Comparison

SaltStack vs SUSE Manager

No leader: the top candidate SUSE Manager has only 0.18 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
SaltStack55
SUSE Manager56
Score
Vioscale score
SaltStack55 / 100medium · 69%updating
SUSE Manager56 / 100low · 18%updating
Pricing
Model
SaltStack
SUSE Managercommercial
Security
Disclosure policy
SaltStack
SUSE Manager
Scorecard
SaltStack4.8
SUSE Manager
Reliability
Status page
SaltStack
SUSE Manager
Adoption
Dependent repos
SaltStack428
SUSE Manager
Github stars
SaltStack15,637
SUSE Manager
Package downloads weekly
SaltStack23,112
SUSE Manager
Activity
Commits last 30d
SaltStack47
SUSE Manager
Release
Cadence days
SaltStack5
SUSE Manager
History
SaltStack20 items
SUSE Manager
License
Spdx
SaltStackApache-2.0
SUSE Manager
Language
Primary
SaltStackPython
SUSE Manager

Capabilities

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

Core
Architecture
SaltStack-
SUSE ManagerAgent-based
Push / pull model
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager-
Config language
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager-
Deployment
Masterless mode
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager-
Hosting
SaltStack-
SUSE ManagerSelf-hosted only
Correctness
Idempotent
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager-
Model
Desired-state declarative
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager
Ecosystem
Content registry
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager
Platform
Windows support
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager
Scope
Cloud provisioning
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager-
Governance
Policy / compliance
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager
Commercial
Enterprise edition
SaltStack-
SUSE Manager-
Licensing
Open-source core
SaltStack
SUSE Manager

What each one is

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

SaltStack

Not documented yet.

SUSE Manager

A centralized management platform for mixed Linux environments that automates system updates, manages software lifecycles, and provides real-time monitoring across deployments of any size.

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
SaltStack
SUSE Manager
Deployment
Self-hosted
SaltStack
SUSE Manager
On-premise
SaltStack
SUSE Manager

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