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Automic Automation vs Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.0
Automic Automation boosts efficiency by automating workflows, reducing human interaction, cutting costs, and improving compliance and task alignment.
Sentiment score
7.0
Red Hat Ansible Automation minimizes setup time, lowers costs, boosts efficiency, scales well, and supports enterprises effectively.
Automic Automation has helped reduce workload failure rates by fifty percent.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Automic Automation's support is knowledgeable but inconsistent; transition to Broadcom affected availability, despite positive user feedback on improvements.
Sentiment score
7.2
Red Hat Ansible Automation's support is generally satisfactory, with users often utilizing community resources and varying experiences with technical support.
They react quickly when it is urgent.
They are highly knowledgeable in their product area and very easy to work with.
If you put the tickets in for which you need help right away, they get back to you right away.
The Ansible sales and technical support services need significant improvement.
I have not escalated any questions to the Red Hat support team regarding Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, as their modules are professional and complete.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Automic Automation excels in scalability, efficiently managing diverse workloads and environments, with high user satisfaction in performance and flexibility.
Sentiment score
7.2
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform scales well for varying server sizes, offering adaptable and manageable automation for diverse environments.
We have small clients running a thousand tasks per day and big enterprises running one million or two million tasks per day.
The solution effectively supports our existing user base and is equipped to scale further.
It does not perform real-time scalability in our environment, but because of the way we have built it, it can scale well past any thresholds with no issues.
Ansible can face scalability issues, such as limitations when trying to scale up infrastructure.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Automic Automation provides reliable stability with minimal disruptions, high user ratings, and quick resolution of issues in well-tuned environments.
Sentiment score
8.0
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is stable and reliable, scoring high in user feedback despite minor module glitches.
The stability of the solution is excellent.
In a well-tuned environment, it runs very smoothly.
So far, I have not encountered any issues related to instability such as lagging, crashing, or downtime.
The stability of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is excellent, deserving a 10 out of 10 rating.
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek improved reporting, stability, UI, compatibility, and documentation in Automic Automation, citing complexity and integration challenges.
Red Hat Ansible needs better scalability, GUI improvements, improved orchestration, and enhanced integration, documentation, and automation execution speed.
It does not work as well for activities that require real-time input/output, but it works very well for batch, ETL, or similar cases.
Pricing is a major issue for some clients due to changes in Broadcom's pricing model, causing some to seek alternative solutions.
A feature that provides a dependency chart or tree diagram would be very helpful.
The dashboarding capabilities should be improved by bringing CMP (Cloud Management Platform) into Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform could improve by creating modules for upcoming AI and ML tech stacks.
More library support for microservices architecture and Kubernetes would be helpful.
 

Setup Cost

Automic Automation's pricing flexibility is praised, yet Broadcom's licensing model and rising costs prompt consideration of alternatives.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform offers flexible pricing based on usage, with costs for advanced features and tailored licensing options.
Broadcom decided to change the way of licensing by moving to the number of jobs runs and then they say that clients have to pay three million because they run one million jobs per day.
Due to the increased pricing, some of them are thinking of reducing tasks in Automic to have fewer executions.
The pricing has been increasing significantly over the years, raising operational costs instead of reducing them.
The pricing is high, and since I'm not using all functionalities, it would be better if the price depended on the functionalities used.
The cost of combining Red Hat Developer Hub and Ansible is extremely high, which presents a significant challenge with the Red Hat product.
It is free and open-source for testing or small labs.
 

Valuable Features

Automic Automation offers a user-friendly interface, cross-platform integration, robust scalability, and flexible workflow automation with real-time notifications.
Red Hat Ansible automates tasks with agentless architecture, YAML configs, community support, and a user-friendly interface via Ansible Tower.
A standout feature is the comprehensive versioning, allowing easy rollback to previous states.
Designing workflows is made easier by the graphical user interface, simplifying complex tasks.
It supports high availability by operating multiple servers concurrently, which means users do not experience outages or the need to log in again, even if some servers are updated.
The agentless architecture of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, using the SSH key, makes it passwordless and allows us to push configurations with one click, creating a major advantage.
The automation capabilities streamline deployment processes, providing reliability and reducing manual intervention and errors.
It makes it simple to develop Ansible playbooks and roles, which aids in simplifying my daily administrative tasks.
 

