Ansible vs Puppet Bolt
No clear leader: Ansible (57.5) and Puppet Bolt (53.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for configuration management tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Ansible
Ansible is an open source IT automation engine that automates provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, orchestration, and many other IT processes. It is free to use, and the project benefits from the experience and intelligence of its thousands of contributors.
Puppet Bolt
Not documented yet.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Ansible
Free open-source version or paid enterprise platform
- Ansible (Open Source)Free
- Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformContact sales
Puppet Bolt
Pricing not documented yet.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- VMware
- ServiceNow
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
Ansible
- Terraform
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cisco
- Juniper
- F5
- HPE
- Dell Technologies
- NetApp
- SAP
- Pure
- Palo Alto Networks
- CyberArk
- HashiCorp Vault
- Infoblox
- Aruba
- Windows
Puppet Bolt
- Argo CD
- Jenkins
- Datadog
- New Relic
- CIS Benchmarks
- Tenable Nessus
- DISA STIG
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.