Chef Automate
Automate your infrastructure, applications, and compliance.
Overview
Chef Automate is a full suite of enterprise-grade features for infrastructure and application automation. It provides actionable insights with a unified view of your environments, and lets you automate your infrastructure, applications, and compliance.
✨ Key Features
- Infrastructure Automation
- Application Automation
- Compliance Automation
- Visibility and Analytics
- Fleet Management
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Procedural, code-based approach (Ruby DSL)
- Strong focus on compliance and security automation
- Test-driven infrastructure
Unique Value: A single platform to automate your entire infrastructure, application, and compliance lifecycle.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Automating security compliance checks across a hybrid cloud environment
- Managing the configuration of a large and diverse server fleet
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Simple, ad-hoc task automation (Ansible's agentless approach may be simpler)
🏆 Alternatives
Its procedural approach offers more flexibility for complex automation tasks compared to declarative tools.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Chef Automate tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 30-day free trial
📊 Market Info
Customers: 1000-5000
Total Funding: $103.0M
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