Ansible is very powerful, but it does require the user to use the CLI. In some situations, this is not the best option, such as in cases where you need to trigger an Ansible job from another job (where APIs would be better) or in cases where the person that should trigger a job should only be able to trigger that specific job. For these cases, AWX or Ansible Tower are better options to use.

The only differences between AWX and Ansible Tower are that AWX is the upstream and open source version, while Ansible Tower is the Red Hat and downstream product that is officially supported but for a price, and also the delivery method. AWX is available as a Docker container that can run everywhere, while Ansible Tower is installed on the system and requires specific versions of Linux—more specifically, RHEL 7.4+, RHEL 8.0+, and CentOS 7.4+, at the...