Comparison

OpenVox vs Puppet

On the evidence we track, OpenVox leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★OpenVox58

Puppet47

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	OpenVoxLeader	Puppet
Vioscale score	58 / 100medium · 62%	47 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	13
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	3.5
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 23 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=puppet&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	12,289
Github starsadoption.github_stars	9	7,922
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	14	0
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	12 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	HTML	Ruby
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

OpenVox58 / 100medium · 62%

Puppet47 / 100medium · 58%

Pricing

Free tier

OpenVox✓

Puppet✓

Model

OpenVoxcommercial

Puppetcommercial

Price level

OpenVoxfree

Puppetlow

Transparent

OpenVox✓

Puppet✗

Integrations

Count

OpenVox5

Puppet13

Security

Gdpr

OpenVox✓

Puppet–

Scorecard

OpenVox–

Puppet3.5

Vulnerabilities

OpenVox–

PuppetCount: 23 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=puppet&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

OpenVox✓

Puppet–

Adoption

Dependent repos

OpenVox–

Puppet12,289

Github stars

OpenVox9

Puppet7,922

Activity

Commits last 30d

OpenVox14

Puppet0

Release

History

OpenVox–

Puppet12 items

License

Spdx

OpenVoxApache-2.0

PuppetApache-2.0

Language

Primary

OpenVoxHTML

PuppetRuby

Market

Availability

OpenVox–

PuppetAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Configuration Management Tools
Capability	OpenVox	Puppet
Core
Architecture	Declarative-OS	Agent-based
Push / pull model	Pull	-
Config language	Puppet DSL	-
Deployment
Masterless mode	✓	-
Hosting	Self-hosted only	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

OpenVoxDeclarative-OS

PuppetAgent-based

Push / pull model

OpenVoxPull

Puppet-

Config language

OpenVoxPuppet DSL

Puppet-

Deployment

Masterless mode

OpenVox✓

Puppet-

Hosting

OpenVoxSelf-hosted only

PuppetCloud + self-hosted

Correctness

Idempotent

OpenVox✓

Puppet✓

Model

Desired-state declarative

OpenVox✓

Puppet✓

Ecosystem

Content registry

OpenVox✓

Puppet✓

Platform

Windows support

OpenVox✓

Puppet✓

Scope

Cloud provisioning

OpenVox✓

Puppet✓

Governance

Policy / compliance

OpenVox✓

Puppet✓

Commercial

Enterprise edition

OpenVox-

Puppet✓

Licensing

Open-source core

OpenVox✓

Puppet✓

What each one is

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

OpenVox

Leader

OpenVox is a community-maintained configuration management system designed to automate infrastructure deployment, configuration, and drift remediation across systems. It is a modern open-source implementation compatible with Puppet, actively developed by the Vox Pupuli community.

Independently observed

Puppet

Infrastructure automation tool that maintains consistent configurations across on-premises, hybrid, cloud, and edge environments through continuous enforcement of desired state. Automatically detects and corrects configuration drift, enforces compliance policies, and generates audit-ready documentation.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

OpenVox

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Puppet

HybridFree tier

Free tier for <25 nodes; custom pricing for larger deployments

CoreFree
- Stable, secure, vendor-supported builds
- Hardened binaries and packages
- Vendor-backed SLAs
EnterpriseContact sales
- Web-based console interface
- Role-based access control
- Infrastructure management across cloud and on-premises
- CI/CD pipeline tooling
- ServiceNow integration
AdvancedContact sales
- AI-powered infrastructure insights
- Event-driven workflows
- Automated vulnerability remediation
- Priority support
- Security baseline enforcement

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	OpenVox	Puppet
WebPlatforms	-	✓
macOSPlatforms	-	✓
WindowsPlatforms	-	✓
LinuxPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

OpenVox–

Puppet✓

macOS

OpenVox–

Puppet✓

Windows

OpenVox–

Puppet✓

Linux

OpenVox–

Puppet✓

CLI

OpenVox–

Puppet✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

OpenVox✗

Puppet✓

Self-hosted

OpenVox✓

Puppet✓

On-premise

OpenVox✗

Puppet✓

Hybrid

OpenVox✗

Puppet✓

Air-gapped

OpenVox✗

Puppet✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Prometheus

OpenVox

Leader

5 total - 4 not shared

PuppetDB
NGINX
systemd
Renovate

Independently observed

Puppet

13 total - 12 not shared

ServiceNow
VMware
Argo CD
Jenkins
Dynatrace
Datadog
New Relic
Splunk
Grafana
Tenable Nessus
CIS Benchmarks
DISA STIG

Independently observed

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