Alternatives
Puppet alternatives
Puppet is desired-state automation for servers, cloud, and compliance across hybrid infrastructure. It is a poor fit if you only need a free one-off and will not stay on a plan. Here are 4 tools on Toolora that do a similar job, 4 of them free or with a free tier, and what each one does differently.
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Policy-as-code for servers: write cookbooks, converge nodes, and audit compliance with Chef 360
Instead of Puppet: Free to start, where Puppet is paid.
Open source + paid Chef 360 and enterprise
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Infrastructure as code: declare cloud resources in files and apply the same plan every time
Instead of Puppet: Free to start, where Puppet is paid.
Open source + HCP Terraform free and paid plans
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Infrastructure as code in real languages: declare cloud resources in TypeScript or Python and apply the same stack every time
Instead of Puppet: Free to start, where Puppet is paid.
Open source + Pulumi Cloud paid Team and Enterprise
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Agentless automation: write playbooks, push config, and run the same job on a fleet
Instead of Puppet: Free to start, where Puppet is paid.
Open source + Ansible Automation Platform paid
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