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Helm vs. Open Source Puppet

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Helm
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Helm is an open source Kubernetes package manager.N/A
Open Source Puppet
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Open source Puppet provides tools to automate the configuration and management of IT infrastructure. It is supported by a community of users and contributors. Users can get involved by fixing bugs, influencing new feature direction, publishing modules, and engage with the community to share knowledge and expertise.N/A
Pricing
HelmOpen Source Puppet
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HelmOpen Source Puppet
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
HelmOpen Source Puppet
Considered Both Products
Helm
Erlon Sousa Pinheiro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Erlon Sousa Pinheiro
Team Lead, Cloud DevOps
Chose Helm
We have a natural trending to use what is a reference in its space and Helm has being leader in its area for a long time. Since it has all features we need didn't make sense to us to invest time on researching and testing other alternatives, so Helm was our first and only tool …
VT
Victor Tay
Engineer
Chose Helm
We use Terraform as well. But Terraform is more suited for new deployments and specific use cases. For Helm, it is especially well suited for large scale cloud instances software deployment, by helping us to keep track of software components and versions centrally, and …
Cristian Klein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Cristian Klein
Cloud Native Architect
Chose Helm
When deploying Kubernetes Manifests, one has a few choice:
  1. Vanilla Kubernetes (e.g., kubectl apply), but this requires to do all templating by hand and does not deal with removing Kubernetes objects.
  2. Docker compose: Works perfectly (and we love to use it) on a single Docker node, …
Open Source Puppet

No answer on this topic

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HelmOpen Source Puppet
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
HelmOpen Source Puppet
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HelmOpen Source Puppet
Likelihood to Recommend
Deployment of helm charts is really fundamental to any software packages to our Kubernetes/docker containers, and without Helm, I cannot imagine how else to manage software components upgrades. When it works, it works great, when it doesn't - the world has not come to an end, there is rollback, and it's great, but troubleshooting does take time. And there is a learning curve. But it be worth it.
VT
Victor Tay
Engineer
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Pros
  • Infrastructure duplication
  • Customization of environments
  • Applying of security updates
Erlon Sousa Pinheiro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Erlon Sousa Pinheiro
Team Lead, Cloud DevOps
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Cons
  • It would be great if there is verbose mode in Helm errors. Not sure if it's a thing. But more detail in the errors do helps, at times.
VT
Victor Tay
Engineer
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Support Rating
We didn't really need support, but the open-source community seemed responsive and informative when it came to issues. Many cloud native consultancy companies (including ourselves) offer support for Helm.
Cristian Klein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Cristian Klein
Cloud Native Architect
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Alternatives Considered
We have a natural trending to use what is a reference in its space and Helm has being leader in its area for a long time. Since it has all features we need didn't make sense to us to invest time on researching and testing other alternatives, so Helm was our first and only tool in regards of automating deployments on Kubernetes
Erlon Sousa Pinheiro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Erlon Sousa Pinheiro
Team Lead, Cloud DevOps
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Return on Investment
  • developer velocity
  • uptime
Cristian Klein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Cristian Klein
Cloud Native Architect
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