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HashiCorp Terraform vs. Progress Chef

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HashiCorp Terraform

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ATerraform from HashiCorp is a cloud infrastructure automation tool that enables users to create, change, and improve production infrastructure, and it allows infrastructure to be expressed as code. It codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned. It is available Open Source, and via Cloud and Self-Hosted editions.

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    Progress Chef

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AChef IT infrastructure automation suites were developed by Chef Software in Seattle and acquired by Progress Software in September 2020. The Chef Enterprise Automation Stack is an integrated suite of automation technologies presented as a solution for delivering change quickly, repeatedly, and securely over every application's lifecycle. The Chef Effortless Infrastructure Suit is an integrated suite of automation technologies to codify infrastructure, security, and compliance, as well as…N/A
    Pricing
    HashiCorp TerraformProgress Chef
    Editions & Modules
    Open Source
    $0
    Team & Governance
    $20/user
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HashiCorp TerraformProgress Chef
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    HashiCorp TerraformProgress Chef
    Considered Both Products
    HashiCorp
    Chose HashiCorp Terraform
    Centralized and standard configuration. Ease of VM provisioning.
    Incentivized
    Chose HashiCorp Terraform
    - Terraform syntax is much easier to read and learn than Cloud Formation. - Terraform already supports AWS as well as several other cloud providers. - Terraform is backed by a great and supportive open-source community.
    Incentivized
    Chose HashiCorp Terraform
    Terraform is easier for developing infrastructure and takes less time to create infrastructure. Main advantage is reusability.
    Incentivized
    Progress Software
    Chose Progress Chef
    We considered the three leading competitors in the field: Chef, Puppet and Ansible. Ansible is a very strong competitor and has a nice degree of flexibility in that it does not require a client install. Instead the configuration is delivered by SSH which is very simple. Puppet …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    HashiCorp TerraformProgress Chef
    Configuration Management
    Comparison of Configuration Management features of HashiCorp Terraform and Progress Chef
    Feature
    HashiCorp Terraform
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    Progress Chef
    -
    Ratings
    Infrastructure Automation9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Provisioning8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Parallel Execution6.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Node Management7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Logging7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Version Control8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    HashiCorp TerraformProgress Chef
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (30 ratings)
    8.9
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.6
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)