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Comparison

Puppet Bolt vs Rudder

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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Puppet Bolt54
Rudder53
Score
Vioscale score
Puppet Bolt54 / 100low · 13%
Rudder53 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder✓
Model
Puppet Boltcommercial
Ruddercommercial
Price level
Puppet Bolt–
Rudderlow
Transparent
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder✗
Integrations
Count
Puppet Bolt11
Rudder4
Security
Disclosure policy
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder✓
Gdpr
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder✓
Iso27001
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder✓
Scorecard
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder6.6
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder0
Github stars
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder706
Activity
Commits last 30d
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder100
Release
Cadence days
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder4
History
Puppet Bolt–
Rudder20 items
License
Spdx
Puppet Bolt–
RudderGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Puppet Bolt–
RudderScala
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Architecture
Puppet Bolt-
RudderAgent-based
Push / pull model
Puppet Bolt-
RudderPull
Config language
Puppet Bolt-
RudderYAML
Deployment
Masterless mode
Puppet Bolt-
Rudder✗
Hosting
Puppet BoltCloud + self-hosted
RudderCloud + self-hosted
Correctness
Idempotent
Puppet Bolt-
Rudder✓
Model
Desired-state declarative
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
Ecosystem
Content registry
Puppet Bolt-
Rudder-
Platform
Windows support
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
Scope
Cloud provisioning
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder-
Governance
Policy / compliance
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
Commercial
Enterprise edition
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
Licensing
Open-source core
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓

What each one is

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

Puppet Bolt

Not documented yet.

Rudder

A platform for automating IT infrastructure management across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, providing patch management, vulnerability management, compliance verification, and configuration management capabilities.

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.

Rudder

SubscriptionFree tier

Annual per-node licensing. Rudder Core open-source free tier. Contact sales for Enterprise and Corporate Security Suite pricing.

  • Rudder EnterpriseContact sales
    • Security configuration management
    • Compatible with Linux and Windows
    • Real-time infrastructure insights
    • Choice of Patch & vulnerability management OR Policy & benchmark compliance
    • Unlimited standard support
    • +2 more
  • Rudder Corporate Security SuiteContact sales
    • Security configuration management with dashboards and real-time insights
    • Patch & vulnerability management including CVE identification and patch campaigns
    • Policy & benchmark compliance for CIS, NIST, ISO 27001 and others
    • Unlimited premium support
    • Guaranteed fix or workaround times
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Puppet Bolt✗
Rudder✓
macOS
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✗
Windows
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
Linux
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
CLI
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
Self-hosted
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
On-premise
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
Hybrid
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✓
Air-gapped
Puppet Bolt✓
Rudder✗

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

Rudder

4 total
  • CI/CD
  • ticketing
  • CMDB
  • monitoring
Independently observed

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