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We performed a comparison between Digital.ai Release and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Release Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Digital.ai Release vs. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The solution can apply one template across multiple applications.""The most valuable feature of Digital.ai Release is its ability to communicate with various deployment systems, such as XLD and batch deployments, as well as integrate with tools, such as Flyway and Bamboo. We use Bamboo as our build orchestrator, and Digital.ai Release also integrates with Jira, another Atlassian solution. These capabilities make it a powerful tool for managing workflow, test automation, and other processes.""The orchestration, building the release, and then just executing it and managing that pipeline — the orchestration capabilities are great for that."

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"We can automate a few host configurations using the product.""It does not require staff for deployment and maintenance. It just works.""The initial setup is straightforward.""Since it is in YAML, if I have to explain it to somebody else, they can easily understand it.""There are no agents by default, so adding a new server is a matter of a couple lines of configuration (on a new server and the configuration master).""I like the agentless feature. This means we don't install any agent in worker nodes.""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.""The most useful features are the playbooks. We can develop our playbooks and simplify them doing something like a cross platform."

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Cons
"The backfill could be improved, we could automate that. Right now it's subjective — it's up to the lead developer's memory to remember to backfill.""Digital.ai Release could improve by having a better plugin that works with Guardian that we use for mainframe migrations. If there could be an interface or plugin for Guardian that would be beneficial.""The solution is a little bit expensive."

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"The governance features could be improved.""The job workflow needs to be worked on. It's not really clear to how you actually link things together. What they probably could do is provide an example workflow on how to stitch things together. I think that would be very helpful.""We would like support for the post-integration of this product before cloud frameworks because right now their approach is to avoid using on-premises activities and move everything to the cloud.""For a couple of the API integrations, there has been a lack of documentation.""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.""Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is not the best at server provisioning. Terraform is better.""Some of the Cisco modules could be expanded, which would be great, along with not having to do so much coding in the background to make it work.""Because Ansible is establishing SSH sessions to perform tasks, there is a limit on scalability."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Overall, the price is just too high; especially considering we're in the middle of a pandemic."
  • "The solution's license includes all features."
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  • "Like many Red Hat products, they have a no-cost version of the web application (AWX, formerly Ansible Tower), but you are on your own to install and it is a little more complicated than just installing Ansible."
  • "The cost is high, but it still works well."
  • "We went with product because we have a subscription for Red Hat."
  • "Ansible Tower is free. Until they lower the cost, we are holding off on purchasing the product."
  • "Red Hat's open source approach was a factor when choosing Ansible, since the solution is free as of right now."
  • "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."
  • "The cost is determined by the number of endpoints."
  • "We're charged between $8 to $13 a month per license."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution can apply one template across multiple applications.
    Top Answer:The solution's license includes all features. I have not compared pricing to other tools, but feel the solution is a little expensive.
    Top Answer:The solution is a little bit expensive.
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    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the solution are automation and patching.
    Ranking
    9th
    out of 32 in Release Automation
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    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
    9.0
    3rd
    out of 32 in Release Automation
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    Comparisons
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    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
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    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    XL Release, XebiaLabs XL Release
    Ansible
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    Overview

    Automate, orchestrate, and gain visibility into your release pipelines at scale using Digital.ai Release, a release management tool that is designed for enterprises. Control and track releases, standardize processes, and bake compliance and security into your software release pipelines.

    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a powerful network automation solution that allows organizations to handle every aspect of their application launch process within a single product. It enables users to share their automations so that teams within an organization can collaborate on various projects with ease. Ansible Automation Platform is designed to be used by all employees involved in the network automation process.

    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Benefits

    Some of the ways that organizations can benefit by choosing to deploy Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform include:


    • Maximum benefit for reduced overhead. Ansible Automation Platform is an all-in-one solution that can enable users to do the jobs of multiple products with one. Users do not need to purchase multiple products to handle their network automation and application development needs. It is equipped with prefabricated content from more than one hundred companies that are partnered with it.


    • Scalable. Ansible Automation Platform is a highly scalable solution. It can easily be scaled up so that automations can be extended across the various devices that make up an organization’s network.


    • Flexibility. Ansible Automation Platform is highly flexible. It enables users to tackle any and all automation-related tasks.


    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Features


    • Automation analytics. Ansible Automation Platform comes equipped with an automation analytics feature. This feature enables organizations to measure the effects of their automations and plan how they are going to implement automations moving forward. It makes it easy for administrators to spot anomalies in their automations and resolve them before they can escalate and become major issues.


    • Integration suite. Ansible Automation Platform gives organizations access to a wide variety of integrations that enable them to connect to Ansible’s partners. Now users can augment their capabilities without needing to purchase additional solutions that will enable them to run features that are not normally a part of Ansible’s array of tools. The Ansible environment is built to handle the wide variety of integrations that their partners offer. In order to accomplish this it includes the APIs that users need in order to fully benefit from the integrations. 


    • Centralized interface. Ansible Automation Platform comes with a centralized GUI interface that enables users to manage all of their network automation and application creation activities from a single location. Businesses can guarantee that their operations are going to be handled efficiently and according to a single standard. The management process is greatly simplified. All of the tools that users need are located in one place.


    Reviews from Real Users

    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a highly effective solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Two major advantages it offers are its automation manager and its comprehensive centralized GUI-based management interface.

    MD J., a solution architect at STBL, says, “The automation manager is very good and makes things easier for customers with multi-cloud platforms.”

    Aankit G., a Consultant at Pi DATACENTERS, writes, “We like the GUI-based interface for the tower. Before, we only had a command-line interface to run all the Ansible tasks. Now, the Ansible tower provides the complete GUI functionality to run, manage, and create the templates and the Ansible jobs. This includes the code and YAML file we can create. The GUI interface is the added advantage of this solution, including some integration with the different plugins.”

    Sample Customers
    3M, GE, John Deere, Deutsche Telekom, Cable & Wireless, Xerox, and Société Générale, Liberty Mutual, EA, Rabobank
    HootSuite Media, Inc., Cloud Physics, Narrative, BinckBank
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization45%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Insurance Company4%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Healthcare Company13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization25%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business6%
    Midsize Enterprise48%
    Large Enterprise46%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise32%
    Large Enterprise55%
    Buyer's Guide
    Digital.ai Release vs. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Digital.ai Release vs. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Digital.ai Release is ranked 9th in Release Automation with 3 reviews while Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is ranked 3rd in Release Automation with 58 reviews. Digital.ai Release is rated 8.6, while Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Digital.ai Release writes "Effectively automates deployments and applies one template across applications". 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". Digital.ai Release is most compared with Jenkins, Microsoft Azure DevOps, GitLab, Digital.ai Deploy and IBM Rational Build Forge, 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. See our Digital.ai Release vs. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform report.

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