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The Top 20 Network Automation Tools

Check out this list of the top Network Automation Tools products based on user satisfaction. A product's satisfaction score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that factors in real-user satisfaction ratings from review data. Software buyers can compare products according to their satisfaction scores to streamline the buying process and quickly identify the best products based on the experiences of their peers.

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Forward Enterprise

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

56%

Financial Services

24%

Marketing and Advertising

10%

Telecommunications

10%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

9.4

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.3

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

9.6

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

9.1

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

9.0

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

9.1

BackBox

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

51%

Computer & Network Security

23%

Financial Services

13%

Telecommunications

13%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

9.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.6

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

9.6

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

9.1

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

9.4

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

9.4

BloxOne DDI

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

40%

Computer Networking

20%

Computer Software

20%

Computer & Network Security

20%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

9.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.9

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

9.9

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

9.9

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

9.9

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

10.0

Entuity

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Government Administration

25%

Biotechnology

25%

Banking

25%

Hospital & Health Care

25%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

9.7

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.7

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

9.9

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

9.6

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

9.8

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

9.8

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

48%

Telecommunications

21%

Computer Software

17%

Financial Services

14%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.4

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.0

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

9.6

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

8.4

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

8.5

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

8.9

ManageEngine Network Configuration Manager

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

33%

Computer & Network Security

22%

Computer Networking

22%

Oil & Energy

22%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.6

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

8.4

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

8.5

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

8.8

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

9.0

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

8.5

Progress WhatsUp Gold

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

53%

Hospital & Health Care

22%

Computer & Network Security

13%

Financial Services

13%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.7

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.1

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

7.7

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

8.7

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

8.7

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

8.0

SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

50%

Retail

25%

Computer & Network Security

13%

Education Management

13%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.4

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

9.3

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

8.8

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

8.4

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

9.5

OpenText Network Automation

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

67%

Accounting

11%

Computer & Network Security

11%

Computer Networking

11%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.8

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.3

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

9.4

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

7.4

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

8.9

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

8.9

#10

BlueCat Integrity

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Computer Networking

50%

Computer & Network Security

17%

Financial Services

17%

Automotive

17%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.3

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

8.7

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

8.8

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

9.3

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

9.2

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

8.2

#11

Pliant

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

33%

Computer Software

33%

E-Learning

17%

Events Services

17%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

9.3

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.0

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

0.0

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

8.6

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

9.3

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

0.0

#12

Liongard

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

81%

Computer & Network Security

19%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

7.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

8.8

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

9.1

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

7.1

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

9.5

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

8.0

#13

Unimus

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

77%

Accounting

Computer Software

Education Management

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

9.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.7

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

0.0

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

0.0

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

8.8

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

0.0

#14

NetBrain Next-Gen

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

57%

Banking

14%

Computer & Network Security

14%

Architecture & Planning

14%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

9.1

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

0.0

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

0.0

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

9.8

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

0.0

#15

SolarWinds Observability

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

54%

Primary/Secondary Education

15%

Computer Software

15%

Telecommunications

15%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.3

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

8.6

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

9.0

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

7.0

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

8.6

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

8.2

#16

Infoblox NIOS DDI

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

44%

Computer & Network Security

33%

Banking

11%

Education Management

11%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.7

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

8.7

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

8.6

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

7.4

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

7.4

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

8.7

#17

TrueSight Automation for Networks

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Computer & Network Security

33%

Information Technology and Services

33%

Consumer Services

17%

Computer Software

17%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

7.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

8.4

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

8.3

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

8.1

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

8.4

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

8.0

#18

VMware NSX

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Computer & Network Security

43%

Information Technology and Services

29%

Computer Hardware

14%

Computer Software

14%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

7.8

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

8.2

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

0.0

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

8.3

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

8.7

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

0.0

#19

Juniper Apstra

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Telecommunications

33%

Information Technology and Services

33%

Computer & Network Security

17%

Computer Networking

17%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

8.3

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

8.6

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

0.0

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

0.0

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

0.0

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

0.0

#20

IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation

Overall Satisfaction Score

Top Industries of Reviewers:

Information Technology and Services

44%

Telecommunications

33%

Computer & Network Security

11%

Computer Software

11%

Ratings from Reviews (out of 10):

Ease of Use

Average: 8.3

0.0

Meets Requirements

Average: 8.6

0.0

Ease of Doing Business With

Average: 6.4

0.0

Ease of Setup

Average: 6.8

0.0

Quality of Support

Average: 8.1

0.0

Ease of Admin

Average: 6.1

0.0