"Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform Service is an end-to-end automation platform to configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate advanced workflows. It includes resources to create, manage, and scale across the entire enterprise and your AWS cloud. Ansible provides a differentiated user experience to start automating and managing AWS resources and your broader IT ecosystems of resources and applications.
Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform Service on AWS is a fully managed Ansible Automation Platform controller. Red Hat will manage the deployment and operation of the controler and monitor for it issues, perform patching and upgrades, and will handle back ups and restore. Execution nodes for automation will be need to be deployed separately."
Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform Service is an end-to-end automation platform to configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate advanced workflows. It includes resources to create, manage, and scale across the entire enterprise and your AWS cloud. Ansible provides a differentiated user experience to start automating and managing AWS resources and your broader IT ecosystems of resources and applications.
Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform Service on AWS is a fully managed Ansible Automation Platform controller. Red Hat will manage the deployment and operation of the controler and monitor for it issues, perform patching and upgrades, and will handle back ups and restore. Execution nodes for automation will be need to be deployed separately simplifying networking and bringing automation closer to workloads and infrastructure.
Here are the features and benefits:
Runs on your cloud - Deploy and run the Ansible Automation Platform on your AWS cloud, then extend your automation to private clouds, on-premise datacenters, edge locations, and hybrid cloud environments.
Integrates with AWS services - Includes the Ansible collection for AWS, as well as integration with AWS services such as EC2, CloudFormation, VPC, ALB, AMI, Security Groups, key pairs, EFS, EBS, S3, RDS, Lambda, AWS Secret, and more.
Supported by Red Hat - Red Hat supports the offering at the Premium Support level, meaning that customers have unlimited 24x7 access to our global network of experienced technical support engineers. AWS supports your cloud infrastructure.
Counts toward spend agreements with integrated AWS billing - Integrated billing means one bill and full visibility into cost. If you have a spend agreement with AWS, a percentage of the cost of this offering counts toward that amount.
Deployment
This listing is a subscription for the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Service on AWS. It is meant to be used with one or more Ansible Automation Platform execution nodes self deployed on your infrastructure. Use the following guide for building execution nodes: red.ht/executionnode. This offer includes 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions for deploying Ansible on.
Pricing
A subscription for the Ansible Automation Platform Service on AWS can be purchased directly through this listing at list price as noted. For better pricing options please work with your Red Hat supplier or contact Red Hat sales directly here to receive a private offer. See more details in the pricing section.
Highlights
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform includes integrations with native AWS services in the full collection for AWS (co-developed and security tested by AWS and Red Hat). This capability, along with other pre-integrated content, provides a differentiated user experience with minimal setup required to start automating and managing AWS resources along with your broader IT ecosystems of resources and applications.
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This listing bills two core things. You pay for Managed Active Nodes per month, the systems your automation manages. You also pay a Control Plane Infrastructure and Service Fee per cluster per hour, covering the platform's operating layer. Node pricing comes in fixed capacity tiers: 400, 1000, 2500, 5000, and 10000 Managed Active Nodes. Matching service dimensions labeled 50, 400, 1000, 2500, 5000, and 10000 align with those node counts. You choose a tier based on how many nodes you manage. Larger tiers cover more nodes under one commitment.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
What counts as one Managed Active Node for billing?
A Managed Active Node is a system your automation acts on, such as a server, workstation, virtual machine, or network device. Each managed system counts once. The platform manages workloads across datacenter, cloud, and edge environments, including Windows and Linux systems. You count the total systems your automation touches to pick a tier.
How do the two charge types combine on my invoice?
Two charges apply together. You pay for Managed Active Nodes based on the tier you choose, billed per month. You also pay the Control Plane Infrastructure and Service Fee per cluster per hour, covering the platform's operating layer. Node capacity usually drives the larger portion. Both charges appear on the same invoice.
What happens if I need to manage more nodes than my tier covers?
Each tier covers a fixed node count: 400, 1000, 2500, 5000, or 10000. If you outgrow your tier, you move to a tier that covers your total node count under one commitment. Choose your tier based on how many systems your automation manages. Contact the vendor for details on adjusting mid-term.
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Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform Service on AWS is a fully managed Ansible Automation Platform controller. Red Hat will manage the deployment and operation of the controler and monitor for it issues, perform patching and upgrades, and will handle back ups and restore. Execution nodes for automation will be need to be deployed separately.
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Best-in-Class Agentless Linux Security with Complete Features
Reviewed on Mar 23, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
best feature for Linux platform as it is agentless and having complete feature required linux system upto date and vulnerable free
What do you dislike about the product?
The graphics need to be improved, and the overall experience requires more enhancement to match what’s available from competitors in the market.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
keeping all linux servers upto date with centralized management, each and every system is controlled and configuration done centrally
Akshay G.
Powerful Linux Automation with Ansible and Fast Red Hat Support
Reviewed on Mar 20, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The automation part is very useful in Ansible specially for Linux. Being a push based tool we can use this tool as frequently we require because now we can only push the updates when required. The Customer Support is also good since the tickets from Red Hat are replied very fast
What do you dislike about the product?
The Migration from old Ansible tower to the new Ansible version like AAP is very complex. Since now the latest Ansible version runs on containerized Environment Engineers require to have knowledge on containerized envroinment like docker and podman
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Automation part is very usedful earlier with tools like chef was based on pull based becuase of which engineers had to wait for the pull to be executed. But now with ansible once any update is available we can push the updates as and when required.
Manas Kashyap
Automation has transformed server patching and has reduced months of work to minutes
Reviewed on Jan 25, 2026
Review from a verified AWS customer
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is managing servers through automated deployment, automated management, security patching, and everything in between.
