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Chef Infra

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Available worldwide

What is Chef Infra?

DevOps automation and infrastructure management platform that combines AIOps and Policy-as-Code to automate infrastructure operations at scale across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.

Independently observed

Chef Infra pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $59/moUsage-based

From $59/node/year annual billing. No free tier.

Business

$59/node/year
annual

Suitable for organisations that need to automate and orchestrate infrastructure management jobs critical to business success.

concurrent_jobs
10
monthly_job_runs_per_node
10
  • Node Management
  • Job Orchestration
  • Configuration Management
  • Desktop Management
  • Compliance Audit
  • Unlimited User Seats
  • Unlimited Org Units
  • 30 Days Data Retention
  • Standard Support
  • 99.9% Uptime SLA

Enterprise

$189/node/year
annual

For organizations tasked with maturing DevOps automation, orchestration and auditing for their entire organization.

concurrent_jobs
10
monthly_job_runs_per_node
10
  • Node Management
  • Job Orchestration
  • Configuration Management
  • Desktop Management
  • Compliance Audit
  • Continuous Compliance
  • Cloud Security Posture Management
  • Application Delivery
  • Unlimited User Seats
  • Unlimited Org Units
  • 30 Days Data Retention
  • Standard Support
  • 99.9% Uptime SLA

Enterprise Plus

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For security-focused organizations aiming to extend DevOps automation to address security and compliance requirements.

concurrent_jobs
50
monthly_job_runs_per_node
10
  • Node Management
  • Job Orchestration
  • Configuration Management
  • Desktop Management
  • Compliance Audit
  • Continuous Compliance
  • Cloud Security Posture Management
  • Application Delivery
  • Unlimited User Seats
  • Unlimited Org Units
  • Up to 60 Days Data Retention
  • Premium Support
  • 99.9% Uptime SLA
  • Optional Dedicated Instance

What Chef Infra does

The capabilities that matter for configuration management tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Architecture
Agentless / SSH-push
Push / pull model
Both
Config language
Policy-as-Code
Deployment
Masterless mode
-
Hosting
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
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Hybrid
  • On-premise
  • Air-gapped
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (2)

Independently observed
  • AWS
  • Azure

Chef Infra alternatives

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Chef Infra, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 51 / 100
low · 31%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Capabilities810.1210.0✓
Github Activity590.148.1✓
Reliability950.065.9✓
Github Stars740.042.8✓
Price Level500.052.3✓
Pricing Transparency200.061.2✓
Integrations140.060.9✓
Release Cadence00.080.0✓
Security Posture100.100.0-
Package Downloads00.200.0-
Stackoverflow Activity00.090.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d73mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars8,228highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"model":"both","hosting":"both","language":"Policy-as-Code","architecture":"agentless","desired_state":true,"windows_support":true,"content_registry":true,"policy_compliance":true,"cloud_provisioning":true,"enterprise_edition":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count2mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryRubyhighsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0highsource · 2026-08-01 · 95%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
Availability{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierNomediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Price levelmidmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Starting gbp59mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
TransparentNomediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days233mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Sla pct99.9mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%