Puppet
Enterprise-grade IT automation and compliance
An automated administrative engine for configuration management and infrastructure automation.
| Pricing from | Custom |
| Best for | Enforcing system compliance and configuration state |
| Website | www.puppet.com |
Company facts
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis |
| Industry | Software industry |
| Social profiles | |
| Brand colour | #4c00ff |
Puppet pricing
Pricing as Lister records it: Custom
Prices change: check Puppet's own pricing page before you buy.
Facilities and features
- Integrations
What stands out
Puppet uses AI to turn complex infrastructure management tasks into natural language conversations.
“Puppet AI Infra Assistant uses AI to turn complex infrastructure management tasks into conversations.”Puppet, own website
The product provides stable, secure, vendor-supported builds for Open Source Puppet users.
“Stable, secure, vendor-supported builds for Open Source Puppet users.”Puppet, own website
Strengths and trade-offs
- Strong reporting features
- Excellent compliance management
- Requires agent installation on target nodes
Appears in
Enterprise patch management software
1
Applivery98.02
NinjaOne98.03
Patch My PC96.0RANKINGfull ranking →SAASTop 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools
1
Terraform95.02
Pulumi92.73
AWS CloudFormation90.3RANKINGfull ranking →Top rankings in Patch management
- Best patch management software
- Patch management software for MSPs
- Patch management software for small businesses
All Patch management rankings →
How Puppet ranks
#10 in Enterprise patch management software
How the score is made up: 20 for evidence on its own site; 14 for how complete its published information is; 40 for fit to this ranking's criteria; 8 for buying information on its own site.
“Reduce infrastructure risk with patching (Community Supported) (Basic Patching) (Advanced Patching)”Puppet, own website
“Enterprise-ready DevOps solutions for automating infrastructure at scale. Automate infrastructure management across large server environments”Puppet, own website
Alternatives to Puppet
| Terraform The industry standard for cloud provisioning | #1 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools | 95.0 |
| Pulumi Infrastructure as code using general-purpose languages | #2 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools | 92.7 |
| AWS CloudFormation Native AWS infrastructure automation | #3 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools | 90.3 |
 AnsibleSimple IT automation | #4 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools | 88.0 |
 ChefSpeed up delivery with automated infrastructure | #5 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools | 85.7 |
 SaltStackFast, scalable and flexible software for infrastructure management | #7 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools | 81.0 |
Questions about Puppet
How much does Puppet cost?
Puppet's pricing, as Lister records it: Custom.
Who is Puppet best for?
Puppet is best for enforcing system compliance and configuration state.
Where does Puppet rank?
Puppet is ranked #6 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools (Lister Score 83.3) and #10 in Enterprise patch management software (Lister Score 82.0).
What are the best alternatives to Puppet?
The closest alternatives on Lister are Terraform (#1 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools), Pulumi (#2 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools) and AWS CloudFormation (#3 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools).
Where is Puppet based?
Puppet is headquartered in Minneapolis, and was founded in 2005.
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#6 in Top 10 Infrastructure as Code Tools
#10 in Enterprise patch management software
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