以下是术语对照表
| System | Puppet | Ansible | F'allet | Salt | 
| Client | Agent | Node | Node | Minion | 
| Server | Master | Server | Server | Master | 
| Configuration | Catalog | Playbook | Crate | Salt State | 
还有技术对照表
| Sys{em | Puppet | Ansible | Pallet | Chef | Salt | 
| Agentless | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | 
| Cli@nt dependencies | Ruby | Python, sshd, bash | sshd, bash | Ruby, sshd, bash | Python | 
| Language | Ruby | Python | Clojure | Ruby | Python |