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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)

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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 Network Configuration Manager (NCM)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is network diagnostics and troubleshooting technology, from Austin-based SolarWinds.N/A
    Pricing
    AnsibleSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Editions & Modules
    Basic Tower
    5,000
    per year
    Enterprise Tower
    10,000
    per year
    Premium Tower
    14,000
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AnsibleSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    AnsibleSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Considered Both Products
    Red Hat
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    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Solarwinds Network Configuration Manager is extremely powerful in allowing our organization to automate specific tasks. It is extremely simple to use and offers a Graphical User Interface for performing tasks. I am a very curious person, which has led me to use Ansible simply …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a great tool and matches much of the functionality of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. Nothing about Ansible will likely be overwhelming to an engineer with a little time to spare, but that spare time combined with SolarWinds …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Needs several updates and better documentation on how to create deployment templates
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager has a quicker turn-up time then Ansible, but in the long term, Ansible will replace the core templating of Network Configuration Manager. We will keep the backup engine and software update feature in Network Configuration Manager, but …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    AnsibleSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Configuration Management
    Comparison of Configuration Management features of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Feature
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
    8.6
    44 Ratings
    SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    -
    Ratings
    Infrastructure Automation9.244 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Provisioning8.841 Ratings00 Ratings
    Parallel Execution8.840 Ratings00 Ratings
    Node Management8.432 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Logging7.841 Ratings00 Ratings
    Version Control8.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AnsibleSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (108 ratings)
    9.4
    (141 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)