# Canonical Netplan Reviews **Vendor:** Canonical Ltd. **Category:** [Configuration Management Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/configuration-management) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 19 ## About Canonical Netplan Netplan is a utility for easily configuring networking on a linux system. You simply create a YAML description of the required network interfaces and what each should be configured to do. From this description Netplan will generate all the necessary configuration for your chosen renderer tool. ## Canonical Netplan Reviews ### 1. Canonica Netplan Makes Network Management Simple with a Declarative Approach **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amit G. | Head of Product Development, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 07, 2026 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** The best thing I liked about Canonica Netplan is how easily it lets you manage networking. Its declarative approach simplifies network management, and it also makes broader system management easier. Network testing is straightforward too, since you can do it through a single command. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** A few things I disliked: for simple tasks, it can become unnecessarily complex, although it’s very good when the complexity is high. Sometimes I also felt that it makes a few changes in iptables without clearly notifying me. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** The major problem that netplan solves is that it provides a single set of backend instructions for different configurations. Earlier, it was hard to learn and manage a variety of configuration methods. With its YAML configuration, it’s also easier to read and understand the settings at a glance. ### 2. One of the best tool for Optimizing Network Infrastructure **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vishal B. | Trainee Software Engineer , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** I personally like about Canonical Netplan for its simplicity and YAML-based configuration. It provides a straightforward way to manage network settings and offers a unified approach across various linus releases. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** It can have more advanced features as its competitors. That's only I dislike for Canonical Netplan **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Canonical Netplan solves the challenges of confguring network settings on linux by offering a simplified, declarative approach through YAML files. Its benefits include ease of use, consistent configurations releases, and efficient integration with system network. ### 3. Easy and Simple tool for Linux **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bhawna P. | Technical Account Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2024 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** The documentation is wide and helpful for usage.The online customer support is amazing and quick. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** There is no free version available for trial purpose. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** The tool helps with the easy configuration of the networking for Linux. Allows to easily manage all devices. ### 4. "Seamless Network Configuration: Navigating the Landscape of Canonical Netplan **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shivam K. | Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** As per my knowledge this is so Centralized Configuration provides a centralized location for configuring network settings. It can be particularly useful for system administrators and managing multiple machines and navigating through various configuration files spread across the Network. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** It's consists Limited Backend Tool Control users who were accustomed to manually configure backend tools like network manage, It might have felt constrained by the limited control they had over those tools when using Netplan. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Centralization is the netplan provides a centralized location for configuring networks setting, making it easier for administrator to manage and update network configure across multiple systems. ### 5. Best Tool to Rely on for Network Configuration **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ankit G. | Search Engine Optimization Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** Good things about Canonical Netplan - 1. A powerful and flexible tool for configuring networking on Linux systems. 2. It is simple to learn how to use Canonical Netplan because of its clear and comprehensive documentation. 3. Numerous network configurations, including IP addresses, DNS servers, gateways, and network interfaces, are supported by Netplan. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** Here are a few things that I dislike about Netplan - 1. Troubleshooting with Netplan is difficult as the errors are ambiguous and unclear. 2. There are still a lot of bugs that need to be solved thus not so easy for amateur developers **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. Canonical Netplan is a declarative network configuration tool that significantly eases usage and comprehension. 2. Several different network topologies can be configured using the versatile network configuration tool Netplan, which ultimately saves a lot of time for the business 3. Netplan is helping businesses improve their network configuration automation. ### 6. Great to use once you have a template you know, bit of a curveball to troubleshoot if now **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 06, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** Ability to copy network configuration files for similar configurations from one device / server to another without having to run through an entire GUI / TUI setup. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** The YAML syntax was hard to grasp at first, and although the netplan try can check one config file, I did not see any warning for when you have multiple files conflicting as I ran into a very difficult issue with the network changing and booting connections, all because I had left a default YAML file in /etc/netplan/ that had a different configuration from the primary YAML file I intended to use and caused intermittent issues for the interface I configured it for. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ability to set a static IP address quickly on Canonical Ubuntu server systems. Once configured, it is easy to copy / paste configurations and just tweak minor things such as IP addresses or DNS servers. ### 7. Best for troubleshooting Network Challenges **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ann N. | Accountant, Accounting, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 10, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** What's most useful with the tool is its ability to troubleshoot any challenge in your Linux system. All you need to do is to create a YAML, and the tool will regenerate the necessary DHCP once it detects your subscriber. Its an easy-to-use tool if you have networking and coding knowledge. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** The tool is effective and efficient when it comes to networking troubleshooting. Highly recommend the use of the tool. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** We majorly used the tool to troubleshoot our network problems. We use linux system and when such a challenge occurs the tool has been quite helpful. It has helped in automating networking in our organization. ### 8. Great networking solution! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gaurav G. | AI/ML Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 21, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** The ability to scale/configure NetworkManager to manage, remotely install/set up/ pre-load all my devices over Linux. Netplan makes it relatively simple and layman-friendly for me. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** Honestly, not much, but why is there no windows support :-). Such a great utility should scale across platforms, especially Windows. Overall, no complaints about Netplan. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to resolve issues in & support OS load control from a single networking switch. It makes the whole process of network configuration relatively simple. ### 9. Can help to ease configuration of networking systems on a linux software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Himanshu R. | Digital Success Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** Creating a YAML description of the required network interfaces is seamless, and a layman can configure it. Does not require too much expertise. