Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform vs. SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
SolarWinds Web Performance Monitoring (WPM) is a website and SaaS application performance monitoring tool. It utilizes synthetic and real user monitoring for proactive issue detection and performance reporting. WPM is designed to be scalable with business needs.N/A
Pricing
Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformSolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
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 Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformSolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
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Ratings
SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Remote monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multiple Server Monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Automated alerts and notifications00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Reporting
Comparison of Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
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Ratings
SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
10.0
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Performance data reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Customizable reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Data visualization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
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Ratings
SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
10.0
1 Ratings
41% above category average
Administrator access control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformSolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(63 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 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)
User Testimonials
Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformSolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Likelihood to Recommend
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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SolarWinds
We've found WPM to be a fit for every web application that we wanted to monitor. If you have a web app that you'd like monitoring/alerting for then WPM may work for you. So far our only struggles have been when after logging in the app launches a new tab.
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Pros
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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SolarWinds
  • Testing web applications
  • Ability to log in to secure sections of websites in order to test user authentication
  • Provides a detailed history of steps taken and provides print screens of each step. If an error occurs you can see the web page to better diagnose issues.
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Cons
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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SolarWinds
  • The recorder is clunky and must be run on a local machine.
  • It does not support frames.
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Likelihood to Renew
Red Hat
We are deploying Ansible at all levels of the organization
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SolarWinds
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Usability
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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SolarWinds
No answers on this topic
Performance
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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SolarWinds
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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SolarWinds
Solarwinds support is top-notch, and while we rarely have to call them, they are always very helpful when we do.
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Implementation Rating
Red Hat
I spoke on this topic today!
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SolarWinds
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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SolarWinds
At the time we purchased WPM we were not aware of alternatives and therefore did not compare them.
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Return on Investment
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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SolarWinds
  • Better reporting of down states to allow for SLA reporting
  • Better alerting during certain failure conditions which allows the IT org to respond faster
  • More thorough history to review past errors and see screenshots of the errors.
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