TL;DR - SaltStack
- SaltStack is an infrastructure automation and configuration management tool
- It manages servers at scale with event-driven automation
- Free and open-source, Enterprise version available
Pricing: Free plan available
Best for: Growing teams
Score: 75/100
Pricing
Freemium
View pricing SaltStack offers a free plan with paid upgrades.
About SaltStack
SaltStack automates infrastructure with event-driven approach. Configuration management with remote execution—infrastructure automation that reacts.
The speed is notable. The event-driven approach differs. The community supports it.
Operations teams wanting reactive automation consider SaltStack for event-driven infrastructure.
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SaltStack FAQ
Salt Open Source is free. VMware (which acquired SaltStack) offers enterprise versions with additional features and support.
SaltStack (Salt) is a Python-based configuration management and orchestration tool. It's known for speed at scale, using a master-minion architecture.
Salt is faster at scale due to its persistent minion connections. Ansible is simpler and agentless. Ansible has won the popularity contest, but Salt is powerful for large infrastructures.