For automating deployments or security patching with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, we use it for Docker Swarm clusters. We install Docker and automate Docker deployment inside the Docker Swarm, checking which are the master nodes and which are the server nodes and connecting them to each other. All of these things are maintained by Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
I have around 100-200 servers that we need to maintain through security patching. We need to perform sudo apt update or install packages inside them and maintain those servers. For that, we use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. We maintain an inventory file and execute everything from there.
What is most valuable?
The best features that Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform offers is that it does not require any additional resources inside the servers. Python is the only requirement, and since Python is already present inside the servers, we can run it from our location and it automatically deploys things and does the work for us.
The minimal requirements and easy deployment have definitely impacted my daily work and my team's efficiency. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is one of the best features that we depend on. We have evaluated other options, but Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform was the best choice because it has saved us a tremendous amount of time. We do not need to manually intervene in the servers or install third-party software to maintain these things.
It is very easy to write playbooks for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Ansible Galaxy contains many playbooks that are readily available and ready to be used. It is highly configurable with Jinja templating, making it easy to maintain.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform has positively impacted my organization. Previously, we needed to go into the servers and maintain them manually, which used to take a lot of time. For 200 to 300 servers, the maintenance took about one to two months. New patches would arrive and we would have to repeat the process. Now, it is a one-night work or a 10 to 15 minutes task. We write a playbook, maintain an inventory, and roll out the updates and it starts working for us. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform uses conditional clauses and has rollback options, functioning like a standard coding language that is simple to use.
There is definitely a reduction in errors with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform because we have playbooks written with all the necessary clauses and rollback options. Manual work automatically creates more errors, whereas in automation, we have written sets that we do not forget every time we run it. We have protected written sets that we execute consistently.
What needs improvement?
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform could benefit from improvements in certain areas. Red Hat Tower is available for enhanced functionality, though it operates on a paid model. I found that acceptable.
Otherwise, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is very easy to use with Jinja templating capabilities that make it really straightforward. I do not believe there is anything that could be improved with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform that we have not already discussed.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for the past eight years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In my experience, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is highly scalable. We are currently using 200 servers and we are adding more servers each day. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is easily maintainable and highly scalable.
How are customer service and support?
We are not using Ansible Tower for customer support, so we do not receive official support. However, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform has a large community with many written blogs and resources available, making it easy to maintain.
How would you rate customer service and support?
How was the initial setup?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform was very simple. There is no pricing and no licensing required, as Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is always free to use. If you do not use Ansible Tower, then it is definitely free and easy to maintain. Writing playbooks is just like writing a simple Bash script or writing code with clauses and everything.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. We need fewer employees and have saved significant time. The work that previously took two months now takes 10 to 15 minutes. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is automated, so we do not need as many employees to perform manual work. We have fewer employees, which also results in cost savings.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform was very simple. There is no pricing and no licensing required, as Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is always free to use. If you do not use Ansible Tower, then it is definitely free.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, I evaluated other options such as Chef and Puppet, but I did not use them.
What other advice do I have?
The advice I would give to others looking into using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is that it is one of the best Ansible management tools available for servers. You should start using it. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform offers Jinja templating where you can write your own templates and NGINX configurations. It is very simple to use and you do not need any extra server or additional infrastructure. I give this product a rating of 9 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Prasanth K.
Consistent, Scalable Automation That Boosts Stability and Efficiency
Reviewed on Dec 20, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I appreciate most is how Ansible Automation Platform gives us a consistent way to automate tasks across differnet environments. Instead of everyone writing their own scripts, we can have a centralized, controlled approach that keeps things uniform and reduces errors. Cloud services, on‑prem servers, or network devices, Ansible connects to everything without needing any agents. This flexibility has made it much easier to scale automation across the organization stacks. Also, its write once-reuse anywhere motoo help us reuse across multiple projects or environments. This not only speeds up deployments but also ensures the same process runs the same way every time, which has noticeably improved our operational stability.
What do you dislike about the product?
Even though YAML is readable, getting comfortable with writing playbooks, structuring roles, and understanding best practices takes time. My new team members have often needed guidance before they can contribute effectively in our platform. May be few cases where they struggeled are role structuring, output capturing and reusing andYAML Sensitivity are more prone to error. UI is helpful, but it introduces extra complexity compared to using Ansible alone. Managing inventories, credentials, and job templates through the controller sometimes feels more complicated than necessary. These are just my experiences, others may feel it easy though if the have already used CFT or TF.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
First and foremost, It helps us cut down on a lot of manual work. Tasks that used to take hours—like setting up servers or applying patches, confuring predefined softwares like datadog agent, awscli, python etc etc—now run automatically in the background, which saves time and reduces mistakes. It also keeps everything consistent across our systems, so we don’t end up with different configurations causing issues later. Because it works with many types of environments, we can manage everything from one place instead of juggling multiple tools. Overall, it makes our day‑to‑day operations run smoother and help us the team focus on more important tasks or improvements/advancements instead of repetitive tasks that goes on endlessly.
Jim O.
Agentless Architecture and Scalable Orchestration Made Simple
Reviewed on Nov 06, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best is the agentless architecture and human readable YAML playbooks. The platform scales from simple tasks to enterprise wide orchestration without added complexity
What do you dislike about the product?
Performance can be quite unpredictable at scale. For example, large inventories with complex fact gathering can cause slow execution times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ansible eliminates repetitive manual tasks, reducing human error and freeing up IT staff to focus on strategic initiatives rather than routine maintenance.