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Chef turns infrastructure into code. With Chef, you can automate how you build, deploy, and manage your infrastructure. Your infrastructure becomes as versionable, testable, and repeatable as application code. Chef Infrastructure Management ensures configurations are applied consistently in every environment with infrastructure management automation. Chef Compliance makes it easy to maintain and enforce compliance across the enterprise. Deliver successful application outcomes consistently at scale with Chef App Delivery. Chef Desktop allows IT teams to automate the deployment, management, and ongoing compliance of IT resources. Ensure configurations are applied consistently in every environment. Powerful policy-based configuration management system software. Runbook automation to consistently define, package & deliver applications. IT automation & DevOps dashboards for operational visibility.

About

JS7 JobScheduler is an Open Source workload automation system designed for performance, resilience and security. It provides unlimited performance for parallel execution of jobs and workflows. JS7 offers cross-platform job execution, managed file transfer, complex no-code job dependencies and a real REST API. Platforms - Cloud scheduling from Containers for Docker®, Kubernetes®, OpenShift® etc. - True multi-platform scheduling on premises for Windows®, Linux®, AIX®, Solaris®, macOS® etc. - Hybrid use for cloud and on premises User Interface - Modern, no-code GUI for inventory management, monitoring and control with web browsers - Near real-time information brings immediate visibility of status changes and log output of jobs and workflows - Multi-client capability, role based access management High Availability - Redundancy and Resilience based on asynchronous design and autonomous Agents - Clustering for all JS7 products, automatic fail-over and manual switch-over

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

IT professionals and anyone searching for a solution to optimize their infrastructure

Audience

Medium to large companies, financial industry, insurance, health care, public administration

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$1440/year
perpetual licenses, subscription licenses and pay-per-use licenses are offered
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Large number of templates. Cookbooks make implementation faster. Open Source. Community support is huge. Good documentation.

Cons

  • Needs better integration with other DevOps tools. Initial learning curve is steep. A bit harder to manage than other alternatives.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

Progress Software
Founded: 1981
United States
www.chef.io

Company Information

SOS GmbH
Founded: 1983
Germany
www.sos-berlin.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

Control-M

Control-M

BMC Software
Ansible

Ansible

Red Hat
OpCon

OpCon

SMA Technologies
JAMS Scheduler

JAMS Scheduler

JAMS Software

Categories

Categories

DevOps Supported
IT Automation Supported
IT Management Supported
Job Scheduler Supported

DevOps Features

Approval Workflow Not Supported
Dashboard Supported
KPIs Not Supported
Policy Management Not Supported
Portfolio Management Not Supported
Prioritization Not Supported
Release Management Supported
Timeline Management Supported
Troubleshooting Reports Supported

Configuration Management Features

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

DevOps Features

Approval Workflow Supported
Dashboard Supported
KPIs Not Supported
Policy Management Not Supported
Portfolio Management Not Supported
Prioritization Supported
Release Management Supported
Timeline Management Not Supported
Troubleshooting Reports Not Supported

IT Management Features

Capacity Monitoring Not Supported
Compliance Management Not Supported
Event Logs Not Supported
Hardware Inventory Not Supported
IT Budgeting Not Supported
License Management Not Supported
Patch Management Not Supported
Remote Access Not Supported
Scheduling Supported
Software Inventory Not Supported
User Activity Monitoring Not Supported

Workload Automation Features

Alerts / Notifications Supported
Audit Trails Supported
Business Process Management Supported
Cross-Platform Scheduling Supported
Dashboard Supported
Data Analysis / Visualization Supported
Event-Triggers Supported
Load Balancing Supported
Resource-Based Scheduling Supported
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Supported
Workflow Foundation Support Supported

Integrations

Alibaba Cloud Anti-Bot Service Supported
AlmaLinux Supported
Azure Marketplace Supported
Chef Infra Supported
Cmd Supported
Digital.ai Release Supported
Docker Not Supported
Dqlite Supported
Eco Supported
HCL BigFix Cloud Lifecycle Management Supported
MAAS Supported
MariaDB Not Supported
NetWatch.ai Supported
Red Hat OpenShift Not Supported
SecretHub Supported
Sensu Supported
Snappytick Supported
Snow Commander Supported
Sonatype Nexus Repository Supported
Splunk Cloud Platform Supported

Integrations

Alibaba Cloud Anti-Bot Service Not Supported
AlmaLinux Not Supported
Azure Marketplace Not Supported
Chef Infra Not Supported
Cmd Not Supported
Digital.ai Release Not Supported
Docker Supported
Dqlite Not Supported
Eco Not Supported
HCL BigFix Cloud Lifecycle Management Not Supported
MAAS Not Supported
MariaDB Supported
NetWatch.ai Not Supported
Red Hat OpenShift Supported
SecretHub Not Supported
Sensu Not Supported
Snappytick Not Supported
Snow Commander Not Supported
Sonatype Nexus Repository Not Supported
Splunk Cloud Platform Not Supported
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