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Description

The F5 Distributed Cloud Platform offers enhanced features, robust security measures, and streamlined operations superior to those provided by native cloud services. This platform is specifically designed to cater to distributed applications operating in multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge settings. As software applications transition into microservices and increasingly rely on APIs, the emergence of complex and highly distributed architectures brings about challenges, escalated costs, and heightened risks. To effectively deliver applications, it is necessary to deploy and manage various appliances, software, and connectivity services. Conventional CDNs and hub-and-spoke networks fall short when it comes to supporting immersive or large-scale SaaS applications. With differing APIs, policies, and levels of observability, there is a pressing need for significant investments in automation. Applications that are distributed across various environments often face unequal protection levels. Furthermore, achieving alignment among DevOps, NetOps, and SecOps during service provisioning and security poses significant challenges, particularly when relying on ticket-based workflows, which can hinder efficiency and responsiveness. Addressing these complexities is crucial for optimizing the management of distributed applications.

Description

Puppet Enterprise is an enterprise-grade infrastructure automation and configuration management solution built to help organizations simplify IT operations, improve security, and manage large-scale infrastructure environments efficiently. The platform automates infrastructure deployment, patch management, compliance enforcement, vulnerability remediation, and operational workflows across hybrid, cloud, on-premise, and edge environments. Puppet Enterprise enables centralized control over Linux servers, Windows systems, network devices, and edge infrastructure through one unified automation platform designed to reduce operational complexity and manual intervention. The platform includes AI-powered infrastructure insights that use natural language interfaces to help teams analyze infrastructure data, accelerate troubleshooting, and make faster operational decisions. Puppet Enterprise also provides event-driven automation that automatically responds to configuration drift, security threats, system failures, and compliance violations in real time. Security and compliance capabilities allow organizations to continuously enforce CIS and DISA STIG policies, automate audit reporting, and maintain secure system configurations across distributed environments. The platform offers advanced features such as patch orchestration, impact analysis, self-service automation catalogs, observability integrations, and agentless device management for network and edge systems. Puppet Enterprise integrates with major DevOps, monitoring, and cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog, GitLab, ServiceNow, and Prometheus.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Yes 
Anitian FedRAMP Comprehensive No 
Azure NetApp Files No 
BeyondTrust Cloud Privilege Broker No 
DROPS No 
F5 Distributed Cloud DDoS Mitigation Service No 
F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer Yes 
F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Yes 
Flex83 No 
IBM Cloud Red Hat Openshift Yes 
Kovair QuickSync No 
Kubernetes Yes 
RunCode No 
StrongDM No 
Sweagle No 
Telegraf No 
Terraform Yes 
Zulip No 
configure8 No 
env0 No 

Integrations

Amazon Web Services (AWS) No 
Anitian FedRAMP Comprehensive Yes 
Azure NetApp Files Yes 
BeyondTrust Cloud Privilege Broker Yes 
DROPS Yes 
F5 Distributed Cloud DDoS Mitigation Service Yes 
F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer No 
F5 Distributed Cloud WAF No 
Flex83 Yes 
IBM Cloud Red Hat Openshift No 
Kovair QuickSync Yes 
Kubernetes No 
RunCode Yes 
StrongDM Yes 
Sweagle Yes 
Telegraf Yes 
Terraform No 
Zulip Yes 
configure8 Yes 
env0 Yes 

Pricing Details

$25 per month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

$120 per month
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

F5

Founded

1996

Country

United States

Website

www.f5.com/products/distributed-cloud-services/platform-overview

Vendor Details

Company Name

Perforce

Founded

1995

Country

United States

Website

puppet.com

Product Features

Configuration Management

Access Control / Permissions Yes 
Application Deployment Yes 
Automated Provisioning Yes 
Infrastructure Automation Yes 
Node Management Yes 
Orchestration Yes 
Reporting Analytics / Visualization Yes 
Task Management Yes 

Continuous Delivery

Application Lifecycle Management No 
Application Release Automation No 
Build Automation No 
Build Log No 
Change Management No 
Configuration Management No 
Continuous Deployment No 
Continuous Integration No 
Feature Toggles / Feature Flags No 
Quality Management No 
Testing Management No 

Continuous Integration

Build Log No 
Change Management No 
Configuration Management Yes 
Continuous Delivery Yes 
Continuous Deployment No 
Debugging No 
Permission Management No 
Quality Assurance Management No 
Testing Management Yes 

DevOps

Approval Workflow No 
Dashboard No 
KPIs No 
Policy Management No 
Portfolio Management No 
Prioritization No 
Release Management No 
Timeline Management No 
Troubleshooting Reports No 

IT Management

Capacity Monitoring No 
Compliance Management Yes 
Event Logs No 
Hardware Inventory No 
IT Budgeting No 
License Management No 
Patch Management No 
Remote Access No 
Scheduling Yes 
Software Inventory No 
User Activity Monitoring No 

Server Management

CPU Monitoring No 
Credential Management No 
Database Servers No 
Email Monitoring No 
Event Logs No 
History Tracking No 
Patch Management No 
Scheduling Yes 
User Activity Monitoring No 
Virtual Machine Monitoring No 

Software Configuration Management (SCM)

Automated Cleanup No 
Branch Merging No 
Code Review No 
Concurrency Management No 
Defect Tracking No 
Flexible Branching No 
Rapid Hotfix No 
Rapid Rebuilds No 
Regulatory Compliance No 
Version Control / Management No 
Workflow / Process Automation No 

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