Ansible vs CFEngine
AnsibleConfiguration Management Tools
CFEngineConfiguration Management
CustomPublished price
Ansible Configuration Management Tools Automate everything. | CFEngine Configuration Management Infrastructure automation at scale. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Configuration Management Tools | Configuration Management |
| What it is | Ansible by Red Hat is an open-source automation platform for configuration management, application deployment, and IT orchestration using simple YAML playbooks. | CFEngine is one of the original configuration management tools, providing autonomous infrastructure management for large-scale server environments with minimal network dependency. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Ansible Core: Free and open source Ansible Automation Platform: Starting at ~$14,000/year (standard, 100 nodes) Red Hat subscription includes support and certified content. | Custom CFEngine Community is free and open source (GPL). CFEngine Enterprise (from Northern.tech) is a paid subscription priced by number of managed hosts plus features/support; no publi… |
| Pricing model | Not available | Custom quote |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2012 | 1993 |
| Team size | 10,001+ employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina | Oslo, Norway |
| Featured clients | NASA, Rackspace, Twitter, GoDaddy | Samsung, LinkedIn, AMD |