Comparison

CFEngine vs Puppet Bolt

No leader: the top candidate Puppet Bolt has only 0.13 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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CFEngine50
Puppet Bolt54
Score
Vioscale score
CFEngine50 / 100medium · 57%updating
Puppet Bolt54 / 100low · 13%updating
Pricing
Free tier
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Model
CFEnginecommercial
Puppet Boltcommercial
Price level
CFEnginelow
Puppet Bolt
Transparent
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Integrations
Count
CFEngine2
Puppet Bolt11
Security
Disclosure policy
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Scorecard
CFEngine6.6
Puppet Bolt
Adoption
Dependent repos
CFEngine0
Puppet Bolt
Github stars
CFEngine532
Puppet Bolt
Activity
Commits last 30d
CFEngine100
Puppet Bolt
Language
Primary
CFEngineC
Puppet Bolt
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Architecture
CFEngineAgent-based
Puppet Bolt-
Push / pull model
CFEngineBoth
Puppet Bolt-
Config language
CFEngineCFEngine policy language
Puppet Bolt-
Deployment
Masterless mode
CFEngine-
Puppet Bolt-
Hosting
CFEngineCloud + self-hosted
Puppet BoltCloud + self-hosted
Correctness
Idempotent
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt-
Model
Desired-state declarative
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Ecosystem
Content registry
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt-
Platform
Windows support
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Scope
Cloud provisioning
CFEngine-
Puppet Bolt
Governance
Policy / compliance
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Commercial
Enterprise edition
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Licensing
Open-source core
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

CFEngine

Provides automated configuration deployment and continuous enforcement of desired system state across large-scale infrastructures, with capabilities for security hardening and compliance verification. Available in open-source community and commercial enterprise editions.

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.

CFEngine

HybridFree tier

Free open-source community edition or commercial enterprise edition

  • Community EditionFree
    • GitHub source access
    • Community support
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
    • Inventory & compliance reports
    • Web UI (Mission Portal)
    • APIs
    • Alerts & dashboards
    • Enhanced platform support
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
Web
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
macOS
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Windows
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Linux
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
CLI
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Self-hosted
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
On-premise
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Hybrid
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt
Air-gapped
CFEngine
Puppet Bolt

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

CFEngine

2 total
  • Git
  • Docker
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.