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  • "Red Hat's open source approach was a factor when choosing Ansible, since the solution is free as of right now."
  • "If you only need to use Ansible, it's free for any end-user, but when you require Ansible Tower, you need to pay per Ansible Tower server."
  • "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."
  • "I don't see the pricing or licensing features, but from what I understand, it is fairly reasonable."

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    Ranking
    2nd
    out of 7 in Cluster Provisioning
    Views
    133
    Comparisons
    100
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
    Rating
    N/A
    2nd
    out of 37 in Configuration Management
    Views
    31,054
    Comparisons
    24,387
    Reviews
    9
    Average Words per Review
    1,268
    Rating
    8.6
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Tivoli Provisioning Manager
    Ansible
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    Overview
    Tivoli Provisioning Manager helps organizations optimize efficiency, accuracy and service delivery by automating best practices for data center provisioning activities.
    Ansible is the simplest way to deploy your applications. It gives you the power to deploy multi-tier applications reliably and consistently, all from one common framework. You can configure needed services as well as push application artifacts from one common system.
    Offer
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    Sample Customers
    KPJ Healthcare Berhad, Keyword, Tennis Australia, Cxense ASA, SKIData AG, Unisys, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, RAVInvest, Odin, Chapman University, CloudHesive, Cima Solutions Group, Projetech, Grow Strategy
    HootSuite Media, Inc., Cloud Physics, Narrative, BinckBank
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    REVIEWERS
    Healthcare Company22%
    Comms Service Provider17%
    Government11%
    Legal Firm11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Comms Service Provider15%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Government8%
    Company Size
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise70%

    IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager is ranked 2nd in Cluster Provisioning while Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 9 reviews. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager is rated 0.0, while Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is rated 8.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform writes "Enables us to efficiently manage an almost unlimited number of nodes". IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager is most compared with Control-M, whereas Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is most compared with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, Red Hat Satellite, VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), Microsoft Azure DevOps and BigFix.

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