We performed a comparison between NetBrain and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Red Hat, SolarWinds and others in Network Automation."A reliable, time-saving tool for providing accurate layer 2 and layer 3 network mappings."
"This product has good network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities."
"NetBrain is a very simple tool."
"Enables maps to be drawn out."
"Chain management is a good feature. I don't get it on other solutions."
"The initial setup is easy and takes a few hours to complete."
"It is very easy to use, and there is less room for error."
"It does not require staff for deployment and maintenance. It just works."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Role-based access control and agentless architecture are the main features which may attract users."
"We can automate a few host configurations using the product."
"Some colleagues and other companies use it and comment that it is easy to use, easy to understand, and offers good features."
"The API for exposing all our infrastructure services is the most valuable feature."
"It would be nice if the setup was a little simpler. Also, if the solution could provide more training materials for new people coming into our company so they can quickly learn how to use the functionalities."
"Each device needs to be configured to allow NetBrain to poll for the information it needs, which can be very time-consuming for a large network."
"The solution could integrate more automation."
"The IP interface brief isn't consistent."
"Support needs to improve for the installed product and some of the reporting could be more flexible to provide more complete cataloging."
"It needs better documentation."
"Ansible could use more public relations and marketing."
"It should support more integration with different products."
"There are some options not available in the community edition of the solution."
"For a couple of the API integrations, there has been a lack of documentation."
"Networking needs to be improved."
"When you set up Playbooks, I may have one version of the Playbook, but another member of the team may have a different vision, and we will not know which version is correct. We want to have one central repository for managing the different versions of Playbooks, so we can have better collaboration among team members. This is our use case for using Git version control."
"The solution requires some Linux knowledge."
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NetBrain is ranked 5th in Network Automation with 6 reviews while Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is ranked 2nd in Network Automation with 58 reviews. NetBrain is rated 7.2, while Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of NetBrain writes "Good monitoring and troubleshoot capabilities, improves overall network traffic visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform writes "Capable of broad integrations with easy-to-operate infrastructure and user controls". NetBrain is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, ThousandEyes, SolarWinds Network Automation Manager, Forward Enterprise and ScienceLogic, whereas Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Aria Automation, Microsoft Azure DevOps and Microsoft Intune.
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