Pallet vs VMware vCenter Server: What are the differences?

Developers describe Pallet as "Automates controlling and provisioning cloud server instances. DevOps for the JVM". The machines being managed require no special dependencies to be installed. As long as they have bash and ssh running, they can be used with pallet. Pallet has no central server to set up and maintain - it simply runs on demand. You can run it from anywhere, even over a remote REPL connection. On the other hand, VMware vCenter Server is detailed as "Simplified and Efficient Server Management". Gain centralized visibility, simplified and efficient management at scale, and extensibility across the hybrid cloud—all from a single console. It is advanced server management software that provides a centralized platform for controlling your VMware vSphere environments, allowing you to automate and deliver a virtual infrastructure across the hybrid cloud with confidence.

Pallet and VMware vCenter Server can be categorized as "Server Configuration and Automation" tools.

Some of the features offered by Pallet are:

• Everything in Version Control
• Jar File Distribution of Crates
• Provisioning, Configuration and Administration

On the other hand, VMware vCenter Server provides the following key features:

• Simple Deployment
• Proactive Optimization
• Extensibility and Scalability Across Hybrid Cloud

Pallet is an open source tool with 795 GitHub stars and 123 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Pallet's open source repository on GitHub.