Comparison

Ansible vs Foreman

On the evidence we track, Ansible leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Ansible64

Foreman51

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AnsibleLeader	Foreman
vioscaleAI score	64 / 100medium · 65%	51 / 100low · 10%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	22	12
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.5	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://theforeman.org/security.html
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=ansible-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: HIGH	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2,140	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	70,980	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	1,964,190	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	35	-
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-3.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Ansible64 / 100medium · 65%

Foreman51 / 100low · 10%

Pricing

Free tier

Ansible✓

Foreman–

Model

Ansiblecommercial

Foremanopen_source

Price level

Ansiblelow

Foremanfree

Integrations

Count

Ansible22

Foreman12

Security

Disclosure policy

Ansible–

Foreman✓

Gdpr

Ansible–

Foreman✓

Scorecard

Ansible7.5

Foreman–

Trust center

Ansible–

Foremanhttps://theforeman.org/security.html

Vulnerabilities

AnsibleCount: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=ansible-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: HIGH

Foreman–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Ansible2,140

Foreman–

Github stars

Ansible70,980

Foreman–

Package downloads weekly

Ansible1,964,190

Foreman–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Ansible35

Foreman–

Release

History

Ansible20 items

Foreman–

License

Spdx

AnsibleGPL-3.0

Foreman–

Language

Primary

AnsiblePython

Foreman–

Market

Availability

Ansible–

ForemanAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Ansible6 items

Foreman6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for configuration management tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Configuration Management Tools
Capability	Ansible	Foreman
Core
Architecture	Agentless / SSH-push	-
Push / pull model	-	Both
Config language	-	-
Deployment
Masterless mode	✓	-
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Self-hosted only
Correctness
Idempotent	-	-
Model
Desired-state declarative	✓	✓
Ecosystem
Content registry	-	-
Platform
Windows support	-	-
Scope
Cloud provisioning	✓	✓
Governance
Policy / compliance	-	✓
Commercial
Enterprise edition	-	-
Licensing
Open-source core	✓	✓

Core

Architecture

AnsibleAgentless / SSH-push

Foreman-

Push / pull model

Ansible-

ForemanBoth

Config language

Ansible-

Foreman-

Deployment

Masterless mode

Ansible✓

Foreman-

Hosting

AnsibleSelf-hosted only

ForemanSelf-hosted only

Correctness

Idempotent

Ansible-

Foreman-

Model

Desired-state declarative

Ansible✓

Foreman✓

Ecosystem

Content registry

Ansible-

Foreman-

Platform

Windows support

Ansible-

Foreman-

Scope

Cloud provisioning

Ansible✓

Foreman✓

Governance

Policy / compliance

Ansible-

Foreman✓

Commercial

Enterprise edition

Ansible-

Foreman-

Licensing

Open-source core

Ansible✓

Foreman✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Ansible

Leader

A system for automating infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment across multiple machines via standard SSH without requiring agent installation on remote systems.

Independently observed

Foreman

A complete management solution for system administrators to automate server deployment, configuration, and monitoring across on-premise and cloud environments, with built-in support for configuration management tools like Puppet, Salt, and Ansible.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Ansible

Leader

HybridFree tier

Free open-source version or paid enterprise platform

Ansible (Open Source)Free
Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformContact sales

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Foreman

Open source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Ansible	Foreman
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Ansible✗

Foreman✓

CLI

Ansible✓

Foreman✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Ansible✗

Foreman✓

Self-hosted

Ansible✓

Foreman✓

Hybrid

Ansible✗

Foreman✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

VMware

Ansible

Leader

22 total - 21 not shared

Terraform
ServiceNow
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Cisco
Juniper
F5
HPE
Dell Technologies
NetApp
SAP
Pure
Palo Alto Networks
CyberArk
HashiCorp Vault
Splunk
Dynatrace
Infoblox
Aruba
Windows

Independently observed

Foreman

16 total - 15 not shared

Puppet
Salt
Ansible
MaaS
Amazon EC2
Google Compute Engine
OpenStack
Libvirt
oVirt
LDAP
FreeIPA
Redmine
Discourse
GitHub
Bare Metal (MaaS)

Independently observed

Still deciding?

Ansible or Foreman: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.