# Ansible: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 61 judge labels across 4 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ansible

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Infrastructure as code](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/infrastructure-as-code/index.md) | 2% | 5 | 22% | 50 |
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 23 | 20% | 5 |
| [Patch management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/patch-management/index.md) | 0% | 13 | 0% | 5 |
| [Data center networking](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/index.md) | 0% | 38 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "For a budget-constrained company, Ansible is the safest bet if you need a free, open-source solution" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, IaC)
- "Ansible if your focus is more on app deployment/config than pure infrastructure ... less ideal for complex cloud resource graphs" (Grok 4.20, IaC)
- "Choose Ansible if your main need is configuration and automation of systems rather than provisioning cloud resources." (GPT-5.4 mini, IaC)
- "Choose Ansible when the main need is configuring existing servers rather than provisioning cloud infrastructure." (Perplexity Sonar, IaC)

## And against it

- "Why avoid for IaC: Weak state-tracking engines compared to purpose-built IaC tools." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IaC)
- "Ansible, Chef, Salt, and Puppet for primary provisioning. These are primarily configuration-management tools, not infrastructure-provisioning engines." (Perplexity Sonar, IaC)
- "More focused on configuration than pure infrastructure provisioning; Terraform/OpenTofu are better for infrastructure lifecycle management." (MiniMax M2.5, IaC)
- "Not ideal for pure infrastructure provisioning (creating VPCs, instances) compared to Terraform; state management is less robust" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, IaC)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Ansible, from 117 of the 145 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- pulumi.com: 58
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 40
- devopsschool.com: 30
- spacelift.io: 29
- toolradar.com: 27
- techtarget.com: 26
- dev.to: 23
- daily.dev: 19
- github.com: 19
- rajeshkumar.xyz: 17

### Pages cited

- https://devopsschool.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-iac-tools-in-2024: 29
- https://pulumi.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 26
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/prescriptive-guidance/latest/choose-iac-tool/choose-iac-tool.pdf: 25
- https://spacelift.io/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 22
- https://pulumi.com/blog/best-terraform-alternatives: 21
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/choose-iac-tool/choose-tool.html: 18
- https://techtarget.com/news/8-popular-infrastructure-as-code-IaC-tools-to-consider/858033: 18
- https://rajeshkumar.xyz/blog/infrastructure-as-code-iac-tools: 16

## In its own words

What Ansible's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: A gathering space to build automation skills and success (https://ansible.com/)
- For: Ansible users, customers, partners, and vendors (https://ansible.com/)
- Price stated: It is free to use (https://ansible.com/)
- Free plan or trial: It is free to use (https://ansible.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page ansible.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10001 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.