infrastructure-as-code.md

infrastructure-as-code.md

Feature	Puppet	Chef	SaltStack	Ansible	Terraform
Language	Puppet DSL	Ruby DSL	Python	YAML (Playbooks)	HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)
Configuration Style	Declarative	Imperative	Both	Declarative	Declarative
Primary Use	Configuration Management	Configuration Management	Configuration Management	Configuration Management	Infrastructure Provisioning
Ease of Learning	Moderate	Moderate to Hard	Moderate	Easy to Moderate	Easy to Moderate
Agent Requirement	Agent-based	Agent-based	Agent and Agentless	Agentless	Agentless
State Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Orchestration	Basic	Strong	Strong	Strong	Limited
Community & Support	Large Community, Commercial Support	Large Community, Commercial Support	Large Community, Commercial Support	Large Community, Commercial Support	Large Community, Commercial Support
Integration	Extensive	Extensive	Extensive	Extensive	Extensive
Scalability	High	High	High	High	High
Performance	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High
Error Handling	Limited	Strong	Strong	Moderate	Strong
Idempotency	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Versioning	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	Strong
Cloud Compatibility	AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, etc.	AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, etc.	AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, etc.	AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, etc.	AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, etc.
Documentation	Extensive	Extensive	Extensive	Extensive	Extensive