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Ant
Freeware - A make replacement that uses an XML description language instead of makefiles, and that executes build actions using Java objects instead of shell commands.

Cons
Freeware - A make replacement written in Perl featuring MD5 file content and build signatures, dependency scanning, viewpathing for source and derived files, multidirectory builds, and Perl build actions.

Cook
Freeware - A make replacement featuring file fingerprints, dependency scanning, viewpathing, parallel threads, distributed rsh builds, cross compiling, and build actions in the "cook" description language.

GNU Make
Freeware - A make program featuring pattern-matched viewpaths, parallel threads, multiple platforms, conditional directives, makefile regeneration, and an advanced Make description language.

Jam
Freeware - A make replacement featuring dependency scanning, per-target viewpathing, parallel threads, multiple platforms, variant builds, and control flow statements in the Jam description language.

Jmk
Freeware - A make program written in Java, featuring a traditional make description language and shell command target actions.

MPI GNU Make
Chambeau - A modified GNU make that uses the MPI Message Passing Interface for excellent scalability on multiple machines. Authors now say use 'GNU Make -j' instead.

NAnt
Freeware - Not Ant is like Ant, but uses C# and .NET technologies.

Nmake
Lucent - Features dependency scanning, viewpaths, parallel and distributed rsh execution, a coshell, compiled makefiles, C preprocessor, variable editing, and a powerful Make rule language.

Odin
Freeware - A make replacement featuring dependency scanning, viewpaths, distributed rsh execution, cached derived files, variant builds, conditional directives, and an Odin rule language.