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    Salt

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/ABuilt on Python, Salt is an event-driven automation tool and framework to deploy, configure, and manage complex IT systems. Salt is used to automate common infrastructure administration tasks and ensure that all the components of infrastructure are operating in a consistent desired state.N/A
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    Salt
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    Chose Salt
    Puppet was working fine for our needs. We decided to make the switch after our operating system vendor decided to stop official support for SaltStack.
    Incentivized
    Chose Salt
    SaltStack is a newer product, so it learned some of the mistakes that Puppet made. It truly is a system that can respond to events as well as configure systems.
    Incentivized
    Chose Salt
    SaltStack beats all of the tools above since it is a "6-in-one" solution: Config Management, Orchestration, Automation, parallel sys administration, remote execution and cloud management.

    The other solutions only solve one or two problems.
    Incentivized
    Chose Salt
    I've used shell scripts over ssh, custom in-house deployment tools, Chef, and SaltStack. I've evaluated Ansible, but I was never happy with performance over SSH. Chef's loose configuration data model and lack of philosophy and conventions around use makes it difficult for a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salt
    I have used the following:
    CFEngine
    Puppet
    Incentivized
    Chose Salt
    Chef and Puppet both require writing code, which I view as excessively involved for the task at hand. I have only needed to write pure python for a handful of Saltstack use cases - everything else has been configuration files.

    Ansible, while elegant and simple, simply does not …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salt
    We moved to SaltStack from Puppet about 3 years ago. Puppet just has too much of a learning curve and we inherited it from an old IT regime. We wanted something we could start fresh with. Our team has never looked back. SaltStack is so much easier for us to use and maintain.
    Incentivized
    Chose Salt
    Ansible and Salt have emerged around the same time, and are pretty close.

    Ansible pros:
    Incentivized
    Chose Salt
    I looked at Chef and Ansible but it was a long time ago and I don't remember the pros and cons compared to SaltStack.
    When I arrived at my company, Saltstack was already used in production so there has been no discussion about other deployment and automation solutions
    Incentivized
    Chose Salt
    • Puppet - ugly and heavy, ruby-based, although has the best set of production-ready modules and can be a good choice for big enterprise.
    • Chef - outdated, ruby-based.
    • Ansible - slow due to ssh transport, but is the best alternative for SaltStack.
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    Salt
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
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