Azure Automation vs Resolve Onboarding and Offboarding Automation

Azure Automation is a cloud service for process automation, configuration management, patch management, and remediation automation on Windows and Linux. Process automation is divided into job run time and watchers: the job run time plan includes 500 minutes per month, while the watchers plan is listed at free with 744 hours included monthly. Configuration management has separate Azure-node and non-Azure-node plans. The Azure-node option includes a configuration pull service and change tracking; the non-Azure-node option includes five nodes per month. An Update management plan lists update visibility and update deployment. These options cover automating processes, managing configuration, and handling updates across both supported operating systems. Azure Automation uses a cloud deployment model. The pricing model is listed as freemium, although the facts also state there is no free plan.

Resolve Onboarding and Offboarding Automation coordinates employee lifecycle changes across HR, identity, and IT systems. Onboarding workflows can create accounts, assign entitlements, provision email, VPN, and SaaS applications, deliver software, and notify managers and new hires. Offboarding can disable accounts, revoke tokens, reclaim licenses, trigger device wipes or locks, archive mailboxes, and record actions. HRIS or identity-provider events can start workflows, with actions based on role, location, and department; manual submissions through RITA are also available. The workflow checks licensing, inventory, and access states, flags exceptions with diagnostics, and updates CMDB, ITSM, HRIS, and audit systems. Resolve names AD, Azure AD, and Okta for account creation. Its open integration framework connects custom or legacy tools through REST APIs, SNMP, SSH, TCP, SMTP, or SOAP. The paid product runs through API, self-hosted, and web deployments; pricing is on request.