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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

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Overview

What it is

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Event-Driven Ansible and Execution Environments. Built for automated patch management. Compare Configuration Management alternatives.

Progress Chef

Progress Chef, from Progress, provides Chef Automate console. Common uses: OS hardening at scale. Check deployment options and top Configuration Management competitors.

Product type

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Enterprise Infrastructure & Security Orchestration Automation Platform

Progress Chef

Infrastructure Automation & Configuration Management

Best for

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Enterprise IT, DevOps, Telecommunications, Financial Institutions

Progress Chef

Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Government, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Contact Vendor

Progress Chef

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Free trial: yes

Progress Chef

Free trial: yes

Deployment

Deployment options

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Progress Chef

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

On-Premises; Cloud (IaaS); Hybrid; Self-hosted cluster; OpenShift Operator; Cloud Marketplace

Progress Chef

Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises; Customer-hosted On-premises; AWS/Azure SaaS; Hybrid Cloud

Data residency

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Customer-controlled; On-premises; Cloud

Progress Chef

Customer Infrastructure / Cloud Provider Tenant

Key features

What it offers

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

  • YAML playbook automation
  • Event-Driven Ansible
  • Execution Environments
  • Centralized controller
  • Security vendor content collections
  • Automated patch management
  • Firewall policy orchestration
  • Security incident response automation

Progress Chef

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Automated drift convergence
  • Chef InSpec compliance auditing
  • Chef Automate console
  • multi-OS agent coverage
  • Automated server provisioning
  • Continuous compliance auditing
  • Configuration drift remediation

Platform & access

API access

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

API access: yes

Progress Chef

API access: yes

Single sign-on (SSO)

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

SSO: yes

Progress Chef

SSO: yes

Role-based access (RBAC)

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

RBAC: yes

Progress Chef

RBAC: yes

Multi-tenant

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Multi-tenant: yes

Progress Chef

Multi-tenant: yes

Mobile app

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Mobile app: no

Progress Chef

Mobile app: no

Supported platforms

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

HybridCloudOn-premisesNetwork devices

Progress Chef

LinuxWindowsmacOSUnixCloud VMsBare-metal servers

Compliance

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

ISO 27001SOC 2FIPS 140-2Common Criteria

Progress Chef

CIS BenchmarksDISA STIGPCI-DSSHIPAAFedRAMP alignment

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

CiscoPalo Alto NetworksSplunkServiceNowAWSAzureOpenShift

Progress Chef

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudServiceNowGitHubGitLabTerraform

Industries

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Enterprise ITDevOpsTelecommunicationsFinancial Institutions

Progress Chef

Financial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareGovernmentTelecommunications

Regions

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific

Progress Chef

Global

Vendor

Company

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Red Hat

Progress Chef

Progress

Headquarters

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Progress Chef

Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

20,000+

Progress Chef

1,001-5,000

Founded

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

1993

Progress Chef

1981

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