SaltStack
A distributed automation system for infrastructure configuration and management
- Vendor
- The Salt Project
- Also known as
- saltstack
What is SaltStack?
An event-driven framework for automating the deployment, configuration, and management of IT infrastructure, designed to maintain consistent system state across distributed environments.
SaltStack pricing
We don't have SaltStack's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What SaltStack 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
- -
- Push / pull model
- -
- Config language
- -
- Masterless mode
- -
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- Idempotent
- ✓
- Desired-state declarative
- ✓
- Content registry
- -
- Windows support
- ✓
- Cloud provisioning
- -
- Policy / compliance
- -
- Enterprise edition
- -
- Open-source core
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Self-hosted
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
SaltStack 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%
- Chef InfraInfrastructure automation platform that codifies configuration and management across environmentsmedium · 74%
- NixOS / NixA functional package manager for reproducible, declarative system builds and deploymentsmedium · 51%
Compare SaltStack
Side by side against other configuration management tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package downloads | 58 | 0.17 | 10.1 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 63 | 0.12 | 7.6 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 97 | 0.07 | 6.5 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.08 | 5.6 | ✓ |
| Stars | 79 | 0.03 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Security score | 48 | 0.05 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 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 | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: self · Idempotent: Yes · Desired state: Yes · Windows support: Yes · Open source core: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 98% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 67% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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