Sold by: Progress Software Corporation
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Chef capabilities are available as cloud-based services, providing customers with the same powerful automation capabilities with the added benefit of reduced infrastructure overhead and faster time to value.
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Overview
Chef SaaS is a cloud-based solution for infrastructure, compliance, and cloud security automation to manage entire IT estates. Enterprises can automate infrastructure configurations, view compliance and security postures of all devices, and detect and remediate configuration drift and security vulnerabilities.
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Highlights
- Configuration Management for All Platforms and Operating Systems
- Continuous Compliance Audits and Automated Remediation
- Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months | Overage cost |
|---|---|---|---|
Node | 50 nodes of Chef SaaS | $7,000.00 | |
Nodes beyond 50 | Any nodes above 50 are priced per node | $150.00 | - |
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Configuration Management
Supports configuration management across all platforms and operating systems
Compliance Auditing and Remediation
Performs continuous compliance audits with automated remediation capabilities
Cloud Security Posture Management
Provides cloud security posture management (CSPM) for security vulnerability detection and remediation
Configuration Drift Detection
Detects and remediates configuration drift across IT infrastructure
Multi-Device Security Visibility
Enables viewing of compliance and security postures across all devices in IT estates
System Configuration and Software Deployment
Configures systems, deploys software, and orchestrates advanced workflows across enterprise infrastructure and AWS cloud environments
AWS Service Integration
Includes full Ansible collection for AWS with native integrations for EC2, CloudFormation, VPC, ALB, AMI, Security Groups, key pairs, EFS, EBS, S3, RDS, Lambda, and AWS Secrets Manager
Multi-Environment Orchestration
Extends automation capabilities across private clouds, on-premise datacenters, edge locations, and hybrid cloud environments from AWS deployment
Red Hat OpenShift Deployment Support
Supports installation via operator on Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA) and OpenShift running directly on AWS infrastructure
Enterprise Resource Management
Provides resources to create, manage, and scale automation across entire enterprise infrastructure and AWS cloud resources
Policy-Driven Infrastructure Governance
Enforces policies for security, compliance, cost, and reliability at every stage of infrastructure delivery and operation with continuous tracking, review, and auditability.
Drift Detection and Compliance Monitoring
Detects and prevents infrastructure drift to ensure environments remain aligned with organizational standards before, during, and after deployment.
Multi-Framework Infrastructure as Code Support
Supports multiple IaC frameworks including OpenTofu, Terraform, and Kubernetes for standardized infrastructure delivery across teams and clouds.
Role-Based Access Control and Environment Isolation
Provides fine-grained RBAC and structured organizational models to maintain isolation, visibility, and control across hundreds of teams and environments.
Enforced Standards and Approval Workflows
Converts organizational standards into enforceable workflows through approved templates, policies, and pipelines that apply consistently across teams, environments, and clouds.
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Customer reviews
Nonkululeko K.
Effortless Automation, Simple Setup
Reviewed on Aug 20, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like how Progress Chef makes everything easier around my workplace by automating tasks such as installing software, managing services, and updating settings. It's simple and easy to get used to, and I'd highly recommend it.
What do you dislike about the product?
It came late ...wish it came earlier so I could introduce it to my team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Progress Chef automates repetitive IT tasks, like configuring servers and managing services, easing our workload and simplifying operations.
Sithembiso N.
Effortless Automation, Powerful Testing Tools
Reviewed on Aug 20, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate how Progress Chef effortlessly automates repetitive system administration duties. Creating reusable cookbooks allows for the quick deployment, updating, and standardization of servers in various environments, which streamlines and enhances infrastructure management. I truly appreciate the testing ecosystem surrounding Chef, particularly tools like Test Kitchen and InSpec. The ability to test infrastructure code locally in isolated environments before deploying it to live servers provides significant confidence and ensures that updates won’t disrupt production. Test Kitchen simplifies the process of testing Chef cookbooks in clean, isolated virtual environments prior to code release. InSpec offers easy-to-read tests that automatically check system configurations and compliance policies. Together, they remove uncertainty and help avoid expensive misconfigurations in production environments. The setup with Chef Workstation and modern CLI tools like chef-generate went relatively smoothly. Once we configured the initial server connection and authentication keys, bootstrapping new nodes through SSH became a quick and automated process. Progress Chef integrates smoothly into our toolchain. We utilize Git to manage the cookbook source code, Terraform for initial provisioning of cloud infrastructure, Jenkins to automate testing and deployments through Test Kitchen and InSpec.
What do you dislike about the product?
I find managing Chef server and configuring agents across a large number of servers can increase operational overhead. Sometimes executing client runs on heavily loaded nodes can slow down performance, and initial configuration management may seem unnecessarily complicated for very small straightforward deployments.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Progress Chef to automate infrastructure, reducing manual server handling. It speeds up deployments, eases server updates, and smooths scaling. With Test Kitchen and InSpec, I ensure infrastructure consistency and avoid costly errors. Creating reusable cookbooks enhances deployment, standardization, and management.
Princess M.
Great for Automated Server Configuration, but Complex to Learn and Troubleshoot
Reviewed on Aug 17, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It automates and manage server configurations,maintain infrastructure and compliance and consistency of system
What do you dislike about the product?
It’s complex to learn and configure,especially for troubleshooting issues
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reduces manual errors and configuration drift
Lindokuhle T.
Reliable automation that simplifies infrastructure management
Reviewed on Aug 10, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The most helpful aspect of Progress Chef is its ability to eliminate manual server setup through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated configuration drift management.
What do you dislike about the product?
The least helpful part that I discovered about progress chef, is that I can take time to learn, especially when you are still getting familiar with the setup and configuration.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps me with, solve the problem of having to manually configure and manage infrastructure across different systems.
Retail
Chef 360 Helps Us Migrate Infrastructure and Deliver New Customer Features
Reviewed on Jul 30, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Chef 360 is the product which I can try to migrate from infra server in my organisation to uplift new features for our customers
What do you dislike about the product?
Progress team has to come up with an AI option if possible so that we can think of how it would be useful for us to improve our infrastructure experience for customers
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Compliance is one of the key which we have used to solve our hardening operating system