Enterprise vs. Open Source
Which Is Right For Your Organization?
Puppet Enterprise packages the power of Puppet open source with enterprise-oriented features to make IT automation even easier and more powerful. Use the below chart to compare the two releases, and see which one is right for your organization.
| FEATURES | Puppet Open Source | Puppet Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Graphical User Interface | ||
| Event Inspector - Visualize Infrastructure Changes | ||
| Provisioning – Amazon EC2 | ||
| Provisioning – Google Compute Engine | ||
| Provisioning – VMware VMs | ||
| Configuration management – Discovery | ||
| Configuration management – User accounts | ||
| Configuration management – Operating systems & applications | ||
| 1600+ pre-built configurations on Puppet Forge | ||
| Orchestration – Task automation | ||
| Role-Based Access Control – Now with external authentication support | ||
| Unified cross-platform installer of all components | ||
| Support – Option for 24 x 7 x 365 | ||
| Support – Defined SLA | ||
| Certified by Puppet Labs engineers | ||
| Pre-packaged dependencies in one directory | ||
| Smooth upgrade and maintenance path |
Read more in Puppet Enterprise FAQs. Download Puppet Enterprise free now and manage up to 10 nodes.