G2 Vendor Directory

AWS CloudFormation vs. Puppet Enterprise

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAWS CloudFormation

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Puppet Enterprise

by Perforce

Overall rating4.44.2
Review count21443
Ease of use8.37.7
Ease of setup8.57.7
Quality of support8.88.7
Meets requirements8.98.5
NPS56.08465639.534884
Small Business17.4%4.8%
Mid-Market39.9%35.7%
Enterprise42.7%59.5%
Total page views243233
Total LLM citations280295

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation is a service that enables users to model, provision, and manage AWS and third-party resources in a secure and automated manner. By defining infrastructure as code through JSON or YAML templates, CloudFormation allows for consistent and repeatable deployment of resources, facilitating efficient management of complex infrastructures. Key Features and Functionality: - Infrastructure as Code: Define and provision AWS resources using JSON or YAML templates, enabling version control and repeatable deployments.

Pros

  • Infrastructure Automation
  • Automation Efficiency
  • Ease of Use
  • Efficiency
  • Deployment Ease
  • Easy Integrations

Puppet Enterprise

Perforce Puppet is an enterprise platform for secure infrastructure automation and governance. Built for platform, DevOps, and security teams, it enables organizations to define and enforce desired state across infrastructure, automate remediation, and scale with confidence. With policy-driven automation and support for both agent-based and agentless workflows, Puppet reduces manual effort while supporting continuous compliance across complex environments.

Pros