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Comparison

BOSH vs Habitat

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.

BOSH full profile →Habitat full profile →
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★BOSH62
Habitat52
Score
vioscaleAI score
BOSH62 / 100high · 78%
Habitat52 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
BOSH✗
Habitat✓
Model
Price level
BOSHfree
Habitatfree
Transparent
BOSH✓
Habitat✓
Integrations
Count
BOSH5
Habitat4
Security
Disclosure policy
BOSH✓
Habitat–
Scorecard
BOSH7.2
Habitat5.8
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
BOSH–
Habitat✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
BOSH131
Habitat0
Github stars
BOSH2,080
Habitat2,754
Activity
Commits last 30d
BOSH77
Habitat100
Release
Cadence days
BOSH6
Habitat52
History
BOSH20 items
Habitat20 items
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
BOSHRuby
HabitatRust
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
BOSH6 items
Habitat7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Architecture
BOSHDeclarative-OS
HabitatAgent-based
Push / pull model
BOSHPush
HabitatPush
Config language
BOSHYAML
HabitatPowerShell, Bash
Deployment
Masterless mode
BOSH✗
Habitat-
Hosting
BOSHSelf-hosted only
HabitatCloud + self-hosted
Correctness
Idempotent
BOSH✓
Habitat-
Model
Desired-state declarative
BOSH✓
Habitat✓
Ecosystem
Content registry
BOSH✓
Habitat✓
Platform
Windows support
BOSH✓
Habitat✓
Scope
Cloud provisioning
BOSH✓
Habitat✓
Governance
Policy / compliance
BOSH✗
Habitat✓
Commercial
Enterprise edition
BOSH✗
Habitat-
Licensing
Open-source core
BOSH✓
Habitat✓

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

Habitat

An application automation platform that helps developers define build and deployment instructions, package applications with their dependencies, and run them consistently across servers, virtual machines, and containers using a lightweight agent-based supervisor.

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 ↗

Habitat

Open sourceFree tier

Open source Community Edition available; Enterprise Edition available

  • Community EditionFree
    • Application definition, packaging and delivery automation
    • Pre-defined application templates
    • Dynamic service bindings
    • Clustering topologies
    • Service discovery
    • +2 more
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
BOSH✗
Habitat✓
Windows
BOSH✓
Habitat✓
Linux
BOSH✓
Habitat✓
CLI
BOSH✓
Habitat✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
BOSH✓
Habitat✓
Self-hosted
BOSH✓
Habitat✓

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

Habitat

4 total
  • Docker
  • Docker Hub
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Amazon Elastic Container Registry
Independently observed
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