Deployer vs Octopus Deploy

Overview

Octopus Deploy

Stacks407

Followers493

Votes118

Deployer

Stacks49

Followers74

Votes21

GitHub Stars10.9K

Forks1.5K

Deployer vs Octopus Deploy: What are the differences?

Developers describe Deployer as "Deployment Tool for PHP". A deployment tool written in PHP with support for popular frameworks out of the box. On the other hand, Octopus Deploy is detailed as "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.

Deployer belongs to "Continuous Deployment" category of the tech stack, while Octopus Deploy can be primarily classified under "Deployment as a Service".

Some of the features offered by Deployer are:

Simple setup process and a minimal learning curve
Ready to use recipes for most frameworks
Parallel execution without extensions

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

"Simply to use" is the top reason why over 7 developers like Deployer, while over 26 developers mention "Powerful" as the leading cause for choosing Octopus Deploy.

Deployer is an open source tool with 6.94K GitHub stars and 986 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Deployer's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, Octopus Deploy has a broader approval, being mentioned in 47 company stacks & 15 developers stacks; compared to Deployer, which is listed in 8 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.

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Octopus Deploy	Deployer
Octopus Deploy helps teams to manage releases, automate deployments, and operate applications with automated runbooks. It's free for small teams.	A deployment tool written in PHP with support for popular frameworks out of the box
Deploy on-premises or to the cloud, securely;.NET, Java, PHP, Node, Ruby;Full API support;Approvals and manual intervention;Enable self-service deployments;Installs in minutes;Integrates with your build server;Free for small teams	Simple setup process and a minimal learning curve;Ready to use recipes for most frameworks;Parallel execution without extensions;Something went wrong? Rollback to the previous release;Agentless, it's just SSH;Zero downtime deployments;
Statistics
GitHub Stars -	GitHub Stars 10.9K
GitHub Forks -	GitHub Forks 1.5K
Stacks 407	Stacks 49
Followers 493	Followers 74
Votes 118	Votes 21
Pros & Cons
Pros 30 Powerful 25 Simplicity 20 Easy to learn 17 .Net oriented 14 Easy to manage releases and rollback Cons 4 Poor UI 2 Config & variables not versioned (e.g. in git) 2 Management of Config	Pros 8 Simply to use 7 Easy to customize 6 Easy setup
Integrations
Jenkins Azure DevOps TeamCity Jira Appveyor Bamboo	Zend Framework Yii New Relic Drupal WordPress Magento Slack CodeIgniter Symfony Laravel

What are some alternatives to Octopus Deploy, Deployer?

Buddy

Git platform for web and software developers with Docker-based tools for Continuous Integration and Deployment.

Cloud 66

Cloud 66 gives you everything you need to build, deploy and maintain your applications on any cloud, without the headache of dealing with "server stuff". Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Jamstack, Laravel, GoLang, and more.

DeployBot

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.

AWS CodeDeploy

AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates code deployments to Amazon EC2 instances. AWS CodeDeploy makes it easier for you to rapidly release new features, helps you avoid downtime during deployment, and handles the complexity of updating your applications.

AWS CodePipeline

CodePipeline builds, tests, and deploys your code every time there is a code change, based on the release process models you define.

Distelli

Build, test, and deploy your code from GitHub and BitBucket (or no repository at all) to any server in the world regardless of provider. Distelli customers iterate and ship faster with complete transparency.

Spinnaker

Created at Netflix, it has been battle-tested in production by hundreds of teams over millions of deployments. It combines a powerful and flexible pipeline management system with integrations to the major cloud providers.

Harness.io

It automates the entire CI/CD process, uses machine learning to protect you when deployments fail, equips you with enterprise-grade security, & simplifies cloud cost visibility, savings, & forecasting without any tagging requirements.

Launchdeck

Deploy code from git to your server the fast and easy way. Launchdeck is our answer to the complicated process of deployment. It’s an automated deployment tool with a super-clear user interface and various smart features.

Google Cloud Build

Cloud Build lets you build software quickly across all languages. Get complete control over defining custom workflows for building, testing, and deploying across multiple environments such as VMs, serverless, Kubernetes, or Firebase.

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