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AppViewX AUTOMATION+ vs Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

AppViewX AUTOMATION+
Ranking in Network Automation
21st
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Red Hat Ansible Automation ...
Ranking in Network Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
67
Ranking in other categories
Release Automation (3rd), Configuration Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Network Automation category, the mindshare of AppViewX AUTOMATION+ is 0.3%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is 14.2%, up from 14.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Automation
 

Featured Reviews

JS
Jul 12, 2020
Good automation, statistics gathering, and reporting, with helpful technical support
We use this solution for mapping our applications as well as our firewall infrastructure, and for automating our scripts The features that I have found to be the most valuable are the collecting of statistics, reporting, and implementing changes to particular environments on a scheduled basis…
VivekSaini - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 31, 2024
A highly stable solution that provides good automation and patching
We use the solution for Linux patching automation. Currently, we are using the solution for patching normal configuration-related work. However, we also plan to use it for the provisioning of the servers The most valuable features of the solution are automation and patching. The solution is…

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Pros

"The features that I have found to be the most valuable are the collecting of statistics, reporting, and implementing changes to particular environments on a scheduled basis with no manual intervention."
"Its checking and validating ensures our packages are properly patched."
"Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is quite stable. If you set it up correctly with the right configurations and there are no hiccups during installation and deployment, it will be stable. I'd give stability a rating of eight out of ten."
"The most valuable features of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform are the agentless platform and writing the code is simple using the Yaml computer language."
"Ansible is agentless. So, we don't need to set up any agent into the computer we are interacting with. The only prerequisite is that the host with which we are going to interact must have the Python interpreter installed on it. We can connect to a host and do our configuration by using Ansible."
"Automation tracking is the most valuable feature."
"Some colleagues and other companies use it and comment that it is easy to use, easy to understand, and offers good features."
"Role-based access control and agentless architecture are the main features which may attract users."
"It does not require staff for deployment and maintenance. It just works."
 

Cons

"Anything to do with storage needs improvement."
"Improvements should be made in terms of execution speed, which is, I believe, the most lacking feature. Aside from that, re-triggering a failed task is another useful feature."
"It should support more integration with different products."
"Networking needs to be improved."
"It can use some more credential types. I've found that when I go looking for a certain credential type, such as private keys, they're not really there."
"Documentation could be improved. Many times, if I'm looking for something, I have to Google it in a lot of places, then figure out what the best approach will be. There are some best practices documents, but they don't give you the information."
"The governance features could be improved."
"For a couple of the API integrations, there has been a lack of documentation."
"Additional features could be added."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is reasonable. It's not cheap, but it's not expensive, it's in the middle."
"Everything is generally fair. No one ever likes to pay a lot of money, but we are getting the value. We also get support with it. It has been fair and worthwhile."
"The cost is determined by the number of endpoints."
"The solution is inexpensive compared to other products."
"You don't need to buy agents on servers or deploy expense management when using the solution, which affected our decision to go with it."
"Ansible Tower is free. Until they lower the cost, we are holding off on purchasing the product."
"If you only need to use Ansible, it's free for any end-user, but when you require Ansible Tower, you need to pay per Ansible Tower server."
"Ansible Tower is pretty expensive."
"We have to be mindful of how we use Ansible because of the licensing model. I am not saying that it is unfair or we do not find value in it. Because we are trying to automate so many different things, we have to be mindful of what we are doing and how we are doing it because we are trying to stay in compliance with it."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
30%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
7%
 

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