Comparison

BOSH vs Chef Infra

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

Chef Infra52

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	BOSHLeader	Chef Infra
Vioscale score	62 / 100high · 78%	52 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	6
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.9	3.2
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=bosh-template&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	131	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	2,077	8,231
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	73
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	6	233
Historyrelease.history	20 items	4 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Ruby	Ruby
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

BOSH62 / 100high · 78%

Chef Infra52 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✗

Model

BOSHopen_source

Chef Infracommercial

Price level

BOSHfree

Chef Inframid

Transparent

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✗

Integrations

Count

BOSH5

Chef Infra6

Security

Disclosure policy

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

Gdpr

BOSH–

Chef Infra✓

Scorecard

BOSH6.9

Chef Infra3.2

Vulnerabilities

BOSHCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=bosh-template&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Chef Infra–

Reliability

Sla pct

BOSH–

Chef Infra99.9

Status page

BOSH–

Chef Infra✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

BOSH131

Chef Infra–

Github stars

BOSH2,077

Chef Infra8,231

Activity

Commits last 30d

BOSH100

Chef Infra73

Release

Cadence days

BOSH6

Chef Infra233

History

BOSH20 items

Chef Infra4 items

License

Spdx

BOSHApache-2.0

Chef InfraApache-2.0

Language

Primary

BOSHRuby

Chef InfraRuby

Market

Availability

BOSHAvailable worldwide

Chef InfraAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Configuration Management Tools
Capability	BOSH	Chef Infra
Core
Architecture	Declarative-OS	Agent-based
Push / pull model	Push	-
Config language	YAML	Ruby
Deployment
Masterless mode	✗	-
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted
Correctness
Idempotent	✓	✓
Model
Desired-state declarative	✓	✓
Ecosystem
Content registry	✓	✓
Platform
Windows support	✓	✓
Scope
Cloud provisioning	✓	✓
Governance
Policy / compliance	✗	✓
Commercial
Enterprise edition	✗	✓
Licensing
Open-source core	✓	✓

Core

Architecture

BOSHDeclarative-OS

Chef InfraAgent-based

Push / pull model

BOSHPush

Chef Infra-

Config language

BOSHYAML

Chef InfraRuby

Deployment

Masterless mode

BOSH✗

Chef Infra-

Hosting

BOSHSelf-hosted only

Chef InfraCloud + self-hosted

Correctness

Idempotent

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

Model

Desired-state declarative

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

Ecosystem

Content registry

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

Platform

Windows support

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

Scope

Cloud provisioning

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

Governance

Policy / compliance

BOSH✗

Chef Infra✓

Commercial

Enterprise edition

BOSH✗

Chef Infra✓

Licensing

Open-source core

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

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

Chef Infra

A DevOps automation solution for defining and managing infrastructure configurations, enforcing compliance standards, and automating remediation across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and air-gapped environments. Provides continuous compliance auditing, policy enforcement, and workflow orchestration.

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 2026-08-21verify ↗

Chef Infra

from $59/moUsage-based

From $59/node/year annual billing. No free tier.

Business$59/node/year
- Node Management
- Job Orchestration
- Configuration Management
- Desktop Management
- Compliance Audit
- +5 more
Enterprise$189/node/year
- Node Management
- Job Orchestration
- Configuration Management
- Desktop Management
- Compliance Audit
- +8 more
Enterprise PlusContact sales
- Node Management
- Job Orchestration
- Configuration Management
- Desktop Management
- Compliance Audit
- +9 more

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	BOSH	Chef Infra
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

BOSH✗

Chef Infra✓

Windows

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✗

Linux

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✗

CLI

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

Self-hosted

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

On-premise

BOSH✓

Chef Infra✓

Hybrid

BOSH✗

Chef Infra✓

Air-gapped

BOSH✗

Chef Infra✓

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

Chef Infra

6 total

Google Compute Engine
GitHub
Jenkins
AWS
Azure
GCP

Independently observed

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