Comparison

BOSH vs Puppet

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

Puppet47

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	BOSHLeader	Puppet
Vioscale score	62 / 100high · 78%	47 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	13
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.9	3.5
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=bosh-template&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 23 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=puppet&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	131	12,289
Github starsadoption.github_stars	2,077	7,922
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	0
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	6	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	12 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Ruby	Ruby
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

BOSH62 / 100high · 78%

Puppet47 / 100medium · 58%

Pricing

Free tier

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Model

BOSHopen_source

Puppetcommercial

Price level

BOSHfree

Puppetlow

Transparent

BOSH✓

Puppet✗

Integrations

Count

BOSH5

Puppet13

Security

Disclosure policy

BOSH✓

Puppet–

Scorecard

BOSH6.9

Puppet3.5

Vulnerabilities

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

PuppetCount: 23 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=puppet&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Adoption

Dependent repos

BOSH131

Puppet12,289

Github stars

BOSH2,077

Puppet7,922

Activity

Commits last 30d

BOSH100

Puppet0

Release

Cadence days

BOSH6

Puppet–

History

BOSH20 items

Puppet12 items

License

Spdx

BOSHApache-2.0

PuppetApache-2.0

Language

Primary

BOSHRuby

PuppetRuby

Market

Availability

BOSHAvailable worldwide

PuppetAvailable worldwide

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	Puppet
Core
Architecture	Declarative-OS	Agent-based
Push / pull model	Push	-
Config language	YAML	-
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

PuppetAgent-based

Push / pull model

BOSHPush

Puppet-

Config language

BOSHYAML

Puppet-

Deployment

Masterless mode

BOSH✗

Puppet-

Hosting

BOSHSelf-hosted only

PuppetCloud + self-hosted

Correctness

Idempotent

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Model

Desired-state declarative

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Ecosystem

Content registry

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Platform

Windows support

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Scope

Cloud provisioning

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Governance

Policy / compliance

BOSH✗

Puppet✓

Commercial

Enterprise edition

BOSH✗

Puppet✓

Licensing

Open-source core

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

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

Puppet

Infrastructure automation tool that maintains consistent configurations across on-premises, hybrid, cloud, and edge environments through continuous enforcement of desired state. Automatically detects and corrects configuration drift, enforces compliance policies, and generates audit-ready documentation.

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 ↗

Puppet

HybridFree tier

Free tier for <25 nodes; custom pricing for larger deployments

CoreFree
- Stable, secure, vendor-supported builds
- Hardened binaries and packages
- Vendor-backed SLAs
EnterpriseContact sales
- Web-based console interface
- Role-based access control
- Infrastructure management across cloud and on-premises
- CI/CD pipeline tooling
- ServiceNow integration
AdvancedContact sales
- AI-powered infrastructure insights
- Event-driven workflows
- Automated vulnerability remediation
- Priority support
- Security baseline enforcement

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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	Puppet
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

BOSH✗

Puppet✓

macOS

BOSH✗

Puppet✓

Windows

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Linux

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

CLI

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Self-hosted

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

On-premise

BOSH✓

Puppet✓

Hybrid

BOSH✗

Puppet✓

Air-gapped

BOSH✗

Puppet✓

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

Puppet

13 total

ServiceNow
VMware
Argo CD
Jenkins
Dynatrace
Datadog
New Relic
Splunk
Grafana
Prometheus
Tenable Nessus
CIS Benchmarks
DISA STIG

Independently observed

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