Chef
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Features
28 features across 12 categories
Administration(3)
Define and manage custom user roles and permissions
Create and manage unlimited organizational units
Unlimited number of user accounts
Application Management(1)
Automate application delivery workflows
Compliance(2)
Audit compliance across infrastructure and applications
Run compliance audits on schedule or on demand with standards-based content
Data Management(1)
Data retention and recovery capabilities with configurable retention periods
Hosting(1)
Dedicated instance hosting option with extended data retention
Infrastructure Management(7)
Execute automation without requiring agents on all nodes
Manage and enforce infrastructure configurations
Manage desktop environments and configurations
Execute jobs on any node, across cloud, on-prem, hybrid or air-gapped setups at scale
Empower standardized infrastructure configurations that are scalable and repeatable across the enterprise
Manage and monitor nodes across infrastructure environments
Define infrastructure policies as code for flexibility and version control
Knowledge Management(1)
Access to Chef-curated premium content and best practices
Node Management(3)
Single and bulk node enrollment capabilities
Filter and organize nodes and resources with lists
Allow nodes to self-enroll in Chef management
Orchestration(6)
Access to Chef-curated premium skills library
Create and manage custom skills and interpreters
Automate and execute operational jobs across infrastructure
Design workflows for incidents, certificate rotation and other planned or ad hoc events
Manage custom skills and interpreters for orchestration
Orchestrate disparate DevOps tools and workflows from a single control plane
Reliability(1)
Service level agreement guaranteeing 99.9% platform uptime
Security(1)
Monitor and manage cloud security posture
User Interface(1)
User-friendly UI-based operations interface for democratizing DevOps
Pricing
Business
- ✓Node Management
- ✓Job Orchestration
- ✓Configuration Management
- ✓Desktop Management
- ✓Compliance Audit
- ✓Continuous Compliance
- ✓Cloud Security Posture Management
- ✓Application Delivery
- ✓Basic Enrollment
- ✓Filters and Lists
- ✓Skill Management
- ✓Shell, Restart, Gohai, Courier Runner skills
- ✓10 monthly job runs per node
- ✓10 concurrent jobs
- ✓On Demand Jobs
- ✓Unlimited User Seats
- ✓Unlimited Org Units
- ✓30 Days Data Retention
- ✓30 Days Log Retention
- ✓30 Days Data Recovery
- ✓99.9% Uptime SLA
- ✓Standard Support
Enterprise
- ✓Node Management
- ✓Job Orchestration
- ✓Configuration Management
- ✓Desktop Management
- ✓Compliance Audit
- ✓Continuous Compliance
- ✓Cloud Security Posture Management
- ✓Application Delivery
- ✓Basic Enrollment
- ✓Filters and Lists
- ✓Skill Management
- ✓Custom Skills & Interpreters
- ✓Base skills, InSpec and Infra
- ✓10 monthly job runs per node
- ✓10 concurrent jobs
- ✓On Demand Jobs
- ✓Unlimited User Seats
- ✓Unlimited Org Units
- ✓Custom User Roles
- ✓30 Days Data Retention
- ✓30 Days Log Retention
- ✓30 Days Data Recovery
- ✓Self-enrollment
- ✓Chef Curated Premium Skills
- ✓Chef Curated Premium Content
- ✓99.9% Uptime SLA
- ✓Standard Support
Enterprise Plus
- ✓Node Management
- ✓Job Orchestration
- ✓Configuration Management
- ✓Desktop Management
- ✓Compliance Audit
- ✓Continuous Compliance
- ✓Cloud Security Posture Management
- ✓Application Delivery
- ✓Basic Enrollment
- ✓Filters and Lists
- ✓Skill Management
- ✓Custom Skills & Interpreters
- ✓Base skills, InSpec and Infra
- ✓10 monthly job runs per node
- ✓50 concurrent jobs
- ✓On Demand Jobs
- ✓Unlimited User Seats
- ✓Unlimited Org Units
- ✓Custom User Roles
- ✓30 Days Data Retention
- ✓Up to 60 days Data Retention with dedicated instance
- ✓Up to 60 days Log Retention for dedicated instance
- ✓Up to 60 days Data Recovery for dedicated instance
- ✓Self-enrollment
- ✓Chef Curated Premium Skills
- ✓Chef Curated Premium Content
- ✓Dedicated Instance Optional Add-on
- ✓99.9% Uptime SLA
- ✓Premium Support
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Build vs Buy
Should you build a Chef alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 28 features.
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Better ValueBuild Your Own
Buying Chef saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.
Estimates based on 28 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.
Integrations
2 known integrations