Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Puppet
Puppet clearly comes out ahead of Terraform Cloud on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Perforce Software | HashiCorp |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | devops | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Puppet
open source
custom
custom
freemium
usage based
usage based
usage based
| Feature | puppet | terraform-cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Access To Support Portal | ||
| 1 Concurrent Run | ||
| Advanced Automation And Compliance Features | ||
| Advanced Enterprise Features | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Advanced Governance | ||
| Core Configuration Management | ||
| Core Infrastructure As Code Provisioning | ||
| Full Enterprise Support | ||
| Enhanced Governance | ||
| High And Critical Cve Support | ||
| Everything In Essentials | ||
| No Official Slas | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Priority Ticketing | ||
| Everything In Standard | ||
| Role-Based Access Control (Rbac) | ||
| Pay-As-You-Go Resource Pricing | ||
| Sla For Incidents And Cves | ||
| Team Management Tools | ||
| Stable, Secure Software Builds | ||
| Up To 500 Managed Resources | ||
| Vendor-Backed Slas | ||
| Web-Based Gui |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Puppet comes out ahead overall, though Terraform Cloud can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Puppet and Terraform Cloud offer a free tier.
Puppet is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
