Comparison

Chef Infra 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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Chef Infra52
Puppet Bolt54
Score
Vioscale score
Chef Infra52 / 100medium · 74%
Puppet Bolt54 / 100low · 13%
Pricing
Free tier
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Model
Chef Infracommercial
Puppet Boltcommercial
Price level
Chef Inframid
Puppet Bolt
Transparent
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Integrations
Count
Chef Infra6
Puppet Bolt11
Security
Disclosure policy
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Gdpr
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Scorecard
Chef Infra3.2
Puppet Bolt
Reliability
Sla pct
Chef Infra99.9
Puppet Bolt
Status page
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Adoption
Github stars
Chef Infra8,231
Puppet Bolt
Activity
Commits last 30d
Chef Infra73
Puppet Bolt
Release
Cadence days
Chef Infra233
Puppet Bolt
History
Chef Infra4 items
Puppet Bolt
License
Spdx
Chef InfraApache-2.0
Puppet Bolt
Language
Primary
Chef InfraRuby
Puppet Bolt
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Chef Infra

A DevOps automation solution for defining and managing infrastructure configurations, enforcing compliance standards, and automating remediation across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and air-gapped environments. Provides continuous compliance auditing, policy enforcement, and workflow orchestration.

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.

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 ↗

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
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
macOS
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Windows
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Linux
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
CLI
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Self-hosted
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
On-premise
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Hybrid
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt
Air-gapped
Chef Infra
Puppet Bolt

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Jenkins

Chef Infra

6 total - 5 not shared
  • Google Compute Engine
  • GitHub
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
Independently observed

Puppet Bolt

11 total - 10 not shared
  • ServiceNow
  • VMware
  • Argo CD
  • 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.