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Ansible on CentOS 10 vs Chef SaaS comparison

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Ansible on CentOS 10
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
361st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Chef SaaS
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
55th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Rahul Kakarla - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
Automation has streamlined server setup and has ensured consistent configurations
One of the best features Ansible on CentOS 10 offers is agentless automation. I particularly appreciate playbooks, which is one of my favorite features, along with configuration management and reusable roles. Agentless automation and playbooks stand out for me because they enable me to manage remote servers over SSH without requiring an Ansible agent on each machine. Playbooks use simple YAML files to automate tasks such as installing packages, configuring JINX, and managing services seamlessly. The error handling and reporting in Ansible on CentOS 10 help identify failed tasks and troubleshoot deployment issues more easily. Ansible on CentOS 10 has strong security capabilities for infrastructure automation, including SSH-based access, privilege escalation controls, and Ansible Vault for encrypting sensitive data, which I believe is excellent for AI-assisted automation. Ansible on CentOS 10 integrates well with AWS services, particularly EC2 for server provisioning and configuration.
Aaron Prashanth - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Siemens Industry
Consistent releases have improved collaboration while configuration procedures still need simplification
What stands out for me in Chef SaaS is that the procedure is straightforward and the release goes smoothly because we can create different versions according to our own requirements. Chef SaaS helps with collaboration between our development and operations team. A benefit I can see is that configuring is easier because developers commit new code and new versions, and using Chef SaaS, we can create different cookbooks. Cookbooks contain different recipes, and different cookbooks represent different versions. Using these versions, we can consolidate and create a new package that will help us with the release. Since this is a product-based company and our product is wind turbines, every time we have a product release or patch release, Chef SaaS helps us tremendously. We release different patch cycles such as LTS patch cycles, Windows patches, or any kind of patch feature and built features. To maintain the cycle, the process is quite smooth.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Ansible on CentOS 10 has saved considerable time, money, and resources."
"Ansible on CentOS 10 has positively impacted my organization by reducing the time to production significantly compared to other automation agents like Chef or Puppet, where an agent is involved and other elements like groups and roles are required."
"Patching used to be an entire weekend activity before, and now it takes less than an hour to complete."
"Ansible on CentOS 10 has saved a considerable amount of time and effort for me and my team, as a job that used to be done by ten admins can now be done by only one admin."
"Event Driven Automation (EDA) is the most valuable feature."
"The main feature of Ansible on CentOS 10 is idempotency when using the Ansible built-in modules, which is excellent."
"The agentless feature of Ansible on CentOS 10 has helped my team save time and avoid specific issues compared to other tools that require agents."
"The self-sufficient built-in modules are extremely beneficial."
"Chef SaaS has positively impacted my organization by saving more time; we do not need to control Chef control node and we can apply the required changes for VMs quickly, which is a big advantage for our organization."
"Chef SaaS is stable and we have never faced any issues with it, as it is quite reliable and, since it is mature and established, it is capable enough to manage large infrastructures."
 

Cons

"Although Ansible on CentOS 10 is a very robust tool, there are still things I would like to see improved."
"One of the main areas that Ansible on CentOS 10 could improve is providing clearer error messages, faster execution across larger environments, and simpler debugging for complex playbooks."
"I have experienced stability issues."
"I gave Ansible on CentOS 10 a rating of seven because I would like to see improvements and latest features incorporated."
"Ansible on CentOS 10 can be improved by focusing on enhancing automation, efficiencies, and security for better infrastructure management."
"Community support needs some improvements since not all of the data is available."
"In my opinion, Ansible on CentOS 10 could be improved in the simulation part."
"Regarding how Ansible on CentOS 10 can be improved, I think further integration with other tools would be beneficial."
"An area of improvement is that if you compare Chef SaaS to Ansible, Ansible is much faster and the process is easier and faster, but Chef SaaS is more complicated."
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Construction Company
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Comms Service Provider
12%
Media Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Ansible on CentOS 10?
Ansible Core is open-source and does not require a separate software license. The metering and billing experience with Ansible on CentOS 10 is straightforward because Ansible Core is open-source an...
What needs improvement with Ansible on CentOS 10?
One of the main areas that Ansible on CentOS 10 could improve is providing clearer error messages, faster execution across larger environments, and simpler debugging for complex playbooks. For exam...
What is your primary use case for Ansible on CentOS 10?
My main use case for Ansible on CentOS 10 is automating server configuration, software installation, and routine system administration. I use Ansible playbooks to install and configure JINX, manage...
What needs improvement with Chef SaaS?
An area of improvement is that if you compare Chef SaaS to Ansible, Ansible is much faster and the process is easier and faster, but Chef SaaS is more complicated. It has different kinds of file se...
What is your primary use case for Chef SaaS?
My main use case for Chef SaaS is cloud infrastructure management. I use Chef SaaS for cloud VMs patch updates, service installation, and security state checks.
 

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