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Chocolatey vs. Packagecloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Chocolatey
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Chocolatey is software management automation for Windows designed to make complex tasks simple, from Chocolatey Software in Topeka. The vendor states Chocolatey can easily handle all aspects of package management, but it is also able to work well within the existing ecosystem that is Windows software management.N/A
Packagecloud
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Packagecloud is a cloud-based service to store and distribute different software packages without owning any infrastructure. Packagecloud can be used to manage packages on-premise or in the cloud.
$150
per month 50GB Transfer & 15GB Storage
Pricing
ChocolateyPackagecloud
Editions & Modules
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Pro Plan
$150
per month 50GB Transfer & 15GB Storage
Enterprise Plan
$699
per month 250GB Transfer & 150GB Storage
packagecloud:enterprise
Custom
Enterprise+ Plan
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChocolateyPackagecloud
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
ChocolateyPackagecloud
Considered Both Products
Chocolatey
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Chocolatey
On OSX machines we use brew which works if compared to Chocolatey, a lot better. You could see that on Windows machines the idea of a command line-based software installation tool is not very common, especially if you want to use tools like Python or other scripting languages.
Chris Hyde | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chris Hyde
Test Engineering Manager
Chose Chocolatey
The big reason I picked Chocolatey was the fact that npm and Maven are not well-suited for native windows environments. I had to run on a Windows Server virtual machine, so was limited by what I could use, and I did not want to install WSL on the machine. So, I picked …
Packagecloud

No answer on this topic

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User Ratings
ChocolateyPackagecloud
Likelihood to Recommend
6.8
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User Testimonials
ChocolateyPackagecloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Chocolately is perfect if you need a robust, well-supported (by the community) package manager. It has basically every major library/tool that you need to do development. I used it specifically in UI test automation.
Chris Hyde | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chris Hyde
Test Engineering Manager
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Pros
  • Package management
  • Dependency management
  • Ease of use
  • Availability of libs
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Test Engineering Manager
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Cons
  • Available software to install is not easy to find.
  • You need admin rights to install all software.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
On OSX machines we use brew which works if compared to Chocolatey, a lot better. You could see that on Windows machines the idea of a command line-based software installation tool is not very common, especially if you want to use tools like Python or other scripting languages.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • Improved time to setup new machines
  • Improved security due to easy update process of installed software
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Anonymous
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