Comparison

Chef Habitat vs StackStorm

No leader: the top candidate Chef Habitat has only 0.18 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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Chef Habitat64
StackStorm42
Score
Vioscale score
Chef Habitat64 / 100low · 18%updating
StackStorm42 / 100high · 76%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Chef Habitat
StackStorm
Model
Chef Habitatopen_source
StackStormcommercial
Price level
Chef Habitatfree
StackStormfree
Transparent
Chef Habitat
StackStorm
Integrations
Count
Chef Habitat4
StackStorm7
Reliability
Status page
Chef Habitat
StackStorm
Adoption
Dependent repos
Chef Habitat
StackStorm12
Github stars
Chef Habitat
StackStorm6,526
Activity
Commits last 30d
Chef Habitat
StackStorm3
Release
Cadence days
Chef Habitat
StackStorm69
History
Chef Habitat
StackStorm20 items
License
Spdx
Chef Habitat
StackStormApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Chef Habitat
StackStormPython
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

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

StackStorm

A free, open-source automation platform that orchestrates complex workflows by integrating existing enterprise systems and services. It supports event-driven automation with rules, triggers, actions, and multi-step workflows for infrastructure management and operational remediation.

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 ↗

StackStorm

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

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
StackStorm
Windows
Chef Habitat
StackStorm
Linux
Chef Habitat
StackStorm
CLI
Chef Habitat
StackStorm
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Chef Habitat
StackStorm
Self-hosted
Chef Habitat
StackStorm
On-premise
Chef Habitat
StackStorm
Hybrid
Chef Habitat
StackStorm

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Docker

Chef Habitat

4 total - 3 not shared
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Amazon Elastic Container Registry
  • Docker Hub
Independently observed

StackStorm

7 total - 6 not shared
  • OpenStack
  • Puppet
  • Sensu
  • JIRA
  • LogStash
  • Splunk
Independently observed

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