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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

7.2 /10

What is Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform?

Red Hat® Ansible® Automation is automation software powered by Red Hat Ansible Engine—an execution engine with hundreds of modules that can automate all aspects of IT environments and processes—and Red Hat Ansible Tower—a management interface that can integrate with other services.

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

82 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform?

0% Negative

18% Neutral

82% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Unique Features
Includes Product Enhancements
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Multi Tenancy

Dynamic Scalability

Configuration Management

Resource Definition

Service Templates

Systems Administration

Scripting Support

Workflow Support

Resource Availability

Task Process Automation

Agent or Agentless

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

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Score 8.1

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Reviews

Janet M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jun 2022

Automation and configuration in one place.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform from other similar products?

Previously, I used putty for remote connections, then I used "scp" or "ftp" to send the scripts, which I then manually executed. However, ansible made it simple by allowing us to build a yml file, describe all of the tasks in the yml file, and verify as much remote machine characteristics as possible in the host file. When compared to power shell, it is more easier to operate. It is possible to install the same item on several computers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With Red Hat Ansible Automation, we can do several tasks on multiple machines at the same time, and prepping machines for testing has never been easier. No more work is necessary. It only takes a few lines of code to get it to function. Ansible can deliver commands to 500 servers at once using SSH. You may also share your code with other teams at any moment, including during deployments.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I'm happy with the tool so far, but for Windows it has to work to add additional features. Mainly this, with the other functions I am satisfied.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It turned out to be a very useful tool as they were able to drop a number of products and start using Ansible for just about everything, including cloud and on-premises infrastructure. The benefits of using Ansible automation is that once we see how simple it is to manage and configure, it becomes incredibly simple for our subsequent deployments. It is less complicated than other automation tools on the market.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Mayara G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jul 2021

Best config management tool I've used so far

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform from other similar products?

Easy to use and implement

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Not complex as other tools, like puppet

What do you dislike most about this product?

Need to pay attention to security layer, once it's use SSH to touch hosts

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Be aware of security layer needs

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Doug H.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2021

A bit of a learning curve, but worth it.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform from other similar products?

Ansible can be used on a wide variety of infrastructure devices and resources.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integrates natively with Linux/Unix systems.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A bit of a learning curve.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Worth learning and using if automation is important to your workflow.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies
Vendor's Interest First
Less Generous

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

What is Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform?

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Multi Tenancy Software works in tandem with hosting system and the management of the multiple systems running in the same environment with appropriate levels of segregation.

Dynamic Scalability Ability to scale servers up or down, depending on resource requirements. This activity may be automated, triggered by conditions, or be completely manual.

Configuration Management Tracking of server configuration and configuration changes.

Resource Definition The systems administrator defines resources needed for the new server definition, which is processed and deployed by the Orchestration/Provisioning software.

Service Templates Templates for standard server configurations, to allow for expedited provisioning and deployment of standard server types.

Systems Administration Tools allowing the systems administration of multiple servers through a single tool, to reduce repetitive task execution.

Scripting Support Support for systems scripting languages such as Python and Java to further automate operating systems level tasks.

Workflow Support The ability to incorporate pre-defined workflows into provisioned servers.

Resource Availability Orchestration/Provisioning software must be able to allocate resources for new server requests so that compute, memory and storage is not over-provisioned.

Task Process Automation Automation of tasks and processes of the Orchestration/Provisioning software without systems administration intervention.

Agent or Agentless The orchestration, provisioning, deployment and management of servers being done with or without a software agent.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Reviews

Janet M.

Automation and configuration in one place.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mayara G.

Best config management tool I've used so far

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Doug H.

A bit of a learning curve, but worth it.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings

Multi Tenancy

Dynamic Scalability

Configuration Management

Resource Definition

Service Templates

Systems Administration

Scripting Support

Workflow Support

Resource Availability

Task Process Automation

Agent or Agentless

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training