CTFreak vs Rundeck / Runbook Automation
How does CTFreak compare to Rundeck / Runbook Automation by PagerDuty? Here is a feature-by-feature comparison.
| CTFreak | Rundeck / Runbook Automation | |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | ||
| Self-hosted / on-premise | Yes | Yes |
| No external runtime | Yes
Single Go binary.
|
No
Java runtime required.
|
| Docker install | Yes
2GB RAM minimum recommended.
|
Yes
4GB RAM minimum recommended.
|
| Linux install | Yes
1GB RAM minimum recommended.
|
Yes
4GB RAM minimum recommended.
|
| Windows install | Yes
4GB RAM minimum recommended.
|
Yes
4GB RAM minimum recommended.
|
| Offline license | Yes
Requires Sovereign Edition.
|
Yes |
| Remote execution | ||
| Agentless mode | Yes | Yes |
| SSH remote protocol | Yes | Yes |
| WinRM remote protocol | Yes | Yes
Python plugin required.
|
| Concurrent multi-node fan-out | Yes
A Task can target a set of Nodes, executed concurrently.
|
Yes |
| Concurrent multi-database fan-out | Yes
A Task can target a set of Databases, executed concurrently.
|
Partial
No dedicated feature. Fan-out only by modeling each database as a node.
|
| Scheduling | ||
| Business calendar support | Yes | Yes
Commercial edition only.
|
| iCal calendar sync | Yes | No |
| Per-task timezone scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Orchestration | ||
| Task workflows | Yes | Yes |
| Identity & access | ||
| OpenID Connect | Yes | Yes
Commercial edition only.
|
| SAML | No | No |
| LDAP | No | Yes |
| Role-based access control | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple simultaneous SSO providers | Yes | No |
| Security | ||
| Encrypted secret storage | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption key rotation | Yes | No |
| Integration and extensibility | ||
| REST API | Yes | Yes |
| OpenAPI specification | Yes | Partial
OpenAPI spec available in beta only.
|
| Incoming webhook trigger | Yes | Yes |
| User interface | ||
| Responsive web UI | Yes | Partial |
| Pricing | ||
| Free edition | Yes | Yes |
| Open source edition | No | Yes |
| Public pricing | Yes | Partial
Available for SaaS edition only.
|
| Self-service online purchase | Yes | No |
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What our clients say about switching from Rundeck / Runbook Automation
I moved from Rundeck to CTFreak and I'm really happy.
Rundeck was cool but I only need 10% of the features, the interface is slow and complex and it doesn't scale well.
On the contrary, CTFreak is easy-to-setup, easy-to-use and almost maintenance-free which is definitely a good value-for-money.
Karl Leicht
Founder,
Vigie
I transitioned to CTFreak from rundeck recently. Rundeck was very memory intensive and actually crashed my server a few times. With CTFreak I never had this problem. Furthermore, some features like notifications and ssh connections were simpler to implement.
Setup took a short time with the docker container. I setup my nodes and added my first database in minutes. Before I knew it I had all my rundeck tasks converted over. It’s been running smoothly ever since.
Anyone looking for a simple to setup yet robust devops/sysops automation platform I’d highly recommend CTFreak.
Graham R. Brewer
President,
Hometown Computer Services
