Puppet Enterprise license comparison

If you have a standard Puppet Enterprise license, you can access additional features and capabilities by purchasing the Puppet Edge add-on, a Puppet Enterprise Advanced license, or both.

If you have a Puppet Enterprise Advanced license, you can access even more features and capabilities by purchasing the Puppet Edge add-on.

Select the licensing option that works best for your organization.

Puppet Enterprise (PE) and Puppet Enterprise Advanced (PEA)

Features and capabilities	Included with PE	Included with PEA	Description
Puppet Edge	Available add-on	Available add-on	See Puppet Edge for PE and PEA
Security Compliance Management (formerly Comply)			Scans your infrastructure to assess compliance with security controls. For more information, see Security Compliance Management overview.
Security Compliance Enforcement (formerly CEM)	Available add-on		Enforces security controls for server configurations. For more information about the SCE premium modules, see Introducing Security Compliance Enforcement.  The SCE modules are available at no additional cost with Puppet Enterprise Advanced and can be individually purchased for use with PE.
Continuous Delivery			Automates code deployment and delivery pipelines. For more information, see Key concepts.
Impact Analysis	Available add-on		Generates reports to analyze potential impact and risks before merging new Puppet code. For more information, see Analyze the impact of code changes.  Impact Analysis is a premium feature of Continuous Delivery. The feature is included with the Puppet Enterprise Advanced license and is available for individual purchase with a PE standard license.
Observability Data Connector	—		Exports Puppet transaction and reports metrics to observability tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk. For more information about this premium module, see puppet_data_connector.
Self-Service Spoke for ServiceNow	—		Enables teams to execute actions on Puppet managed infrastructures directly from ServiceNow. For more information, see Puppet Self Service Spoke.
Advanced Patching with Vulnerability Remediation	—		Helps you automate and manage system and security updates. By integrating data from a third-party security scanner, you can streamline the remediation process for detected vulnerabilities. For more information, see Advanced Patching.
Infra Assistant	—		Provides a natural language, AI-powered interface for exploring infrastructure data. For more information, see Enabling the Infra Assistant.

Puppet Edge for PE and PEA

Puppet Edge features	Available for PE	Description
Playbook Runner		Runs Ansible Playbooks and Ansible ad hoc commands. For more information about this premium module, see Puppet Edge and playbook_runner.
EdgeOps		Provides tools for managing network devices. For more information about this premium module, see Puppet Edge and edgeops.
Infra Assistant: code assist	—	Helps to accelerate Puppet development for network automation by translating natural language into validated tasks for managing network devices. If you have a Puppet Enterprise Advanced license (PEA), you have access to the Infra Assistant: code assist feature which includes support for Puppet code, tasks and plans. If you have a PEA license and purchase the Puppet Edge add-on, you have access to additional capabilities which include support for managing devices. See Infra Assistant: code assist.
Workflows on PE console	—	Simplifies IT automation development and execution. For more information, see Workflows.