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Digital.ai Deploy vs Perforce Puppet comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Digital.ai Deploy
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Release Automation (10th)
Perforce Puppet
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Digital.ai Deploy and Perforce Puppet aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Digital.ai Deploy is designed for Release Automation and holds a mindshare of 2.7%, up 0.8% compared to last year.
Perforce Puppet, on the other hand, focuses on Configuration Management, holds 3.6% mindshare, up 0.8% since last year.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Digital.ai Deploy2.7%
Microsoft Azure DevOps27.1%
GitLab25.3%
Other44.9%
Release Automation
Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Perforce Puppet3.6%
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform10.5%
Microsoft Configuration Manager7.8%
Other78.1%
Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

Dorian Sezen - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner at Kloia
Good solution for heterogeneous enterprise environments that have different workflows
The solution is for heterogeneous enterprise environments that have different workflows like Kubernetes, Linux, Windows, and mainframe The solution creates a manifest file that caps the bridge between the developer and the system admin. The tool needs to improve on cloud-native GitOps. I have…
MS
Unix Consultant at ExxonMobil
Have managed configurations efficiently with an adaptable tool
I am using Perforce Puppet in the IT industry. I have experience with configuration management tools, specifically Perforce Puppet. I am a user of Perforce Puppet. I have used modular architecture to customize and integrate with my current IT environment. It is flexible and able to address my specific needs. I have worked with event-driven automation, and it helps to identify potential issues when someone manually changes any configuration on the server. Perforce Puppet reinforces the intended configuration that we have set earlier. I recommend Perforce Puppet as it's a good tool for all kinds of business and easy to use. It takes less than three months to learn how to use Perforce Puppet. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Perforce Puppet an eight.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"For us the flexibility of this product is nice, we can manage several things within one file and by giving parameters to the deployables."
"The main quality is still to have a One Click process, then you save precious time."
"The product sounds good thanks to its UI, as it is really easy to perform a deployment when things work."
"The product has a flexibility that allows it to work with various deployments and various technologies."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is that it is vendor-agnostic and it has a file called Manifest, which makes it possible for developers, ops people, and system admins to cooperate."
"Customer support is excellent, quick response from product specialists."
"The solution creates a manifest file that caps the bridge between the developer and the system admin."
"For a "from scratch" project, the build pipeline is very easy to create: Jenkins for the continuous integration platform and deployIt for pushing the artefact onto our servers."
"The organization of the overall product in terms of usage is very good."
"Good tools to automate your servers, the time and effort to learn writing manifest is quiet high but it's worth on the long run"
"Puppet Enterprise is a stable solution."
"The agent-based feature helps me by being stable."
"Puppet Enterprise has good functionalities."
"Anything that we manage through Puppet always runs perfectly."
"Puppet Enterprise has reduced the time of production changes or environment changes."
"I rate the stability of Puppet as ten out of ten."
 

Cons

"Our customers have not been happy with technical support. They need to do much better to help clients solve issues."
"I’d like better reporting possibilities."
"Though the product is very good, I think the product can still be improved in a couple of ways."
"GUI: uses Adobe Flash which is a bit of a pain (Soon to be replaced by a new GUI with HTML5 and AngularJS)."
"Customer Service: 3/10. Technical Support: 3/10."
"Customer service was not very good."
"While it is a flexible product and provides a means of integrating with virtually anything, the company should make a better effort to keep up with new platform integrations."
"The GUI deserves some improvements."
"Clients with less technical expertise may find Puppet complex to configure. Our team may struggle if technical team members leave the organization, leaving others uncertain about using the tool."
"It's a bit of a pain point to make sure that everything works once we've upgraded it because Puppet has been evolving pretty fast."
"We would like Puppet to add more integration for applications."
"The compliance side needs work. Puppet doesn't have much in terms of dealing with compliance."
"Well at the beginning it was kind of complex. Because you had a lack of knowledge."
"The solution has really complex code, you have to understand the Ruby language. However, once you know the code then you can move ahead without any problems."
"Puppet has a steep learning curve so you need to spend some time before you can use Puppet daily."
"It needs GUI based automation. There is way too much command line work involved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing costs are based on annual subscriptions."
"The product’s pricing is acceptable. We get volume discounts."
"The main thing that we noticed when we switched from the enterprise version to the community version was the difference in cost — the infrastructure is pretty expensive."
"Puppet Enterprise’s pricing is competitive."
"Depending on the size of the organization there is a point when the price of Puppet Enterprise should be lower. However, they provide really good functionality, features, and capabilities."
"Puppet Enterprise can be an expensive solution for smaller businesses."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Performing Arts
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Puppet Enterprise?
Regarding the cost, I find it expensive, always. I don't know how much the license would cost per year or per user approximately.
What needs improvement with Puppet Enterprise?
I don't know what could be improved in Perforce Puppet to make this tool better for the next release. I can't think of anything for now, except maybe the price, which I consider high at 50%.
What is your primary use case for Puppet Enterprise?
My main use case for Perforce Puppet is for configuration management.
 

Also Known As

Deployit, XLDeploy, XebiaLabs XL Deploy
Puppet
 

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Sample Customers

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