Confluent vs FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)

Confluent

6.3 #22 in Bare Metal Provisioning Software

About Confluent

FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)

6.8 #14 in Bare Metal Provisioning Software

About FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)
ConfluentFAI (Fully Automatic Installation)
Free planNoYes
Free trialNoNo
Paid from—Free
Open sourceNoNo
Platformsapi, Linux, self-hosted, Webapi, Linux, self-hosted
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 The Geeks Club, FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) scores higher on our published basis.