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Rudder vs Puppet: catalog facts
Rudder	Puppet
Freemium Open-source core; commercial offerings and demos available from the vendor.	Paid A commercial product from Perforce; prices are not listed on the homepage.
Windows, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, Linux, Command line
Continuous enforcement and compliance reporting Covers both Linux and Windows systems	Enforces declared server state and corrects drift Puppet Forge library of shared modules
Aimed at organisations with many servers rather than individuals Some features are tied to commercial offerings	Aimed at organisations rather than individuals Has its own configuration language to learn
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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