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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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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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Awards & Recognition

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform won the following awards in the Data Center Automation category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

11 Top Rated Capabilities

14 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

2022

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

10 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2021

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ratings

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84 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+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?

6% Negative

10% Neutral

84% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Trustworthy
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Application Provisioning

Process Automation

Task Scheduling

Backup

Server Provisioning

Compliance Monitoring

Task Monitoring

Patching Automation

Server Configuration Monitoring

Remediation

Multi-Site Functionality

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

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Orchestration / Provisioning

Score 7.1

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Reviews

Celso G.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

It is a comprehensive automation solution

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

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

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform uses an agentless architecture that eliminates the need for agents to be installed on remote systems. This makes it easier to automate IT processes across a wide range of systems and platforms, including physical servers, virtual machines, and cloud instances.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform integrates with other Red Hat tools and technologies, including Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Virtualization, and Red Hat Satellite. This can help organizations to extend the reach of their automation workflows and simplify the management of their IT infrastructure.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While Ansible's scripting language is relatively simple and easy to learn, some users may find the overall platform and its features to be complex and difficult to configure and manage, especially for larger or more complex IT environments.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

While Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform includes some reporting and analytics features, some users may find that these are not as comprehensive or easy to use as they would like. This can make it difficult to track and optimize automation workflows over time.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Siddharth S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Flexible Automation with Red Hat Ansible

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

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

it is more suitable for onpremise configuration management

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

it can be integrated with Jenkins, Git, and AWS, allowing for a seamless automation process

What do you dislike most about this product?

It must enhance support for cloud environments and other DevOps tools

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

i recommend this to on premise friendly organisation

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Suraj L.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Smooth IT Operations with Red Hat Ansible

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

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

Red Hat Ansible Automation has a feature that doesn't require any software to be installed on the remote hosts

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite aspects of Red Hat Ansible Automation are its simplicity and ability to automate complex tasks with minimal coding

What do you dislike most about this product?

The thing I dislike the most about the enterprise version is the pricing structure It is too expensive

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend determining an organisations automation needs and identifying the tasks that users want to automate

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

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

Application Provisioning Includes Deployment, Configuration, and Discovery of Packaged Software, Database & Middleware Platforms

Process Automation The automation of the sequence of tasks within a process, to be executed without manual intervention.

Task Scheduling Scheduling maintenance tasks.

Backup Automation of data backup process

Server Provisioning Provisioning of server compute and memory resources on an automated fashion, based on pre-defined parameters

Compliance Monitoring Ability to ensure that automated tasks and processes comply with regulations, standards, and/or policy.

Task Monitoring Scheduling maintenance and monitoring tasks.

Patching Automation The automated deployment and installation of server patches

Server Configuration Monitoring Monitor server configuration changes, and remediate drifting from configuration requirements.

Remediation Expedited event management (e.g., automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds).

Multi-Site Functionality Centralized management of resources across multiple remote locations.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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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Orchestration / Provisioning

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Reviews

Celso G.

It is a comprehensive automation solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Siddharth S.

Flexible Automation with Red Hat Ansible

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Suraj L.

Smooth IT Operations with Red Hat Ansible

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Application Provisioning

Process Automation

Task Scheduling

Backup

Server Provisioning

Compliance Monitoring

Task Monitoring

Patching Automation

Server Configuration Monitoring

Remediation

Multi-Site Functionality

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training