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Comparison

Chef Habitat vs Chef Infra

No clear leader: Chef Infra (56.4) and Chef Habitat (53.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. 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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Chef Habitat54
Chef Infra56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Chef Habitat54 / 100low · 11%
Chef Infra56 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Model
Chef Habitatopen_source
Chef Infracommercial
Price level
Chef Habitatfree
Chef Infralow
Transparent
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✗
Integrations
Count
Chef Habitat4
Chef Infra6
Security
Disclosure policy
Chef Habitat–
Chef Infra✓
Gdpr
Chef Habitat–
Chef Infra✓
Scorecard
Chef Habitat–
Chef Infra3.2
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Chef Habitat–
Chef Infra99.9
Status page
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Chef Habitat–
Chef Infra10,030
Github stars
Chef Habitat–
Chef Infra8,252
Activity
Commits last 30d
Chef Habitat–
Chef Infra44
Release
Cadence days
Chef Habitat–
Chef Infra233
History
Chef Habitat–
Chef Infra4 items
License
Spdx
Chef Habitat–
Chef InfraApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Chef Habitat–
Chef InfraRuby
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Chef Habitat6 items
Chef Infra8 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Architecture
Chef HabitatAgent-based
Chef InfraAgent-based
Push / pull model
Chef HabitatPush
Chef InfraPull
Config language
Chef HabitatPowerShell, Bash
Chef InfraRuby
Deployment
Masterless mode
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra-
Hosting
Chef HabitatCloud + self-hosted
Chef InfraCloud + self-hosted
Correctness
Idempotent
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Model
Desired-state declarative
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Ecosystem
Content registry
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Platform
Windows support
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Scope
Cloud provisioning
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Governance
Policy / compliance
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Commercial
Enterprise edition
Chef Habitat-
Chef Infra✓
Licensing
Open-source core
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓

What each one is

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

Chef Habitat

Chef Habitat automates the process of building, packaging, and deploying applications in isolated artifacts that can run anywhere. It provides a development studio for defining deployment instructions, packages applications into immutable artifacts, and includes a lightweight supervisor agent to manage deployments across servers, VMs, and containers.

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.

Chef Habitat

Open sourceFree tier

Open source and free

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
Web
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✗
macOS
Chef Habitat✗
Chef Infra✓
Windows
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Linux
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
CLI
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✗
Self-hosted
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✓
On-premise
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✗
Hybrid
Chef Habitat✓
Chef Infra✗

Integrations

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

Chef Habitat

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

Chef Infra

6 total
  • Google Compute Engine
  • GitHub
  • Jenkins
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
Independently observed
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Chef Habitat or Chef Infra: which one depends on you

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