CFEngine vs Chef
CFEngineConfiguration Management
CustomPublished price
ChefConfiguration Management Tools
CFEngine Configuration Management Infrastructure automation at scale. | Chef Configuration Management Tools Turn infrastructure into code. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Configuration Management | Configuration Management Tools |
| What it is | CFEngine is one of the original configuration management tools, providing autonomous infrastructure management for large-scale server environments with minimal network dependency. | Chef by Progress is an infrastructure automation platform using Ruby-based recipes for configuration management, compliance, and application delivery. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Custom CFEngine Community is free and open source (GPL). CFEngine Enterprise (from Northern.tech) is a paid subscription priced by number of managed hosts plus features/support; no publi… | Chef Community: Free and open source Chef Enterprise: Custom pricing based on node count Typically $137/node/year for the full platform. |
| Pricing model | Custom quote | Tiered plans |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 1993 | 2009 |
| Team size | 11-50 employees | 501-1,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway | Seattle, Washington |
| Featured clients | Samsung, LinkedIn, AMD | Facebook, Nordstrom, GE |