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    Octopus Deploy

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Australian company Octopus Deploy offers their eponymous automated deployment and release management software that integrates with the user's preferred CI server and adds deployment & ops automation capabilities. Octopus Deploy enables developers, release managers, and operations folks to bring all automation into a single place. The vendor states that by reusing configuration variables, environment definition, API keys, connection strings, permissions, service principals, and automation logic,…

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    Pricing
    Octopus Deploy
    Editions & Modules
    Cloud
    Free 30 day trial
    unlimited targets/users/projects
    Server
    Free 30 day trial
    unlimited targets/users/projects
    Enterprise
    Starting at $18 per month
    Enterprise
    Starting at $18 per month
    Server
    Starting at $12 per month
    Cloud
    Starting at $12 per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Octopus Deploy
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
    Additional DetailsOctopus Server edition is available as a 30 day free trial on our unlimited tier for any scenario, including production, and commercial use. After the trial period ends you can keep your working configuration and upgrade to a paid license and continue deploying uninterrupted. Octopus Cloud is an alternative that is hosted by us, and is also available as a 30 day unlimited trial. No credit card is needed to create a Octopus Cloud trial instance. You can convert the Cloud trial to a paid instance at any time during or after the trial period, and keep all of your instance configuration. Octopus also offers an Enterprise tier which offers advanced features for teams at scale including, advanced high availability, insights & DORA metrics, ServiceNow & Jira Service Management integration, unlimited instances, 24/7 support & service credits, and a Customer Success Manager. Volume discounts are available above 500 targets, and temporary bursting for certain scenarios is supported.
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    Octopus Deploy
    Considered Both Products
    Octopus Deploy
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    We also use Ansible, which is much broader and platform/tool diverse. Octopus [Deploy] currently serves a niche for us - .Net and .Net Core deployments. It is capable of doing other things, but it does its original function better than broader tools like Ansible.
    Incentivized
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    I used TFS back when it was called that, and that was a mess. ADO isn't as bad but has many limitations and things that are hard to do. The main difference is I ENJOY working in Octopus Deploy. Not so much with ADO. I'm always trying to figure out things that are stupid. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    Octopus showed better cost numbers than Azure DevOps and more flexibility against GitLab CI/CD. Octopus customization in step templates that can be reused and easily created gives big advantages against many of its competitors. Octopus was selected for these features and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    Octopus Deploy was the obvious choice at the time, its strong .net support, robustness, ease of use, and integration into an existing process was a big plus. Also, Octopus Deploy was kind enough to give my organization a not for profit community licence. In addition, the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    This software, unlike Chef, is much easier to configure or manage, since its platform provides documentation or tutorials on how to use it, besides its interface is much more modern and easy to use, it allows you to choose where you want carry out the implementations of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    I am not aware of other products like Octopus that are available, but it is a great product for our company. We can stay ahead of the game by allowing developers to deploy code in a continuous deployment model while still maintaining the overrall infrastructure and enabling …
    Incentivized
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    TeamCity is focused more on the build process. It's deployment capabilities are weak compared to Octopus. Bamboo is a proper competitor, but it is far more costly for our needs. The free version of Octopus has proven incredibly competent and sufficient for our needs, and Bamb…
    Incentivized
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    There aren't really any competitors in the land of ASP.NET. Deployment is too ad-hoc. Other tools exist that have massive downsides, like Web Deploy. Most aren't even supported anymore. You could argue that containers (Docker) are a competitor, but containers cannot be used for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    Octopus Deploy is a deployment focused tool. Its purpose is to manage deployment environments. Tools like TeamCity and Visual Studio Team Services are Continuous Integration tools. You can accomplish many of the same tasks in TeamCity and VSTS but their focus on CI also means …
    Incentivized
    Chose Octopus Deploy
    We looked at IBM UrbanCode Deploy and Release and Microsoft VSTS while looking for Application Release Automation tools. While VSTS doesn't work with cross-platform technologies IBM UrbanCode Deploy commands a premium price for the features it offers. Also, it needs UrbanCode …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    User Ratings
    Octopus Deploy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)