Comparison

BOSH vs Puppet Bolt

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
Puppet Bolt54
Score
Vioscale score
BOSH62 / 100high · 78%
Puppet Bolt54 / 100low · 13%
Pricing
Free tier
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
Model
Puppet Boltcommercial
Price level
BOSHfree
Puppet Bolt
Transparent
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
Integrations
Count
BOSH5
Puppet Bolt11
Security
Disclosure policy
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
Scorecard
BOSH6.9
Puppet Bolt
Adoption
Dependent repos
BOSH131
Puppet Bolt
Github stars
BOSH2,077
Puppet Bolt
Activity
Commits last 30d
BOSH100
Puppet Bolt
Release
Cadence days
BOSH6
Puppet Bolt
History
Puppet Bolt
License
Spdx
Puppet Bolt
Language
Primary
BOSHRuby
Puppet Bolt
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

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 Bolt

Not documented yet.

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 ↗

Puppet Bolt

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
macOS
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
Windows
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
Linux
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
CLI
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
Self-hosted
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
On-premise
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
Hybrid
BOSH
Puppet Bolt
Air-gapped
BOSH
Puppet Bolt

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 Bolt

11 total
  • ServiceNow
  • VMware
  • Argo CD
  • Jenkins
  • Dynatrace
  • Datadog
  • New Relic
  • CIS Benchmarks
  • Tenable Nessus
  • DISA STIG
  • Splunk
Independently observed

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