# Ansible: how AI models rank it, September 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Named in 40 judge labels across 2 categories by 11 of 12 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/ansible/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure as code | 0% | 6 | 8% | 39 |
| Secrets management | 0% | 26 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Start here: Terraform/OpenTofu + Ansible (provision + config)." (Grok 4.1 Fast, IaC)
- "For almost all new projects, Red Hat Ansible is the default recommendation because it is agentless and uses standard YAML." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, IaC)
- "Ansible | Agentless, simpler than Chef/Puppet for configuration tasks (but still not a provisioner)" (Kimi K2, IaC)
- "Choose Ansible if your main need is configuration management, not infrastructure provisioning." (Perplexity Sonar, IaC)

## And against it

- "Not a full IaC tool for provisioning (more for configuration management), state management is less robust." (MiniMax M2.5, IaC)
- "Ansible | Agent-based (can be seen as less "infrastructure-as-code" than others), scalability concerns" (MiniMax M2.5, IaC)
- "Secret mismanagement is often present in tools like Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, and Chef." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Secrets)
- "Ansible/Puppet – More config management than provisioning" (MiniMax M2.5, IaC)

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.