Categories and Ranking

Automic Automation
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
104
Ranking in other categories
Workload Automation (2nd)
Red Hat Ansible Automation ...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
Release Automation (3rd), Configuration Management (1st), Network Automation (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Automic Automation and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Automic Automation is designed for Workload Automation and holds a mindshare of 8.1%, up 6.5% compared to last year.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Configuration Management, holds 16.1% mindshare, down 19.1% since last year.
Workload Automation Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Automic Automation8.1%
Control-M19.1%
AutoSys Workload Automation10.2%
Other62.599999999999994%
Workload Automation
Configuration Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform16.1%
Microsoft Configuration Manager11.5%
AWS Systems Manager9.9%
Other62.5%
Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

Peter Grundler - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps to move away from manual tasks and offers wide platform support and web-based interface
Customers want to move away from manual monitoring and checking processes. Automating these processes helps in time-saving and reduces human error. When you automate business processes, it reduces mistakes. It eliminates the risk of manual errors such as typos. There is a 20% to 30% reduction in human error. It fulfills all the needs when it comes to visibility and control across various operating platforms. It is the perfect product for managing processes that span multiple operating platforms. Automic Automation has the widest platform support compared to other products, such as Control-M, Tivoli from IBM, or Stonebranch. It definitely helps with compliance processes. We have had a lot of customers for two years with a focus on compliance, and it works. They were successful. Due to the fact that our customers can automate a lot of things, it reduces operating costs. It is hard to give a number because the savings are different for each customer. If a customer never had any automation, there could be about 80% savings after implementing Automic Automation, whereas for a customer who already has automated tasks, the difference will be less by adding Automic Automation. They might see 5% to 10% more savings. Automic Automation helps improve our ability to meet SLAs. In the recent versions, SLA management has been integrated, which previously was an external component. Because a lot of customers used it and asked Broadcom to implement SLA management into the workload engine, Broadcom included it. We see more and more customers running their SLA management via the Automic Automation product.
Sudhir Kumar Tiwari - PeerSpot reviewer
Have managed thousands of servers with streamlined configuration processes
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is very helpful due to passwordless integration and the ability to interact with multiple servers at once, which is especially advantageous when dealing with thousands of servers. The integration aspect of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform has optimized my IT ecosystem significantly by consolidating multiple tools, such as a CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins, where we validate everything, including testing and SonarQube code quality. The agentless architecture of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, using the SSH key, makes it passwordless and allows us to push configurations with one click, creating a major advantage. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's main benefit is that it allows us to push configurations to multiple servers without manually visiting each one, maintaining efficiency.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise66
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise48
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Automic Workload Automation?
It is easy to manage complex workloads and use electronic workflow automation.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Automic Workload Automation?
The pricing was client-wise, but they are changing it to execution-wise pricing. So, we are in negotiation.
What needs improvement with Automic Workload Automation?
The support and knowledge of incident management could be enhanced. There have been unresolved issues persisting for years, affecting customer satisfaction. Improvement is needed in both the respon...
What is the difference between Red Hat Satellite and Ansible?
Red Hat Satellite has proven to be a worthwhile investment for me. Both its patch management and license management have been outstanding. If you have a large environment, patching systems is much ...
How does Ansible compare to Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM)?
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager takes knowledge and research to properly configure. The length of time that the set up will take depends on the kind of technical architecture that your org...
What do you like most about Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform?
The most valuable features of the solution are automation and patching.
 

Also Known As

Automic Dollar Universe
Ansible
 

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Sample Customers

ING, Adidas, 84.51, ESB
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