Pick wrong and you burn months. Only 8% of organizations qualify as highly mature in cloud delivery, and most want fewer tools with clearer ownership. That is why Ansible vs Terraform matters.
This guide gives a fast rule of thumb, comparison tables, cost/time signals, security must-dos, and when to run both in one pipeline. You get vendor docs to verify the mechanics and current options, like OpenTofu. Read, decide, pilot, and measure.