We performed a comparison between Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and SolarWinds Network Automation Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Red Hat, SolarWinds and others in Network Automation."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."
"It is all modular-based. If there is not a module for it today, someone will write it."
"The most useful features are the playbooks. We can develop our playbooks and simplify them doing something like a cross platform."
"I like the inventory management. It's a very nice, simple, concise way to keep all that data together. And the API allows us to use it even for things that are not Ansible."
"I like being able to control multiple systems and push out updates quickly with just a couple of clicks of a button and commands. I like the automation because it is a time saver."
"The solution is capable of integrating with many applications and devices in comparison to BigFix."
"One of the most valuable features is automation. We are doing automation infrastructure, which allows us to automate regular tasks. This solution provides us with a service catalog, like building new services and automating daily tasks."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that we don’t need an agent for it to work."
"The solution offers so many great resources, it makes them a powerhouse in the market."
"The installation is easy."
"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 scalability of the solution has some shortcomings."
"There is always room for improvement in features or customer support."
"Accessibility. Ansible uses a CLI by default. Those accustomed to it can find their way and adopt the YAML files easily over time. But, some users are more comfortable using UIs..."
"The solution must be made easier to configure."
"The area which I feel can be improved is the custom modules. For example, there are something like 106 official modules available in the Ansible library. A year ago, that number was somewhere around 58. While Ansible is improving day by day, this can be improved more. For instance, when you need to configure in the cloud, you need to write up a module for that."
"The tool should allow us to create infrastructure. It has everything when it comes to management, but it lacks the provisioning aspect."
"The user interface on the Ansible Tower product could be better, but it is functional."
"The price could be a bit lower."
"We did not like SolarWinds because it was not able to communicate between UPSA and our accounting system. They should have better integration."
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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is ranked 2nd in Network Automation with 58 reviews while SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is ranked 13th in Network Automation. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is rated 5.6. The top reviewer of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform writes "Capable of broad integrations with easy-to-operate infrastructure and user controls". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Automation Manager writes "Threat detection failures, poor technical support, and expensive". Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Aria Automation, Microsoft Azure DevOps and Microsoft Intune, whereas SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is most compared with NetBrain.
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