Chef vs Puppet vs Ansible vs Saltstack: Which Works Best For You? Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and SaltStack are industry-wide used DevOps tools . They are all “configuration management” tools, which means they are designed to deploy, configure and manage servers. But do you know which among Chef vs Puppet vs Ansible vs Saltstack is the best tool for IT automation? I have written this blog to let you know the pros and cons of each of these tools, after which you will be able to decide the most appropriate tool for your organization’s need and environment. These tools are very simple to use yet powerful enough to automate complex multi-tier IT application environments. Therefore, in this “Chef vs Puppet vs Ansible vs Saltstack” blog, I will answer many such questions for you. You can go through the below table to get an overview of the metrics on which I will be comparing these tools. Metrics Chef Puppet Ansible Saltstack Availability ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Ease of Setup Not very easy