Tripwire Enterprise comparisons
Tripwire Enterprise is compared head-to-head with Puppet, Chef InSpec and Qualys Policy Compliance and more: 7 head-to-heads in Security Configuration Management Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Tripwire Enterprise head-to-head
- Tripwire Enterprise vs Puppet
- Tripwire Enterprise vs Chef InSpec
- Tripwire Enterprise vs Qualys Policy Compliance
- Tripwire Enterprise vs HCL BigFix
- Tripwire Enterprise vs Tanium Comply
- Tripwire Enterprise vs OpenSCAP
- Tripwire Enterprise vs Google Security Command Center
Tripwire Enterprise vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | CIS benchmarks | Configuration drift | Automated remediation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Tripwire Enterprise | No | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | 8.5 | ||
| 1 | Puppet | Yes | Yes | 9.4 | ||||
| 2 | Chef InSpec | Yes | $59/device/yr | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.1 |
| 3 | Qualys Policy Compliance | No | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 4 | HCL BigFix | No | Hybrid | 8.7 | ||||
| 6 | Tanium Comply | Hybrid | 8.4 | |||||
| 7 | OpenSCAP | Yes | Free | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | 8.2 | |
| 8 | Google Security Command Center | Yes | Agentless | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.1 |
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