Puppet vs Uyuni

Puppet9.3Visit Uyuni8.5Visit

Higher score Puppet #1 in Configuration Management Tools 9.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Puppet

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Uyuni #7 in Configuration Management Tools 8.5/10 Open source ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Uyuni

• Puppet fits best

  Mature enterprises needing broad hybrid automation

• Uyuni fits best

  SUSE-centric teams needing provisioning and compliance

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Side by side

Feature	Puppet 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Uyuni 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.5
Ranking	#1 in Configuration Management Tools	#7 in Configuration Management Tools
Best for	Mature enterprises needing broad hybrid automation	SUSE-centric teams needing provisioning and compliance
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	—	Open source
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web, Linux
Support	Docs	Docs, Community
Built for	Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Puppet 4/4 · Uyuni 4/4
Drift detection	✓	✓
Patch management	✓	✓
Policy as code	✓	✓
Compliance reporting	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Self_hosted	Both
Agent model	Both	Both
Supported platforms	Debian, Fedora, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Amazon Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Alma Linux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu	SUSE Linux Enterprise; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP; SLE Micro; SL Micro; openSUSE Leap; openSUSE Tumbleweed; Alibaba Cloud Linux; AlmaLinux; Amazon Linux; CentOS; Debian; openEuler; Open Enterprise Server; Oracle Linux; Raspberry Pi OS; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Rocky Linux; Ubuntu
Our review
Pros	Desired-state enforcement with automatic drift detection and remediation Patch management, vulnerability remediation, and compliance enforcement Agent-based and agentless automation across major infrastructure platforms	Combines Salt management, patching, provisioning, and configuration control Supports a broad list of enterprise and community Linux distributions Adds CVE auditing and OpenSCAP compliance remediation workflows
Cons	Commercial plans use custom pricing and may require sales contact The free Puppet Core Developer plan is limited to fewer than 25 nodes Its broad enterprise feature set may exceed narrow configuration needs	The server is deployed on supported SUSE-based hosts Self-hosted deployment requires organizations to operate the platform Support depends on vendor operating-system versions and lifecycle conditions
Our verdict	Puppet is an infrastructure automation and configuration management platform for platform, infrastructure, and DevOps teams. It manages configurations across on-premises, cloud, hybrid, server, network, and edge environments. Its core… Read the review →	Uyuni is an open-source configuration and infrastructure management platform for organizations managing Linux servers, edge devices, and container environments. It uses Salt for client registration and management, while also supporting SSH… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Puppet — where it wins

  • Desired-state enforcement with automatic drift detection and remediation
  • Patch management, vulnerability remediation, and compliance enforcement
  • Agent-based and agentless automation across major infrastructure platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Commercial plans use custom pricing and may require sales contact
  • The free Puppet Core Developer plan is limited to fewer than 25 nodes
  • Its broad enterprise feature set may exceed narrow configuration needs

• Uyuni — where it wins

  • Combines Salt management, patching, provisioning, and configuration control
  • Supports a broad list of enterprise and community Linux distributions
  • Adds CVE auditing and OpenSCAP compliance remediation workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • The server is deployed on supported SUSE-based hosts
  • Self-hosted deployment requires organizations to operate the platform
  • Support depends on vendor operating-system versions and lifecycle conditions

• Puppet9.3/10 · Free plan

  A mature hybrid automation platform with strong drift, patching, and compliance controls.

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• Uyuni8.5/10 · Open source

  A broad Salt-based platform for provisioning, patching, compliance, and configuration control.

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