--- title: Azure Automation & Control Reviews meta\_title: 'Azure Automation & Control Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 66 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Azure Automation & Control works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 66 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: CI/CD Tools url: https://www.g2.com/categories/ci-cd-tools --- # Azure Automation & Control Reviews & Product Details Enable continuous services and compliance with automation and configuration management * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [Azure Automation & Control Community](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-automation-control/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-automation-control/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![AWS Config](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "AWS Config") AWS Config 4.4/5(52) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-config/reviews) [ ![AWS OpsWorks](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "AWS OpsWorks") AWS OpsWorks 4/5(20) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-opsworks/reviews) [ ![GitHub](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GitHub") GitHub 4.7/5(2,397) ](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-automation-control/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 66 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Kalleshi T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kalleshi T.") KT Kalleshi T. Software Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/10/2023 "very easy to use handy tool" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? I like how inexpensive the service is in comparison to its rivals. Working as a team is enforced by role-based access to the solution. developers find it simple to utilize because there are many available python packages. There is no need to turn off the VM in order to save money, yet the UI has everything. The greatest option for automation thanks to its user-friendly UI and Microsoft's support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? price tag, they anticipate slightly improved user interfaces. For medium-sized to large businesses who favor cloud solutions, there is a solution. The approach can be a little more expensive for low to midsize businesses,it would be much better if they reduce the cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? We have benefited our clients in two major areas: cheaper costs and improved workflows. Another impression I had was of the system's quicker reaction and turnaround times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Akshay R J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Akshay R J.") AJ Akshay R J. IT Manager Chemicals Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/30/2022 "Azure A&C towards reconcilable management across all Azure environment" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? prompt responsive, integrated with all IOT environments and applications, configurable as per requirement for proper asset handling, supports different coding languages and diversifies OS support, end-to-end encryption of data, user-oriented and ease of operation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? Proper encryption is needed for user data over the cloud, must have sturdy internet speed from your ILL provider and third-party support shall be needed for some resolution of errors generated by different coded of programming languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Automation & Control: Recommending for drastical changes in your ICT environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? Manual processes have been stopped in my ICT infrastructure, error-free environment, user-friendly and giving appropriate resolution by diagnosis automatic incident based log calls, able to manage my all assets task regarding the update, changes, request approval, configuration, sharing capabilities and run on diversifying OS. The most effective part is to lower your full operational price by providing cloud support. fully accessible through valid third parties software/applications/developers. support most code languages, very much happy to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/9/2023 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Haritha C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Haritha C.") HC Haritha C. Machine Learning Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/21/2022 "Cost efficient workflow automations" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? I appreciate how the service is cost-efficient compared to the competitors. Role-based access to the solution enforces working as a team. Easy to use for developers since python packages are readily available to use. No need to turn off the VM to save cost (big relief ) and UI has it all. Userfriendly UI and Microsoft's support makes it the best choice for automation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? Also, with the cost it comes, a user expects a little better UI. The solution is for medium to big organisations that prefer cloud solutions. low to mid organizations may find the solution a bit priceier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? better documentation would help in some struggling areas when users get stuck Eg: data loading from several endpoints, configuration/ setting up the workflow. I would recommend having elaborated price tiers for more audiences to come who would like to worry less about the cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mayank V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mayank V.") MV Mayank V. Presales Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/30/2022 "i am happy with the performance and the quick handling of the things on Azure" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? the orchestration is very simple and easy to handle. Python packages are available to code. role based access is something that our lclients look forward to, which is simple and is managed from the backend in Azure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? security of the third party plugins, power outages in MS azure, not sure how they impact the Azure Automation and Control, other than thesei dont have any other major dislike element Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? lower costs and optimized workflows are two key areas that we have achieved for our clients. Another thing i got was the quicker response and turn around time of the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/6/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rohit Kumar C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rohit Kumar C.") RC Rohit Kumar C. System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/21/2022 "Azure Automation and Control Is In Demand" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? Process Automation is the best feature of the Azure Automation Tool. I mostly use the process automation tool as well as the configuration management tool. Compared to competitors it is very efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? I did not find any feature which was to be disliked or that needs improvements. Almost everything is proper and in place. The services provided are also very smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Automation & Control: It is a great service and is cost-efficient. Especially for big and mid-level organizations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? We all know that Process automation is really important feature and it needs to be efficient as well as time-saving too. Azure Automation Tool provides this in a very cost-friendly way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Aatif J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aatif J.") AJ Aatif J. Business Consultant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/27/2022 "Azure Automation, the real time, money and resource saver for my organization" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? The best part about Azure Automation is that I can schedule and orchestrate, deploy and manage all my devices at any given instance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? There are hardly any dislikes or downsides to Azure Automation and Control. But I think that ticket resolution can be a little faster though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Automation & Control: One can go ahead and choose Azure Automation and Control for their organization without a doubt and hesitation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? Azure Automation and Control help my organization save a lot of time and money that we used to spend on managing Devices and users. Everything is done in a quick and efficient way on Azure Automation and Control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sarthak R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sarthak R.") SR Sarthak R. NLP Intern Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/12/2022 "Helped me manage my VM without too much interaction" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? Saved me from the hassle of remembering to turn my VM on and off. Easy to manage Python packages/environment to load runbook and run my ML experiments much faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? I had some trouble importing/loading my files, and I couldn't find help online on how to handle the problem. Would be better if I had better documentation to help with that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? Azure automation and control helped me automate the task of getting my Azure notebooks and scheduling their run. It was nice not to have to manually work on those fronts on odd hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![kumar Gourav D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "kumar Gourav D.") KD kumar Gourav D. Candidate Relationship manager Staffing and Recruiting Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/8/2022 "Best tool for automation and tracking" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? I love the way it has streamlined the process of automation. Now we can track each changes as well as manage the configuration across the devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? There is nothing to Dislike in terms of functionality but I find the price to be little on the costlier side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? The main problem taht arises during automation is tracking the changes. I find it to be efficient in that part as i can easily manage my configuration and keep track of all the changes for troubleshoot purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/14/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Hardik G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hardik G.") HG Hardik G. Technical Data Engineering Lead Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/9/2022 "Best Cloud based automation platform" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? The ease of UI and handling complexity with which it solves most regular IT related problems. It is backed by microsoft so bug free platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? The Azure cloud pricing to use this tool. Similar tasks could be achieved by RPA, BluePrism, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Automation & Control: If you are looking for a cloud centric tool, go for this. It saves you the hassle of on prem setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? Problems related to automating the tasks using powershell workflow. It benefits us as we are already cloud consumers of AWS and Azure hybrid. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Abhay S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Abhay S.") AS Abhay S. Member Of Technical Staff - 2 Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/6/2022 "Loved It !!!" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Automation & Control? It's the best cloud automation tool out there in the market along with great infrastructure management capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Automation & Control? There's nothing much that I disliked in the product but if I were to tell something I would say it could be a bit more cost effective and UI can be improved a little bit. Rest apart everything is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Automation & Control: With great power comes great responsibility hence use it wisely and effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Automation & Control solving and how is that benefiting you? It helped us a lot in quick POCs with its great process automation strengths. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Azure Automation & Control? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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