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Progress Chef Overview

What is Progress Chef?

The Progress Chef portfolio consists of multiple, integrated products. It offers a set of capabilities that provide organizations the flexibility to support different use cases. All these capabilities are based on a trusted set of tools rooted in open source, starting with the ability to configure, deploy and manage all aspects of a technology stack as well as the ability to secure and support compliance across the asset fleet. The Chef portfolio includes configuration/infrastructure management, application delivery (including edge support and device management as well as support for security and compliance), all of which are supported by a single pane of glass for fleet wide visibility and control.

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Product Description

The Chef enterprise automation portfolio includes 4 workload aligned solutions: Infrastructure Management; Compliance Audit; Application Delivery; and Desktop Management, all solutions are built upon Chef open-source tools: Chef Infra, InSpec, Habitat, Workstation and Automate.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

The Chef portfolio provides complete lifecycle automation support including compliance/security and application delivery. It also provides the ability to scale and support massive multi-cloud deployments.


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Year Founded
1981
HQ Location
Burlington, MA.
Twitter
@ProgressSW
50,163 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
3,615 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:PRGS
Phone
1-888-365-2779
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$442
Description

Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) empowers organizations to achieve transformational success in the face of disruptive change. Our software enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible AI-powered applications and experiences with agility and ease. Customers get a trusted provider in Progress, with the products, expertise and vision they need to succeed. Over 4 million developers and technologists at hundreds of thousands of enterprises depend on Progress.


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Recent Progress Chef Reviews

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Justin E.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Works Great"
They are very easy to use and makes things easy to understand. The customer support is great too.
Anshul S.
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Anshul S.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Configure automation with Chef"
This works on pull mechanism also configured bulk servers in a single go
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Automate Configuration Management"
The product is super easy when it comes to usage
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Progress Chef Media

Progress Chef Demo - Chef Compliance
Node Status Report with option for Profile Status readout
Progress Chef Demo - Chef Infrastructure
Chef Infra Client Run Status displaying passed and failed nodes
Progress Chef Demo - Chef InSpec Profile
Profile shows the definition, metadata, and resources to scan
Progress Chef Demo - Chef SaaS
Effortlessly manage your DevOps work in the cloud.
Progress Chef Demo - Zero Trust
Continuously monitor and validate users and devices for privileges and attributes with Chef.
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Mike F.
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Mission Critical Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

It is easy to pick up the concepts and even easier to implement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

Moving between versions can be a headache. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

Compliance reporting and easier configuration management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Thanks Mike and I am super excited you provided your feedback. We are working towards improving moving between versions .

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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

The automate compliance system is very ease of use.

I ear the customer support is very dedicated.

I need to test de app and discover a number of features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

The UX is flow and test de ease of Implemenation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

Time and easy use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gregory L.
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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

The capacity of Progress Chef to enhance team collaboration in application creation and deployment is what I find most remarkable. Team members can easily share resources and information thanks to its collaboration features and unified platform. I also value the tool's support for various computer languages and cloud platforms, which gives development and distribution more freedom and speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

Even though it's a powerful tool, Progress Chef might not be the best choice for smaller teams or businesses due to its intricacy and higher expense. The program requires some technological proficiency and has a steep learning curve. Not to mention, customer support could be more quick and useful, especially to those who are new to the site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ineffective processes, human error, and scalability problems are just a few of the problems that Progress Chef addresses for businesses during the creation and implementation of applications. By automating time-consuming chores, its robust automation features and workflow management tools free up workers to concentrate on more crucial aspects of development. Deployment is also more scalable and error-free thanks to its support for numerous settings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Thanks for you insight Gregory we appreciate YOU.

Best,

Michelle

JE
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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

They are very easy to use and makes things easy to understand. The customer support is great too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

There is really nothing I do not like about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

Automation and human entry error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

Best configuration management tool for applying on multiple servers at once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

Troubleshooting cookbook errors. Logs are difficult to read. Installing agent process is a tedious work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ease of server provisioning and initial state setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harshal S.
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Cloud Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

1:Progress Chef is known for its easy-to-use interface, making it easy for users to navigate and find what they need.

2:Chef has a large and active community of users, providing resources and support for those who need it.

3:Chef is designed to scale with an organisation's needs, making it an excellent choice for large enterprises or fast-growing companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

1:Chef is a complex tool which is difficult for specific tasks, especially for those unfamiliar with its architecture and capabilities.

2: To deploy and maintain effectively, Chef requires significant resources, including hardware and staff.

3:Chef has a large community of users and many resources available, but documentation for the tool can sometimes be challenging for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a cloud Engineer, I need to work on Infrastructure provisioning, and each project requirement is different as per their choice. To handle all these requirements, the chef has helped me manage infrastructure deployment and provisioning. Chef is designed to scale with an organisation's needs, making it an excellent choice for large enterprises or fast-growing companies. It helped me a lot as it can handle large and complex requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jamaine A.
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Data & Analytics Consultant
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

The ability to manage many configurations at once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

That it's not scalable, I would like it to be more so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managig our entire infra from simple CICD practices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

The product line up offered from Chef. I mostly use the Infrastructure management and compliance tools. Super helpful and innovative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

In the past, when I've run into hurdles working with Chef software, I've reached out to Chef directly and to the community and don't always find what I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

Chef is solving infrastructure management and cloud compliance beautifully. It's so much better to just write a cookbook or inspec profile and have Chef do the work than to spend hours doing all the work yourself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Thanks Carter and we are working to provide better support portal response times.

Bart V.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

Good toolset, good docs, support & community.

Complete solution with useful features.

Is in constant development using feedback from customers.

Great to work with from a developer standpoint. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

Bumpy or scattered product roadmap; eg. policyfiles introduced as an afterthought, and this also shows in the web UIs. Chef Automate UI not my personal favourite. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

Testing new developments on local machines,

Installing required toolsets for newly provisioned servers,

Having general overview of automation runs,

Being able to roll out updates to great number of servers at once Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Thanks for the kind words Bart. We are working on new and improved product roadmap.

Raphael G.
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Cloud Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Progress Chef?

Automation has never been so easy to do, whether it is a server or other software-related workload; the progressive chef is handy has always been a forte. My team started using progressive chef before puppet or even ansible, and it's still everyone's favorite Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

Not everyone had it easy with how to use it from the start, but after a while, everyone was alright. Create more developer advocates and communities around the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Progress Chef solving and how is that benefiting you?

Devops tooling for the automation of our software systems. We used chef to automate our Quality Assurance environment before deploying it into production. We have been able to reduce technical debt and go faster then if we were not using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.