# Ansible vs Terraform

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vs-terraform/4478>\
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**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vs-terraform/4478 "2024-03-20T14:04:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vs-terraform/4478/1 "2024-03-20T14:04:43Z")

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It is important to understand the differences between Ansible and Terraform. They have some use-cases that overlap but they are very different tools! In most cases they compliment each other and you will find that many Red Hatters use Hashicorp tools and vice versa.

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