Comparison

Ansible vs Habitat

On the evidence we track, Ansible leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Ansible full profile →Habitat full profile →

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★Ansible58

Habitat44

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AnsibleLeader	Habitat
Vioscale score	58 / 100medium · 61%	44 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	22	4
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.5	-
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	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2,140	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	70,473	0
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	2,699,011	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	22	0
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-3.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Ansible58 / 100medium · 61%

Habitat44 / 100medium · 61%

Pricing

Free tier

Ansible✓

Habitat✓

Model

Ansiblecommercial

Habitatcommercial

Price level

Ansiblelow

Habitatfree

Transparent

Ansible–

Habitat✓

Integrations

Count

Ansible22

Habitat4

Security

Scorecard

Ansible7.5

Habitat–

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

Habitat–

Reliability

Status page

Ansible–

Habitat✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Ansible2,140

Habitat–

Github stars

Ansible70,473

Habitat0

Package downloads weekly

Ansible2,699,011

Habitat–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Ansible22

Habitat0

Release

History

Ansible20 items

Habitat–

License

Spdx

AnsibleGPL-3.0

Habitat–

Language

Primary

AnsiblePython

Habitat–

Market

Availability

Ansible–

HabitatAvailable worldwide · HQ US

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	Habitat
Core
Architecture	-	Agent-based
Push / pull model	-	Push
Config language	-	PowerShell, Bash
Deployment
Masterless mode	-	-
Hosting	-	Cloud + self-hosted
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

Ansible-

HabitatAgent-based

Push / pull model

Ansible-

HabitatPush

Config language

Ansible-

HabitatPowerShell, Bash

Deployment

Masterless mode

Ansible-

Habitat-

Hosting

Ansible-

HabitatCloud + self-hosted

Correctness

Idempotent

Ansible-

Habitat-

Model

Desired-state declarative

Ansible-

Habitat✓

Ecosystem

Content registry

Ansible-

Habitat✓

Platform

Windows support

Ansible-

Habitat✓

Scope

Cloud provisioning

Ansible-

Habitat✓

Governance

Policy / compliance

Ansible-

Habitat✓

Commercial

Enterprise edition

Ansible-

Habitat-

Licensing

Open-source core

Ansible✓

Habitat✓

What each one is

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

Ansible

Leader

Ansible is an open source IT automation engine that automates provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, orchestration, and many other IT processes. It is free to use, and the project benefits from the experience and intelligence of its thousands of contributors.

Independently observed

Habitat

An open-source platform for codifying application builds and deployments into reusable packages, which are then managed consistently across diverse environments using lightweight supervisors.

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 ↗

Habitat

Open sourceFree tier

Open source Community Edition available; Enterprise Edition available

Community EditionFree
- Application definition, packaging and delivery automation
- Pre-defined application templates
- Dynamic service bindings
- Clustering topologies
- Service discovery
- +2 more
Enterprise EditionContact sales

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

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	Habitat
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Windows

Ansible✗

Habitat✓

CLI

Ansible✓

Habitat✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Ansible✓

Habitat✓

Self-hosted

Ansible✓

Habitat✓

Hybrid

Ansible✗

Habitat✓

Integrations

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

Ansible

Leader

22 total

Terraform
VMware
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

Habitat

4 total

Docker
Docker Hub
Azure Container Registry
Amazon Elastic Container Registry

Independently observed

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