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 Infra56
Score
vioscaleAI score
BOSH62 / 100high · 78%
Chef Infra56 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
BOSH✗
Chef Infra✓
Model
Chef Infracommercial
Price level
BOSHfree
Chef Infralow
Transparent
BOSH✓
Chef Infra✗
Integrations
Count
BOSH5
Chef Infra6
Reliability
Sla pct
BOSH–
Chef Infra99.9
Status page
BOSH–
Chef Infra✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
BOSH131
Chef Infra10,030
Github stars
BOSH2,080
Chef Infra8,252
Activity
Commits last 30d
BOSH77
Chef Infra44
Release
Cadence days
BOSH6
Chef Infra233
History
Chef Infra4 items
License
Spdx
Chef InfraApache-2.0
Language
Primary
BOSHRuby
Chef InfraRuby
Market
Content
Faq
Chef Infra8 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Architecture
BOSHDeclarative-OS
Chef InfraAgent-based
Push / pull model
BOSHPush
Chef InfraPull
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 complete toolchain for deploying, managing, and monitoring large-scale distributed services across multiple cloud platforms and infrastructure providers.

Independently observed

Chef Infra

Chef Infra enables teams to define infrastructure and software configurations as code, automating deployment and management across any environment at scale.

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 source

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
macOS
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✓

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
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