Chef

Chef is a configuration management system that automates infrastructure configuration, application delivery, and compliance audits.

Category: Infrastructure provisioning and configuration management

Overview

Tool Description

What is Chef ?

Chef is a leading infrastructure and configuration management tool designed to automate the deployment and management of IT infrastructure. With Chef, teams can easily define infrastructure as code, streamline configuration management tasks, and ensure consistency across environments. Whether you’re deploying to the cloud or managing on-premises infrastructure, Chef simplifies the process and accelerates delivery, empowering teams to focus on innovation and business growth.

Deployment Options

Saas

Self Manage

Features

• Agentless (for chef zero)

• Community Support

• Configuration Control and Enforcement

• Infrastructure as a code (declarative)

• Client-server Deployment

• Multi-cloud Support

• Mutable Infra

• Multi users Support

• Drift Elimination

• Version control

• Bootstraping Node (mannual+Auto)

• Idempotent

• Modularity

• Scalable

• Dashboard Support

• Audit Logging

• Role-Based Access Control(RBAC)

• Notification

• Pull-based Directionality

• Compliance Automation

Tools Integration

Pricing

Pay as per the number of nodes and number of users(hosted chef[saas])

minimum 100 nodes is needed for licenses.

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Comparative Analysis

Tools Name	Chef	Ansible	Puppet	Terraform	Rancher
Pricing	Get in Touch with us	Get in Touch with us	Get in Touch with us	Get in Touch with us	Get in Touch with us
Free Version	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Free Trial	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ratings	4.2 Out Of 5 G2 4.1 Out Of 5 Gartner 4.5 Out Of 5 Capterra	4.5 Out Of 5 G2 4.7 Out Of 5 Gartner 4.5 Out Of 5 Capterra	4.2 Out Of 5 G2 4.2 Out Of 5 Gartner 4.4 Out Of 5 Capterra	4.6 Out Of 5 G2 4.4 Out Of 5 Gartner 4.8 Out Of 5 Capterra	4.5 Out Of 5 G2 4.5 Out Of 5 Gartner 4.3 Out Of 5 Capterra
Deployment	Cloud, SaaS, Web-based	Cloud, SaaS, Web-based	Cloud, SaaS, Web-based	Cloud, SaaS, Web-based On-Premise Windows On-Premise Linux	Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Training	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Features	Chef	Ansible	Puppet	Terraform	Rancher
Procedural/Declarative?	Declarative	Procedural	Declarative	Procedural	Procedural
Language support	HCL	YAML	Python/Agnostic	YAML	YAML
Community support	Forum/GitHub/Training	Meetups/Online	Mailing List, IRC, GitHub	Meetups/Online	Meetups/Online
User experience	Well-reviewed	Simple to get started	Simple, extensible, fast	Simple to get started	Simple to get started
UI/GUI	CLI, unless Terraform Cloud	CLI, unless Ansible Tower	3rd-party solution needed for GUI	CLI, unless Ansible Tower	allows users to configure and control various application components
Modularity	Modules can be augmented from Terraform Registry	Playbooks can be subdivided	Long list of modules available	Playbooks can be subdivided	Playbooks can be subdivided
Run as an agent?	Yes, usually pre-installed	Yes	Agentless available	Yes	Yes

Chef

Overview

Pricing

Demo

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