Comparison

Puppet 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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Puppet47

Puppet Bolt54

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Puppet	Puppet Bolt
Vioscale score	47 / 100medium · 58%	54 / 100low · 13%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	13	11
Security
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	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	12,289	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	7,922	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	-
Release
Historyrelease.history	12 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Ruby	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Puppet47 / 100medium · 58%

Puppet Bolt54 / 100low · 13%

Pricing

Free tier

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt–

Model

Puppetcommercial

Puppet Boltcommercial

Price level

Puppetlow

Puppet Bolt–

Transparent

Puppet✗

Puppet Bolt–

Integrations

Count

Puppet13

Puppet Bolt11

Security

Scorecard

Puppet3.5

Puppet Bolt–

Vulnerabilities

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

Puppet Bolt–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Puppet12,289

Puppet Bolt–

Github stars

Puppet7,922

Puppet Bolt–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Puppet0

Puppet Bolt–

Release

History

Puppet12 items

Puppet Bolt–

License

Spdx

PuppetApache-2.0

Puppet Bolt–

Language

Primary

PuppetRuby

Puppet Bolt–

Market

Availability

PuppetAvailable worldwide

Puppet BoltAvailable 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	Puppet	Puppet Bolt
Core
Architecture	Agent-based	-
Push / pull model	-	-
Config language	-	-
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

PuppetAgent-based

Puppet Bolt-

Push / pull model

Puppet-

Puppet Bolt-

Config language

Puppet-

Puppet Bolt-

Deployment

Masterless mode

Puppet-

Puppet Bolt-

Hosting

PuppetCloud + self-hosted

Puppet BoltCloud + self-hosted

Correctness

Idempotent

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt-

Model

Desired-state declarative

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Ecosystem

Content registry

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt-

Platform

Windows support

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Scope

Cloud provisioning

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Governance

Policy / compliance

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Commercial

Enterprise edition

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Licensing

Open-source core

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

What each one is

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

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

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.

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 ↗

Puppet Bolt

Pricing not documented yet.

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	Puppet Bolt
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✗

macOS

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Windows

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Linux

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

CLI

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Self-hosted

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

On-premise

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Hybrid

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Air-gapped

Puppet✓

Puppet Bolt✓

Integrations

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

In common (11)

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

Puppet

13 total - 2 not shared

Grafana
Prometheus

Independently observed

Puppet Bolt

11 total - 0 not shared

ServiceNow
VMware
Argo CD
Jenkins
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.