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** Limited Compatibility as it is not compatible with all Linux systems. Also, it can have more advanced features as its competitors. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Great tool for centralising configurations and simplifying network configurations. Also helps in virtulisation. ### 10. Time Saving **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abhishek P. | Functional Consultant - SCM, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** It simplifies and partially automates the task of configuring new devices, It generates all the necessary configuartions from YAML Description **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** I wish if they can introuduce a way to automate/simplify YAML Descriptions, It can help everyone. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Earlier whenever we wanted to setup new devices we used to spend around 2-3 days in configurations, now we are able to wrap up everything mostly within a day or sometimes one and a half day. ### 11. Network configuration made easy **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mateo V. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** Netplan can generate all the necessary configuration for your chosen renderer tool based on the YAML description. It provides a central location to describe simple-to-complex networking configurations that function from desktop to server and from cloud to IoT devices. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** There's not anything I dislike about Canonical Netplan. Maybe, the sintax could be a little bit annoying at the beginning but after some practice, you will love it. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** In general, it makes easier all about network configuration. Specifically, for systems with networkd, this relieves the user from having to configure up to three different files per device or configuration. ### 12. Great service for Linux systems **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matt H. | Social Media, Administrator & FOH Lead Coordinator, Restaurants, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 25, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** This service helps me set up my systems with Linux and gets my programs operating quickly. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** The systems can be overwhelming sometimes with all the data and coding **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Taking all my Linux info and coding and getting my software up and running ### 13. Networking like never before!! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jigar K A. | CSIR SRF, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** This is very easy to set up a device on the network using Linux and supports every platform on Linux. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** I have not disliked anything about this software till now. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its used to incorporate floating IPs into the platform. The ability to test the configuration before deployment is very helpful. ### 14. Best tool to configure network in your infrastructure **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yusuf D. | IT Lead, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2023 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** The easy setup of interface in one YML file and able to deploy/manage in the all infrastructure. Able to configure interface with different Gateway and Routing routes in no time. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** More Documents on routing routes would be great. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have 4 network card and with the Netplan I had achieved my work flow by configure all the interface in one YML and giving each interface there own IP | Gateway and routes. ### 15. A great tool to use for network configuration! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anthony M. | Desktop Support, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** One of the benefits of using Netplan is that it allows you to configure devices on a network using Linux systems. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** I don't like how you have to validate the configuration by going through Netplan when testing a configuration. There has to be a way to simpify this process. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allowing Network Manager to configure auto-switching when using a wired and wireless connection ### 16. The easiest way to configure your network **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Philippe R. | Chief Technology Officer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2021 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** It supports nearly every platform on Linux. The fact that Netplan is easy to set up with multiple network cards is awesome compared to the old ifconfig. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** You can make any tabulation in the config files it will lend you errors. **Recommendations to others considering Canonical Netplan:** When you switch to higher ubuntu releases netplan will make all the IP's Changement easy. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Since we started using netplan it was easier to integrate Floating IP's in our platform, the fact that you can test the config before deploying it is also very useful for us. ### 17. Netplan akes it easy to configure networking **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2022 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** It puts most networking related configuration in one place, making it really easy to configure a 6in4 tunnel, for example. **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** For me, figuring out what options there are can sometimes be difficult. **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to configure 6in4, which (when combined with HE's tunnelbroker) makes my site accessible over IPv6. ### 18. easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Program Development | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2021 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** I am an expert in YAML languages. and very easy to configure Netplan with YAML **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** spaces when i confuse some spaces configuration not working **Recommendations to others considering Canonical Netplan:** that is latest configuration way for network on Ubuntu if you want configure it native you should know YAML or setup old configuration **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** all my network configuration on Ubuntu based on YAML languages that is solution for my infrastructure ### 19. Using canonical for USN vulnerability **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 20, 2021 **What do you like best about Canonical Netplan?** How convenient CVEs are to view and check for vulnerability **What do you dislike about Canonical Netplan?** We cannot integrate it with our platform **What problems is Canonical Netplan solving and how is that benefiting you?** Benefits are we are up to date with out OS versions and get a package as soon as canonical release a patch. ## Canonical Netplan Discussions - [What is Ubuntu netplan?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-ubuntu-netplan) - [Why does Ubuntu use netplan?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/why-does-ubuntu-use-netplan) - [Why is netplan better?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/why-is-netplan-better) - [What is netplan used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-netplan-used-for) - [View Canonical Netplan pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/canonical-netplan/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-28+09%3A14%3A55+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=a2fcf7fb-17c1-497a-8e1d-9b7b895982db&secure%5Btoken%5D=c7561798714f1cceacef1b5314d0104ab1c9e95773d778fdb742f0ebb2100fee&format=llm_user) ## Top Canonical Netplan Alternatives - [Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (369 reviews) - [GitHub](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (2,289 reviews) - [ServiceNow IT Service Management](https://www.g2.com/products/servicenow-it-service-management/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,721 reviews)