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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform vs. SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ansible

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (acquired by Red Hat in 2015) is a foundation for building and operating automation across an organization. The platform includes tools needed to implement enterprise-wide automation, and can automate resource provisioning, and IT environments and configuration of systems and devices. It can be used in a CI/CD process to provision the target environment and to then deploy the application on it.

    $5,000

    per year

    SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds® Kiwi CatTools® is network automation tool designed to manage configurations on network devices such as routers, switches, and firewalls. It helps users work more efficiently by scheduling automatic backup activities and rolling out configuration changes to multiple devices at the same time. With native support for devices from dozens of manufacturers, Kiwi CatTools is designed to simplify network administration, configuration change alerting, and backup management.

    $852

    Per Instance

    Pricing
    AnsibleSolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
    Editions & Modules
    Basic Tower
    5,000
    per year
    Enterprise Tower
    10,000
    per year
    Premium Tower
    14,000
    per year
    One Time Price
    $852
    Per Instance
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AnsibleSolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
    Strengths:Cost-Effectiveness: CatTools is significantly more affordable than enterprise-grade tools like SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) or Infoblox NetMRI. It is ideal for small to medium-sized businesses with tight budgets. Ease of Deployment: Kiwi CatTools is …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Features
    AnsibleSolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
    Configuration Management
    Comparison of Configuration Management features of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
    Feature
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
    8.6
    44 Ratings
    SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    Infrastructure Automation9.244 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Automated Provisioning8.841 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Parallel Execution8.840 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Node Management8.432 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Logging7.841 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Version Control8.738 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AnsibleSolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (108 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)