Confluent vs FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)

Confluent

7.0 #7 in Bare Metal Provisioning Software

About Confluent

FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)

4.8 #25 in Bare Metal Provisioning Software

About FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)
ConfluentFAI (Fully Automatic Installation)
Free planNoNo
Free trialNoNo
Paid from——
Open sourceNoNo
Platformsapi, Linux, self-hosted, WebLinux
Free planYes—
Bare-metal discoveryYes—
OS image deploymentYes—
PXE bootstrappingYes—
Lifecycle managementYes—
Hardware inventoryYes—
API accessYes—
Out-of-band managementYes—

Both are listed in Best Bare Metal Provisioning Software. On Inferse, Confluent scores higher on our published basis.