Comparison

Puppet Bolt vs pyinfra

No clear leader: pyinfra (57.7) and Puppet Bolt (53.9) 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.

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Puppet Bolt54

pyinfra58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Puppet Bolt	pyinfra
Vioscale score	54 / 100low · 13%	58 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	-
Security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pyinfra&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	22
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	5,965
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	13
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	34
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

Puppet Bolt54 / 100low · 13%

pyinfra58 / 100medium · 69%

Pricing

Free tier

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfra✓

Model

Puppet Boltcommercial

pyinfracommercial

Price level

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfrafree

Transparent

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfra✓

Integrations

Count

Puppet Bolt11

pyinfra–

Security

Vulnerabilities

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfraCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pyinfra&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfra✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfra22

Github stars

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfra5,965

Activity

Commits last 30d

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfra13

Release

Cadence days

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfra34

History

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfra20 items

License

Spdx

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfraMIT

Language

Primary

Puppet Bolt–

pyinfraPython

Market

Availability

Puppet BoltAvailable worldwide

pyinfra–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Configuration Management Tools
Capability	Puppet Bolt	pyinfra
Core
Architecture	-	Agentless / SSH-push
Push / pull model	-	Push
Config language	-	Python
Deployment
Masterless mode	-	✓
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Self-hosted only
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

Puppet Bolt-

pyinfraAgentless / SSH-push

Push / pull model

Puppet Bolt-

pyinfraPush

Config language

Puppet Bolt-

pyinfraPython

Deployment

Masterless mode

Puppet Bolt-

pyinfra✓

Hosting

Puppet BoltCloud + self-hosted

pyinfraSelf-hosted only

Correctness

Idempotent

Puppet Bolt-

pyinfra✓

Model

Desired-state declarative

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✓

Ecosystem

Content registry

Puppet Bolt-

pyinfra-

Platform

Windows support

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra-

Scope

Cloud provisioning

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra-

Governance

Policy / compliance

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra-

Commercial

Enterprise edition

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra-

Licensing

Open-source core

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✓

What each one is

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

Puppet Bolt

Not documented yet.

pyinfra

An infrastructure automation tool written in Python that runs commands over SSH on multiple servers concurrently and idempotently, without needing agents or configuration files.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Puppet Bolt

Pricing not documented yet.

pyinfra

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Platforms

macOS

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✗

Windows

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✗

Linux

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✗

CLI

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✗

Self-hosted

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✓

On-premise

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✗

Hybrid

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✗

Air-gapped

Puppet Bolt✓

pyinfra✗

Integrations

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

Puppet Bolt

11 total

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

Independently observed

pyinfra

Not documented yet.

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