Puppet
Infrastructure automation platform for managing configurations and operations consistently across hybrid and cloud environments
- Also known as
- puppet
Available worldwide
What is Puppet?
Automates the configuration, deployment, and management of IT infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments by defining and maintaining desired system states, with built-in security and compliance controls.
Puppet 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.
Free tier for up to 25 nodes. Commercial, Enterprise, and Advanced plans available by custom quote or contacting sales.
Core (Free)
FreeFree version for open source users
- nodes
- <25
- Continuous enforcement of desired state
- Centralize, import, and execute existing scripts & processes (Command Line Only)
- Flexible agent-based and agentless architecture
- Audit and activity logs, configuration correction reports
- Access to Puppet Forge
- Hardened binaries & packages
- Community support
Core (Commercial)
Contact salesCommercial vendor-backed version with custom node licensing
- All Core (Free) features
- Vendor-backed SLAs
- Stable, secure software builds and hardened binaries
- Standard support included with 24x7 premium support available
- Training engagement with Certified Puppet Engineers
- Always-on policy enforcement to continuously align with CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs
Enterprise
Contact salesEnterprise-ready DevOps platform for automating infrastructure at scale
- All Core features
- Intuitive web interface and easier-to-use web-based GUI
- Unify declarative and imperative workflows in a single platform
- Role-based access control (RBAC) for user management
- Out-of-the-box CI/CD pipeline tooling with team workspaces
- Manage infrastructure on-premises and on popular cloud platforms
- Linux, Windows, MacOS agents
- Basic patching
- Self-Service through ServiceNow integration
- Standard or Premium support
- SLA for high & critical CVEs on Puppet software
- Optional dedicated Technical Account Manager
Advanced
Contact salesDevSecOps platform for security-conscious enterprises with complex infrastructure and compliance needs
- All Enterprise features
- Natural language interface to Puppet services and infrastructure data (Puppet AI Infra Assistant)
- Advanced patching
- Vulnerability remediation with 3rd party scanner integration (including Nessus)
- Predict infrastructure code impact prior to deployment
- Manage Network and Edge devices
- Continuous enforcement of CIS Benchmarks
- AI features powered by Perforce Intelligence
- Data exports and automated reporting
- Priority support with shorter ticket turnaround
What Puppet 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.
- Architecture
- Agent-based
- Push / pull model
- Both
- Config language
- -
- Masterless mode
- -
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Idempotent
- ✓
- Desired-state declarative
- ✓
- Content registry
- ✓
- Windows support
- ✓
- Cloud provisioning
- ✓
- Policy / compliance
- ✓
- Enterprise edition
- ✓
- Open-source core
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (13)
Independently observed- ServiceNow
- VMware
- Argo CD
- Jenkins
- Dynatrace
- Datadog
- New Relic
- Splunk
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Tenable Nessus
- CIS Benchmarks
- DISA STIG
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 23 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity CRITICAL sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Puppet FAQ
Common questions about Puppet, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Configuration Management Tools.
Source: https://www.puppet.com/pricing
Is Puppet free to use?
Puppet is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Paid editions are also offered: Enterprise and Advanced, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.puppet.com/pricing
What platforms does Puppet support?
Puppet supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.puppet.com/pricing
Can Puppet be self-hosted?
Yes. Puppet can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.puppet.com/pricing
What does Puppet integrate with?
We have confirmed 13 integrations for Puppet, including ServiceNow, VMware, Argo CD, Jenkins, Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic and Splunk, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.puppet.com/pricing
Is Puppet open source?
Yes. Puppet is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Puppet alternatives
Other configuration management tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- AnsibleAgentless infrastructure automation using standard SSH for configuration management and deploymentmedium · 65%
- BOSHhigh · 78%
- HCL BigFixAI-enabled platform that automates the discovery, security, and management of endpoints across diverse computing environmentsmedium · 73%
- Landscapemedium · 72%
- SaltStackA distributed automation system for infrastructure configuration and managementmedium · 72%
- Chef InfraInfrastructure automation platform that codifies configuration and management across environmentsmedium · 74%
The vioscaleAI 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 Puppet, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.08 | 7.6 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 68 | 0.08 | 5.5 | ✓ |
| Stars | 74 | 0.03 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Security score | 35 | 0.05 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 33 | 0.05 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
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
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 0 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Model: both · Hosting: both · Idempotent: Yes · Architecture: agent · Desired state: Yes · Windows support: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 13 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Ruby | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| History | 12 items | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 70% |
Security
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