G2 Vendor Directory

Azure Resource Manager vs. Puppet Enterprise

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

MetricAzure Resource Manager

by Microsoft

Puppet Enterprise

by Perforce

Overall rating4.24.2
Review count5043
Ease of use8.07.7
Ease of setup7.67.7
Quality of support8.68.7
Meets requirements8.58.5
NPS4039.534884
Small Business26.0%4.8%
Mid-Market28.0%35.7%
Enterprise46.0%59.5%
Total page views121233
Total LLM citations9295

Azure Resource Manager

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is Microsoft's deployment and management service for Azure, providing a unified layer to create, update, and delete resources within your Azure account. It enables users to manage their infrastructure through declarative templates, ensuring consistent and repeatable deployments across various environments. By organizing resources into groups, ARM simplifies monitoring, access control, and billing, offering a streamlined approach to resource management.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Code Management
  • Integration Support
  • Software Updates
  • Efficiency
  • Automation Efficiency

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