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Compare automation tools (opensource)

You can go through the below table to get an overview of the metrics on which I will be comparing these tools.

Metrics Chef Puppet Ansible Saltstack
Availability
Ease of Setup Not very easy Not very easy Easy Not very easy
Management Not very easy Not very easy Easy Easy
Scalability Highly Scalable Highly Scalable Highly Scalable Highly Scalable
Configuration language DSL(Ruby) DSL(PuppetDSL) YAML(Python) YAML(Python)
Interoperability High High High High
Pricing (upto 100 nodes) $13700 $11200-$19900 $10,000 $15,000(approx.)

These are many more factors on which you can compare these tools. Let’s dig deeper into each tool and understand the difference between Chef vs Puppet vs Ansible vs Saltstack.

Product Capabilities
Chef Puppet Ansible
Continuous delivery with automated workflowOrchestrationSimple orchestration
Compliance and security managementAutomated provisioningStreamlined provisioning
Infrastructure automationCode and node managementContinuous delivery with automated workflow
Configuration automationApp deployment
Simple visualization and reportingSecurity and compliance integration into automated processes
High transparency
Role-based access control

https://www.edureka.co/blog/chef-vs-puppet-vs-ansible-vs-saltstack/

https://www.veritis.com/blog/chef-vs-puppet-vs-ansible-comparison-of-devops-management-tools/

deploy/deploy_tools.txt · Last modified: 2021/08/24 22:44 by manu