27.8%
#8Bits AI24.7%
#9Spacelift24.7%
#10PagerDuty22.7%

Aug 18, 202697 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes66%
#2Terraform44.3%
#3Dynatrace36.1%
#4Datadog36.1%
#5AWS35.1%
#6Harness28.9%
#7Cursor27.8%
#8Bits AI24.7%
#9Spacelift24.7%
#10PagerDuty22.7%

Aug 17, 202697 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes66%
#2Terraform44.3%
#3Dynatrace36.1%
#4Datadog36.1%
#5AWS35.1%
#6Harness28.9%
#7Cursor27.8%
#8Bits AI24.7%
#9Spacelift24.7%
#10PagerDuty22.7%

Aug 16, 2026111 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes64.9%
#2Terraform45%
#3Dynatrace35.1%
#4Datadog31.5%
#5AWS30.6%
#6Cursor29.7%
#7Harness28.8%
#8Bits AI25.2%
#9Spacelift25.2%
#10PagerDuty25.2%

Aug 15, 2026111 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes64.9%
#2Terraform45%
#3Dynatrace35.1%
#4Datadog31.5%
#5AWS30.6%
#6Cursor29.7%
#7Harness28.8%
#8Bits AI25.2%
#9Spacelift25.2%
#10PagerDuty25.2%

Aug 14, 2026111 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-7

#1Kubernetes64.9%
#2Terraform45%
#3Dynatrace35.1%
#4Datadog31.5%
#5AWS30.6%
#6Cursor29.7%
#7Harness28.8%
#8Bits AI25.2%
#9Spacelift25.2%
#10PagerDuty25.2%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/ai-tools-for-devops-engineers/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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