Comparison

BOSH vs CFEngine

On the evidence we track, BOSH leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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BOSH62
CFEngine50
Score
Vioscale score
BOSH62 / 100high · 78%
CFEngine50 / 100medium · 57%
Pricing
Free tier
BOSH
CFEngine
Model
Price level
BOSHfree
CFEnginelow
Transparent
BOSH
CFEngine
Integrations
Count
BOSH5
CFEngine2
Adoption
Dependent repos
BOSH131
CFEngine0
Github stars
BOSH2,077
CFEngine532
Activity
Commits last 30d
BOSH100
CFEngine100
Release
Cadence days
BOSH6
CFEngine
History
CFEngine
License
Spdx
CFEngine
Language
Primary
BOSHRuby
CFEngineC
Market

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for configuration management tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Architecture
BOSHDeclarative-OS
CFEngineAgent-based
Push / pull model
BOSHPush
CFEngineBoth
Config language
BOSHYAML
CFEngineCFEngine policy language
Deployment
Masterless mode
BOSH
CFEngine-
Hosting
BOSHSelf-hosted only
CFEngineCloud + self-hosted
Correctness
Idempotent
BOSH
CFEngine
Model
Desired-state declarative
BOSH
CFEngine
Ecosystem
Content registry
BOSH
CFEngine
Platform
Windows support
BOSH
CFEngine
Scope
Cloud provisioning
BOSH
CFEngine-
Governance
Policy / compliance
BOSH
CFEngine
Commercial
Enterprise edition
BOSH
CFEngine
Licensing
Open-source core
BOSH
CFEngine

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

BOSH

Leader

A tool chain for automating the release engineering, deployment, and ongoing management of complex distributed services. It supports multiple cloud platforms and can manage itself through self-hosting.

Independently observed

CFEngine

Provides automated configuration deployment and continuous enforcement of desired system state across large-scale infrastructures, with capabilities for security hardening and compliance verification. Available in open-source community and commercial enterprise editions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

BOSH

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

CFEngine

HybridFree tier

Free open-source community edition or commercial enterprise edition

  • Community EditionFree
    • GitHub source access
    • Community support
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
    • Inventory & compliance reports
    • Web UI (Mission Portal)
    • APIs
    • Alerts & dashboards
    • Enhanced platform support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
BOSH
CFEngine
Windows
BOSH
CFEngine
Linux
BOSH
CFEngine
CLI
BOSH
CFEngine
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
BOSH
CFEngine
Self-hosted
BOSH
CFEngine
On-premise
BOSH
CFEngine

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

BOSH

Leader
7 total
  • UAA
  • CredHub
  • OpenStack
  • vCloud
  • Amazon S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Storage
Independently observed

CFEngine

2 total
  • Git
  • Docker
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.