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AWX vs PowerShell Universal: catalog facts
AWXPowerShell Universal
Free

Free and open source; Red Hat sells a supported product built from it.

Freemium

Free Developer Edition with all features; production use requires a paid licence.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Web interface and REST API for Ansible jobs
  • Job scheduling and central tracking
  • Turns scripts into REST APIs and dashboards
  • Central scheduling and orchestration of scripts
  • Requires existing Ansible knowledge
  • Running the server takes significant setup
  • Production use requires a paid licence
  • Needs PowerShell skills to get value from it
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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