Puppet
Puppet manages infrastructure configuration at scale.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Infrastructure automation and configuration management
Who should look elsewhere
Learning curve (DSL)
Pros
- +Mature configuration management
- +Good for large scale
- +Strong compliance
- +Declarative model
- +Enterprise features
Cons
- −Learning curve (DSL)
- −Agent required
- −Less flexible than Ansible
- −Declining popularity
- −Complex for simple needs
Key features
- ✓Configuration management
- ✓Declarative
- ✓Infrastructure as code
- ✓Compliance
- ✓Enterprise
- ✓Open source core
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | $0 | month | Up to 25 nodes free; Infrastructure as code; Community modules |
| Enterprise | $7400 | year | Unlimited nodes; Official support; Web console |