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Comparison

Chef Infra vs Habitat

No clear leader: Chef Infra (56.4) and Habitat (51.8) 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.

Chef Infra full profile →Habitat full profile →
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Chef Infra56
Habitat52
Score
vioscaleAI score
Chef Infra56 / 100medium · 74%
Habitat52 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
Chef Infra✓
Habitat✓
Model
Chef Infracommercial
Habitatcommercial
Price level
Chef Infralow
Habitatfree
Transparent
Chef Infra✗
Habitat✓
Integrations
Count
Chef Infra6
Habitat4
Security
Disclosure policy
Chef Infra✓
Habitat–
Gdpr
Chef Infra✓
Habitat–
Scorecard
Chef Infra3.2
Habitat5.8
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Chef Infra99.9
Habitat–
Status page
Chef Infra✓
Habitat✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Chef Infra10,030
Habitat0
Github stars
Chef Infra8,252
Habitat2,754
Activity
Commits last 30d
Chef Infra44
Habitat100
Release
Cadence days
Chef Infra233
Habitat52
History
Chef Infra4 items
Habitat20 items
License
Spdx
Chef InfraApache-2.0
HabitatApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Chef InfraRuby
HabitatRust
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Chef Infra8 items
Habitat7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Habitat

An application automation platform that helps developers define build and deployment instructions, package applications with their dependencies, and run them consistently across servers, virtual machines, and containers using a lightweight agent-based supervisor.

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 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 ↗

Habitat

Open sourceFree tier

Open source Community Edition available; Enterprise Edition available

  • Community EditionFree
    • Application definition, packaging and delivery automation
    • Pre-defined application templates
    • Dynamic service bindings
    • Clustering topologies
    • Service discovery
    • +2 more
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

Chef Infra

6 total
  • Google Compute Engine
  • GitHub
  • Jenkins
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
Independently observed

Habitat

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