BrowserStack vs Octopus Deploy: What are the differences?
BrowserStack: Instant access to a lab of 1000+ real mobile and desktop browsers for testing. Live, Web-Based Browser Testing
Instant access to all real mobile and desktop browsers. Say goodbye to your lab of devices and virtual machines; Octopus Deploy: Automated deployment for .NET. Octopus works with your build server to enable reliable, secure, automated releases of ASP.NET applications and Windows Services into test, staging and production environments, whether they are in the cloud or on-premises.
BrowserStack and Octopus Deploy are primarily classified as "Browser Testing" and "Deployment as a Service" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by BrowserStack are:
- Real Device Cloud.
Test on a range of physical Android and iOS mobile devices and tablets for the most accurate results
- 1100+ desktop browsers. Latest versions of IE, Edge, Safari, Chrome, Firefox and more on a range of Windows and OS X platforms on a robust cloud infrastructure
- Test dev environments. Our Local Testing feature allows you to test development and internal websites seamlessly, without setup or configuration
On the other hand, Octopus Deploy provides the following key features:
- Deploy on-premises or to the cloud, securely
- Built for .NET developers
- Configuration and scripting
"Multiple browsers" is the primary reason why developers consider BrowserStack over the competitors, whereas "Powerful" was stated as the key factor in picking Octopus Deploy.
According to the StackShare community, BrowserStack has a broader approval, being mentioned in 577 company stacks & 238 developers stacks; compared to Octopus Deploy, which is listed in 47 company stacks and 15 developer stacks.
