--- title: Steampunk Spotter Reviews meta\_title: 'Steampunk Spotter Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Steampunk Spotter works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 6 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # Steampunk Spotter Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Steampunk Spotter but has limited features. Are you part of the Steampunk Spotter team? [Upgrade your plan](https://my.g2.com/steampunk-spotter/upgrade?utm_campaign=s3&utm_medium=claim-popup&utm_source=g2) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Spotter helps users create and maintain Ansible Playbooks with ease while ensuring they are always up-to-date and secure. With its comprehensive analytics and reporting capabilities, Spotter offers valuable insights into automation, enabling users to identify bottlenecks, monitor performance, and make data-driven decisions. Designed to maximize automation and drive operational excellence, Spotter has gained the trust of users worldwide. With Spotter, teams can focus on strategic initiatives and achieve superior business outcomes. * * * Seller [XLAB Steampunk](https://www.g2.com/sellers/xlab-steampunk) Discussions [Steampunk Spotter Community](https://www.g2.com/products/steampunk-spotter/discuss) Languages Supported English Overview by Jasna Simoncic Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![GitHub](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GitHub") GitHub 4.7/5(2,397) ](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews) [ ![Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform") Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 4.6/5(377) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform/reviews) [ ![ServiceNow IT Service Management](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ServiceNow IT Service Management") ServiceNow IT Service Management 4.5/5(1,948) ](https://www.g2.com/products/servicenow-it-service-management/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/steampunk-spotter/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 6 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) JV Javier V. IT Architect Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/6/2024 "Great solution if you're using Ansible" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Steampunk Spotter? Spotter helps you to keep your Ansible playbooks up to date alongside Ansible itself and make sure that they work when you upgrade. But it does not stop there, it is fantastic in order to secure you playbook executions preventing missconfigurations and service interruptions. However, the best is the support when you write playbooks, givin easily access to the documentation and making sure you do not miss dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Steampunk Spotter? I don't see any downsides, it is a great tool that makes my life easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Steampunk Spotter solving and how is that benefiting you? Avoiding problems in production environments, and helping me to me more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile SR Sam R. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/17/2023 "Your own Playbook writing and managing assistant." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Steampunk Spotter? Spotter simplifies the process of upgrading Ansible and ensures your playbooks are compatible by scanning your playbooks, checking compatibility, and offering recommendations to resolve any issues. It's like having a personal playbook advisor, reducing your upgrade time from hours to just minutes. As a playbook developer, Spotter is your one-stop solution. It helps verify your playbook templates, checks compatibility with different Ansible versions and gives you a clear understanding of upgrade implications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Steampunk Spotter? Its new and it will evolve to support more features. For now it's at an early state with specific use cases but overall it's good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Steampunk Spotter solving and how is that benefiting you? Spotter helps you prevent misconfigurations and security breaches, ensuring your automation meets corporate standards and achieves secure execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Ioannis M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ioannis M.") IM Ioannis M. Solutions Architect Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/21/2023 "Amazing tool to improve reliability and testing of Ansible artifacts" 5/5 What do you like best about Steampunk Spotter? \* Assisted playbook writing that saves you a ton of time. \* Easy to start with and run security scans on your ansible playbooks. \* Handy app with historical runs and reporting capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Steampunk Spotter? I would like to see more/easier guidance on integrations with more CI/CD tools and Cloud Providers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Steampunk Spotter solving and how is that benefiting you? Ansible security scanning, assisted playbook writing, and custom policies functionalities of Steampunk Spotter greatly simplify and fast track my Ansible development experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/22/2024 "Awesome tool to check your Ansible-Code" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Steampunk Spotter? It really improves my Ansible-Code. With the integrations in my editor, it does so almost automatically. And integrated into a CI-pipeline, it makes sure that no bad Ansible-Code reaches my sourcecode repository. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Steampunk Spotter? Sadly it's not wholly opensource. Other than that it's fine! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Steampunk Spotter solving and how is that benefiting you? It makes sure that our Ansible-Code is written according to Best-Practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![👾 Victor E.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "👾 Victor E.") 👾E 👾 Victor E. Head of Technical Marketing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/11/2023 "A must have if you use Ansible" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Steampunk Spotter? It gives me this extra help that you sometimes need, for instance, how do I know if there is any error in my Playbook? Or what do I need to do in my Playbooks to make them run in the latest Ansible Release? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Steampunk Spotter? I wish they have more reports as that is a super useful feature, so I can compile what I've done in the past time and get insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Steampunk Spotter solving and how is that benefiting you? How to implement best practices from Red Hat in your Playbooks, as well as upgrade to the latest Ansible version without breaking them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Stéphane R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Stéphane R.") SR Stéphane R. Platform Engineering - Numspot Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/11/2023 "My better assistant to product Ansible code" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Steampunk Spotter? Steampunk spotter help me to improve the quality of my Assistant code by detecting errors and avoided necessary parameters. This is a good solution to prepare an upgrade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Steampunk Spotter? Ai should be improve because the given solution is not really a help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Steampunk Spotter solving and how is that benefiting you? by improving the quality of the Ansible code, spotter allows me to reduce the number of incidents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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