Comparison

Ansible vs Rudder

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.

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★Ansible58

Rudder53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AnsibleLeader	Rudder
Vioscale score	58 / 100medium · 61%	53 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	22	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.5	6.6
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	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fnormation%2Frudder&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2,140	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	70,473	706
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	2,699,011	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	22	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	4
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-3.0	GPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	Scala
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ FR

Score

Vioscale score

Ansible58 / 100medium · 61%

Rudder53 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Ansible✓

Rudder✓

Model

Ansiblecommercial

Ruddercommercial

Price level

Ansiblelow

Rudderlow

Transparent

Ansible–

Rudder✗

Integrations

Count

Ansible22

Rudder4

Security

Disclosure policy

Ansible–

Rudder✓

Gdpr

Ansible–

Rudder✓

Iso27001

Ansible–

Rudder✓

Scorecard

Ansible7.5

Rudder6.6

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

RudderCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fnormation%2Frudder&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Ansible–

Rudder✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Ansible2,140

Rudder0

Github stars

Ansible70,473

Rudder706

Package downloads weekly

Ansible2,699,011

Rudder–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Ansible22

Rudder100

Release

Cadence days

Ansible–

Rudder4

History

Ansible20 items

Rudder20 items

License

Spdx

AnsibleGPL-3.0

RudderGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

AnsiblePython

RudderScala

Market

Availability

Ansible–

RudderAvailable worldwide · HQ FR

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	Rudder
Core
Architecture	-	Agent-based
Push / pull model	-	Pull
Config language	-	YAML
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-

RudderAgent-based

Push / pull model

Ansible-

RudderPull

Config language

Ansible-

RudderYAML

Deployment

Masterless mode

Ansible-

Rudder✗

Hosting

Ansible-

RudderCloud + self-hosted

Correctness

Idempotent

Ansible-

Rudder✓

Model

Desired-state declarative

Ansible-

Rudder✓

Ecosystem

Content registry

Ansible-

Rudder-

Platform

Windows support

Ansible-

Rudder✓

Scope

Cloud provisioning

Ansible-

Rudder-

Governance

Policy / compliance

Ansible-

Rudder✓

Commercial

Enterprise edition

Ansible-

Rudder✓

Licensing

Open-source core

Ansible✓

Rudder✓

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

Rudder

A platform for automating IT infrastructure management across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, providing patch management, vulnerability management, compliance verification, and configuration management capabilities.

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 ↗

Rudder

SubscriptionFree tier

Annual per-node licensing. Rudder Core open-source free tier. Contact sales for Enterprise and Corporate Security Suite pricing.

Rudder EnterpriseContact sales
- Security configuration management
- Compatible with Linux and Windows
- Real-time infrastructure insights
- Choice of Patch & vulnerability management OR Policy & benchmark compliance
- Unlimited standard support
- +2 more
Rudder Corporate Security SuiteContact sales
- Security configuration management with dashboards and real-time insights
- Patch & vulnerability management including CVE identification and patch campaigns
- Policy & benchmark compliance for CIS, NIST, ISO 27001 and others
- Unlimited premium support
- Guaranteed fix or workaround times
- +3 more

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

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	Rudder
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Ansible✗

Rudder✓

Windows

Ansible✗

Rudder✓

Linux

Ansible✗

Rudder✓

CLI

Ansible✓

Rudder✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Ansible✓

Rudder✓

Self-hosted

Ansible✓

Rudder✓

On-premise

Ansible✗

Rudder✓

Hybrid

Ansible✗

Rudder✓

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

Rudder

4 total

CI/CD
ticketing
CMDB
monitoring

Independently observed

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