\[ y'(x)=\frac {\sqrt {a^2+2 a x+x^2+4 y(x)}-\frac {a x}{2}-\frac {a}{2}-\frac {x^2}{2}-\frac {x}{2}}{x+1} \] ✓ Mathematica : cpu = 0.7479 (sec), leaf count = 106
\[\text {Solve}\left [-\frac {1}{2} \sqrt {a^2+2 a x+x^2+4 y(x)}-\frac {1}{2} a \log \left (\sqrt {a^2+2 a x+x^2+4 y(x)}+a+x\right )+\frac {1}{2} a \tanh ^{-1}\left (\frac {2 a+2 x}{2 \sqrt {a^2+2 a x+x^2+4 y(x)}}\right )+\frac {1}{4} a \log (y(x))+\log (x+1)=c_1,y(x)\right ]\] ✓ Maple : cpu = 0.513 (sec), leaf count = 33
\[\left \{c_{1}+\frac {a}{2}+2 \ln \left (x +1\right )-\sqrt {a^{2}+2 a x +x^{2}+4 y \left (x \right )} = 0\right \}\]