OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management vs. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ZENworks Configuration Management
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
OpenTextâ„¢ ZENworks Configuration Management, formerly from Micro Focus and earlier from Novell, helps users manage both devices and software across the entire IT environment. A single, unified web console provides insight to both devices and software, improves visibility, and helps reduce costs.N/A
Ansible
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
The 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
Pricing
OpenText ZENworks Configuration ManagementRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Editions & Modules
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Basic Tower
5,000
per year
Enterprise Tower
10,000
per year
Premium Tower
14,000
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ZENworks Configuration ManagementAnsible
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
OpenText ZENworks Configuration ManagementRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(2 ratings)
9.0
(63 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
OpenText ZENworks Configuration ManagementRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
OpenText
The best data loss management and data recovery tools are very powerful and the Cloud deployment operations after the training is not challenging and easy services and workflow Automation system. The data protection and easy data management for the business i like the software capabilities. Analytics and reports from the platform are also effective on the business production and on great decisions making.
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Red Hat
The thing I mentioned earlier where we're constantly dealing with federal regulations or new agents that they want us to install and deploy and just getting those out in a consistent manner in a canned installation via Playbook is ideal
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Pros
OpenText
  • Excellent for the workflow easy Automation.
  • Data management on Cloud via this product is amazing.
  • The real-time reports are quite productive.
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Red Hat
  • Makes it easy to create and share automation in one central hub.
  • Ansible content collections give me the ability to reuse code, making it rapid to carry out complex IT processes.
  • Event-driven automation allows me to reduce manual tasks: it is rapid to know which action to take and respond automatically by receiving events from external apps automatically.
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Cons
OpenText
  • Just on deployment to new users on this Micro Focus platform.
  • Help desk can be more responsive to customers.
  • Advanced functionalities manipulation.
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Red Hat
  • Workflows should have more flexible paths than just success or failure.
  • The upgrade process can be challenging with differences in security and environment.
  • There is an opportunity to add CICD functionality into the tool.
  • For development, it would be nice to have the option of editing a repo directly from AAP to allow quick tests/reruns. Then, allow it to push the updates back or create a new branch/PR in GitHub.
  • The RBAC is good but could use improvements. One example would be an option that allows admins to assume the access of another user to validate it works as expected.
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Likelihood to Renew
OpenText
No answers on this topic
Red Hat
We are deploying Ansible at all levels of the organization
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Usability
OpenText
No answers on this topic
Red Hat
the yaml is easy to write and most people can be taught to write basic playbooks in a few weeks
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Performance
OpenText
No answers on this topic
Red Hat
Great in almost every way compared to any other configuration management software. The only thing I wish for is python3 support. Other than that, YAML is much improved compared to the Ruby of Chef. The agentless nature is incredibly convenient for managing systems quickly, and if a member of your term has no terminal experience whatsoever they can still use the UI.
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Support Rating
OpenText
No answers on this topic
Red Hat
There is a lot of good documentation that Ansible and Red Hat provide which should help get someone started with making Ansible useful. But once you get to more complicated scenarios, you will benefit from learning from others. I have not used Red Hat support for work with Ansible, but many of the online resources are helpful.
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Implementation Rating
OpenText
No answers on this topic
Red Hat
I spoke on this topic today!
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Alternatives Considered
OpenText
Magnificent for its convenience with configuration and tuning. Terrific with database recovery and backup. Excellent with new discovery of new virtual servers. Ease of use.
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Red Hat
AAP doesn't truly stack up against any of the products mentioned except for Aria Automation. But, it is extensible and open and has a lower cost to entry.
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Return on Investment
OpenText
  • Easy recovering potential lost data for the business.
  • Helpful and accurate real-time reporting.
  • Great data analytics for business critical decisions making.
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Red Hat
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform offers automation and ML tools that allow me to automate complex IT tasks.
  • Through automation analytics, it is seamless to gain full visibility into automation performance allowing me to make informed decisions.
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform allows me to move rapidly from insights to action.
  • Creating and sharing automation content in one place unify a team in one place hence enhancing real-time collaboration.
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