Save to My Lists
Paid
Claimed

Progress Chef Reviews & Product Details - Page 6

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.

Progress Chef Details
Product Website
Show LessShow More
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.


Seller Details
Company Website
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.


Jennifer M.
JM
Overview Provided by:
Customer Advocacy Manager

Recent Progress Chef Reviews

JE
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.
AS
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
Verified User
U
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
Security Badge
This seller hasn't added their security information yet. Let them know that you'd like them to add it.
0 people requested security information

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.
Play Progress Chef Video
Play Progress Chef Video
Play Progress Chef Video
Play Progress Chef Video
Play Progress Chef Video

Official Downloads

Answer a few questions to help the Progress Chef community
Have you used Progress Chef before?
Yes

105 Progress Chef Reviews

4.2 out of 5
The next elements are filters and will change the displayed results once they are selected.
Search reviews
Popular Mentions
The next elements are radio elements and sort the displayed results by the item selected and will update the results displayed.
Hide FiltersMore Filters
The next elements are filters and will change the displayed results once they are selected.
The next elements are filters and will change the displayed results once they are selected.
105 Progress Chef Reviews
4.2 out of 5
105 Progress Chef Reviews
4.2 out of 5

Progress Chef Pros and Cons

How are these determined?Information
Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Cons

Overall Review Sentiment for Progress ChefQuestion

Time to Implement
<1 day
>12 months
Return on Investment
<6 months
48+ months
Ease of Setup
0 (Difficult)
10 (Easy)
Log In
Want to see more insights from verified reviewers?
Log in to view review sentiment.
G2 reviews are authentic and verified.
SV
DevSecOps Architect
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

The flexibility to attend virtually was very convenient, which helped me to participate in the conference at my own pace. The way marketing was done to attend the meeting was also fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

Nothing that I could think of. Maybe LinkedIn marketing about the conference would be much better as I personally think that many more audience could have attended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Problems about automation, enhancements and feature updates were terrific and how Chef solves them with an automated process is very beneficial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Thanks and if you have any future suggestions, feedback, and input please don't hesitate to reach out to me @ michelle.sebek@progress.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
II
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

I like the fact that you can control your Operations via code. This allows you create a server repeatedly with changes can be made with very little effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

To get to good DevSecOps a lot of code needs to be written. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I would like to see Progress create more methods that create a hardened box without much coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Thank you so much for your time and input. As I mentioned before we are looking into variations that can help you without as much coding. Check out our newsletter for more details.

Verified User in Accounting
CA
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

Chef works best to enable our team to keep a tight watch on security concerns while allowing developers to create self-service vms and bootstrap them with their custom cookbooks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

The biggest downside is that we have to use WSL to use test kitchen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Chef solves the problem of how we transition from a "pets" to "cattle" server model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

So glad you love Chef and we love our customers. Let's chat about your dislikes and how we can become a 5 star vendor. Please feel free to reach out to me at michelle.sebek@progress.com

Verified User in Capital Markets
AC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

The biggest upside is the ability to maintain IT infrastructure config as code. This allows for easy scaling and management of resources. It also ensures no unplanned configuration drift. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

The minor inconvenience with using chef is handling the installation of the chef client on the remote hosts.

I think it would be better if chef provides an easier tooling to manage the initial setup/installation of the chef-client on the hosts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The biggest advantage of using chef is the ability to manage configuration as code, that is the biggest advantage for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Thanks for the amazing review! We are glad you use our service and benefit from our scalability. We are looking into a better experience for installations and migrations and should have a solution soon.

SS
SDE2
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

Progress Chef is an amazing tool for devops automation. The ease with which we can configure the instructions using receipes and cookbooks are the best feature. It is implemented using Ruby language which is super easy to understand and use as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

The chef workstation for development for cookbooks and recipes should possible be replaced by something of a UI based. Something similar to Jenkins which can provide easy configuration options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are using Progress Chef to automate our server patching tasks. As part of security remediation, patching is one of the tedious task which we could automate completely thanks to Chef. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Sarthak, Thank you so much for your feedback and appreciate your insight on improvements. We have things into our pipeline for our roadmaps, keep on the lookout. We will be sharing more details in Boston at ChefConf, hope to see you there Sarthak https://www.chef.io/chefconf/registration.

SP
consultant
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

We like to use this for push model for CIS benchmark configurations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

It is good if we can have push model to use to deploy configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It resolves most of the configuration keys in CIS benchmark model Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Siva, Great news we are working on something to help and should be live within the first quarter.

Verified User in Retail
AR
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

Chef provides us with the ability to manage infrastructure (specifically servers or IaaS resources) in a scalable way across platforms and locations. Its ease of use and common language across operating systems give the ability to easily bridge gaps between teams and understanding, thus breaking down knowledge silos and facilitating the ownership of infrastructure code by traditional application teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

Sometimes the learning curve can be steep for organizations that do not have an in-house subject matter expert. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Progress Chef:

When implementing Chef, it's important to remember this is not something that can be rolled out overnight. There are several pieces to the puzzle, and making sure you get it right from the start instead of rushing a production solution is key to your success with the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Chef provides a great platform for enabling the management of on-prem or cloud virtual machines. It uses a DSL based on Ruby to make the management of these resources easy to capture, in code, in the same way regardless of platform or operating system. This is specifically useful when working to scale across a multi-platform organization because it gets everyone speaking the same language while giving automation coverage that is managed singly regardless of OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

This is great feedback and check out our free learning platform https://learn.chef.io/. Note, we are consistently updating our training modes and have professional services that can help make the learning curve manageable and helps you to become a in-house SME. Thanks again for your time, insight, and recommendations.

Verified User in Computer Networking
IC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

Agnostic tool that can provide support across cloud environments. Avoiding code lock-in is a best practice for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

There are dependencies across versions that can problematic. Changes to the user interface were not ideal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Having a single source for our automation allows us to maximize the value of those scripts and gain speed in deployments across environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

We are glad you like the single source for automation to maximize the value of the scripts, and deployment speeds. We are working to improve our offerings and version dependencies. Thanks for taking the time to let us know how Chef works for you and your organization.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
UP
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
More Options
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

It is very user friendly and helps in staying organized and ensures good quality in mass. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

Documentation of new features is sometimes not very clear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It helps in staying compliant which is something that is always a work in progress Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from michelle sebek of Progress Chef

Thank you for your feedback and good news we are working to streamline and enhance out documentation.

MM
Lead cloud platform engineer and people leader
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Progress Chef?

Chef is really powerful configuration management tool with great customization options and flexibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress Chef?

Agent installation, complexity of use and troubleshooting steps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Robust configuration management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.