Auto vs Octopus Deploy
Auto
intuit.github.io
Octopus Deploy
octopus.comSide by side
| Figure | Auto | Octopus Deploy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $64.17/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 6 |
| Spec score · Release automation tools | 7.8 (#6) | 8.1 (#4) |
| Integrations | The documented plugins include Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Amazon S3, GitHub Pages, npm, Homebrew, Docker, and VS Code. | Octopus integrates with CI tools including GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and TeamCity, and its pricing page lists ITSM integrations such as ServiceNow and Jira Service Management. |
| Intended users | Auto is designed for project teams that want to automate releases in continuous integration, while its commands can also be run locally. | Octopus describes itself as a CD platform for modern software teams, from small teams to large Fortune 100 organizations. |
| Support | The repository invites users to file an issue or open a pull request for help and contributions. | Plan support ranges from community support on Free to 8/5 weekday support on Professional and 24/7 support on Enterprise. |
Plans
Octopus Deploy
- Machines add-on$770 a year
- Tenants add-on$770 a year
- Professional$4,330 a year
- Enterprise$24,600 a year
- FreePrice not published
- Premium Support add-onPriced on request
In their own words
Octopus Deploy
Octopus Deploy is a continuous delivery platform for release orchestration, deployment automation and runbook automation. Its release workflow includes versioning, promotion between environments, rolling, blue/green and canary deployments, configuration management, approvals, deployment freezes and coordination across projects. It can deploy to Kubernetes, Linux and Windows virtual machines, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud through Tentacle, SSH, command line or web service connections. Teams can run it in their own infrastructure or private cloud, or use hosted Octopus Cloud. Integrations include CI tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins and TeamCity, plus ITSM tools such as ServiceNow and Jira Service Management. The Free tier has no time limit and includes 10 projects, 10 tenants, 10 machines and 10 users. Professional costs $4,330 USD per year and includes 20 projects; Enterprise costs $24,600 USD per year and includes 100 projects. Support ranges from community support on Free to 8/5 weekday support on Professional and 24/7 support on Enterprise. Self-hosted Octopus Server runs on Windows Server or as a Linux container and requires SQL Server 2016+ or Azure SQL.