DeployBot vs HockeyApp: What are the differences?

What is DeployBot? Instantly deploy from Github, Bitbucket, or Gitlab without complex scripts, commands or configs. DeployBot makes it simple to deploy your work anywhere. You can compile or process your code in a Docker container on our infrastructure, and we'll copy it to your servers once everything has been successfully built.

What is HockeyApp? Manage your betas and collect live crash reports for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and OS X apps. HockeyApp is the best way to collect live crash reports, get feedback from your users, distribute your betas, and analyze your test coverage.

DeployBot can be classified as a tool in the "Continuous Deployment" category, while HockeyApp is grouped under "Beta Testing / Mobile App Distribution".

Some of the features offered by DeployBot are:

• Manually deploy with a click in the app, automatically deploy on each push, or use deploy tags in a commit [deploy:production].
• DeployBot gathers new and changed files from your repositories since the last deployment. You can even preview the changes first.
• Files are uploaded, SSH commands are executed and deployment hooks are triggered. Everything is logged for you.

On the other hand, HockeyApp provides the following key features:

• Crash Reports- HockeyApp offers the most reliable and complete crash reporting for beta and App Store versions using open source frameworks. Providing full server-side symbolication with class names, methods, line numbers, and automatic grouping of similar crash reports.
• Feedback- HockeyApp allows you to communicate with your customers. Users can create a support request, post an idea, or discuss a problem right from within the app.
• Distribution- Upload your beta versions to HockeyApp and distribute them to your beta testers. Integrate our open-source SDK and your app will automatically be able to detect updates and offer the updates right within the app.Analytics- By integrating our SDK into your app, you'll get advanced metrics to get a better overview of the testing for your app. See which devices were tested, which testers used the app for how long, and which language was tested.

"Easy setup" is the primary reason why developers consider DeployBot over the competitors, whereas "Crash analytics" was stated as the key factor in picking HockeyApp.

Harvest, Pubu, and OrderUp are some of the popular companies that use HockeyApp, whereas DeployBot is used by Sellsuki, Edify, and dvel Inc. HockeyApp has a broader approval, being mentioned in 50 company stacks & 11 developers stacks; compared to DeployBot, which is listed in 37 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.