Comparison

Chef Infra vs Juju

On the evidence we track, Chef Infra leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Chef Infra56

Juju51

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Chef InfraLeader	Juju
vioscaleAI score	56 / 100medium · 74%	51 / 100low · 11%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	9
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	3.2	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=chef&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.9	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	10,030	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	8,252	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	44	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	233	-
Historyrelease.history	4 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Ruby	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Chef Infra56 / 100medium · 74%

Juju51 / 100low · 11%

Pricing

Free tier

Chef Infra✓

Juju✓

Model

Chef Infracommercial

Jujuopen_source

Price level

Chef Infralow

Jujufree

Transparent

Chef Infra✗

Juju–

Integrations

Count

Chef Infra6

Juju9

Security

Disclosure policy

Chef Infra✓

Juju–

Gdpr

Chef Infra✓

Juju–

Scorecard

Chef Infra3.2

Juju–

Vulnerabilities

Chef InfraCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=chef&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE

Juju–

Reliability

Sla pct

Chef Infra99.9

Juju–

Status page

Chef Infra✓

Juju–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Chef Infra10,030

Juju–

Github stars

Chef Infra8,252

Juju–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Chef Infra44

Juju–

Release

Cadence days

Chef Infra233

Juju–

History

Chef Infra4 items

Juju–

License

Spdx

Chef InfraApache-2.0

Juju–

Language

Primary

Chef InfraRuby

Juju–

Market

Availability

Chef InfraAvailable worldwide · HQ US

JujuAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Chef Infra8 items

Juju5 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Configuration Management Tools
Capability	Chef Infra	Juju
Core
Architecture	Agent-based	-
Push / pull model	Pull	-
Config language	Ruby	-
Deployment
Masterless mode	-	-
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Correctness
Idempotent	✓	-
Model
Desired-state declarative	✓	-
Ecosystem
Content registry	✓	✓
Platform
Windows support	✓	-
Scope
Cloud provisioning	✓	✓
Governance
Policy / compliance	✓	-
Commercial
Enterprise edition	✓	✓
Licensing
Open-source core	✓	✓

Core

Architecture

Chef InfraAgent-based

Juju-

Push / pull model

Chef InfraPull

Juju-

Config language

Chef InfraRuby

Juju-

Deployment

Masterless mode

Chef Infra-

Juju-

Hosting

Chef InfraCloud + self-hosted

JujuCloud + self-hosted

Correctness

Idempotent

Chef Infra✓

Juju-

Model

Desired-state declarative

Chef Infra✓

Juju-

Ecosystem

Content registry

Chef Infra✓

Juju✓

Platform

Windows support

Chef Infra✓

Juju-

Scope

Cloud provisioning

Chef Infra✓

Juju✓

Governance

Policy / compliance

Chef Infra✓

Juju-

Commercial

Enterprise edition

Chef Infra✓

Juju✓

Licensing

Open-source core

Chef Infra✓

Juju✓

What each one is

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

Chef Infra

Leader

Chef Infra enables teams to define infrastructure and software configurations as code, automating deployment and management across any environment at scale.

Independently observed

Juju

An open-source orchestration engine that enables application deployment, integration, and lifecycle management across any infrastructure (including Kubernetes) using a declarative approach via operators.

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

Leader

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 2026-08-05verify ↗

Juju

Open sourceFree tier

Open source with optional enterprise control plane (JAAS) available

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Chef Infra	Juju
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

macOS

Chef Infra✓

Juju✗

Windows

Chef Infra✓

Juju✗

Linux

Chef Infra✓

Juju✗

CLI

Chef Infra✓

Juju✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Chef Infra✗

Juju✓

Self-hosted

Chef Infra✓

Juju✓

On-premise

Chef Infra✗

Juju✓

Hybrid

Chef Infra✗

Juju✓

Integrations

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

Chef Infra

Leader

6 total

Google Compute Engine
GitHub
Jenkins
AWS
Azure
GCP

Independently observed

Juju

9 total

PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Kafka
MLflow
Spark
Prometheus
Grafana
Vault
HAProxy

Independently observed

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