Automic Continuous Delivery Director [EOL] vs Nolio Release Automation comparison

Automic Continuous Delivery Director [EOL] and Nolio Release Automation are both solutions in the Release Automation category. Additionally, 80% of Automic Continuous Delivery Director [EOL] users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Nolio Release Automation users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Automic Continuous Delivery Director [EOL] and Nolio Release Automation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Automic Continuous Delivery...

Average Rating

8.0

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Nolio Release Automation

Average Rating

7.8

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6.9

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Umair (Abu Mohaymin) Akhlaque

Group CEO at Flexsolutions

An automation solution to automate the entire release process but lacks development

Automic eliminates a lot of error mishandling. If implemented, it can save a significant amount of money. It requires a substantial investment upfront because it eliminates the need for manual intervention in each process or job. Essentially, an operator oversees the releases, ensuring they are ready for release without needing to understand the intricacies of the process. This streamlines the release process and allows for monitoring at every step, reducing manual errors and providing automation, as the name "Automic" suggests. Automic offers a wide range of out-of-the-box integrations, available through its marketplace. This includes monitoring tools, release processes, and various other tools, making it a comprehensive solution.

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Akhilesh B N

DevOps Delivery Engineer at Barclays Capital

Real-time monitoring and seamless integration enhance deployment efficiency

The main disadvantage I see is the limited awareness of Nolio Release Automation in other organizations. It is a very nice tool, but its market presence is limited. I heard from the organization that the licensing cost was somewhat expensive. Perhaps focusing on marketing efforts would be beneficial. It is a really nice tool, and I am unsure why many organizations are not using Nolio Release Automation. It is one of the greatest tools for continuous deployment, yet its popularity remains limited. Some organizations are not aware of its existence. This might be an area worth researching and potentially developing new marketing strategies.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"CDD is primarily used for showing end users (managers, business teams, project managers, and release managers) what is happening with each release. The status and reporting features are very important. Automation reduces time to deploy. It also allows us to do more with releases and testing prior to production, better guaranteeing a smooth deployment."

"Its ability to automate release deployments, streamline release scope, and reduce the cost of and time for deployment."

"The most valuable features of Automic Continuous Delivery Director are the UI, release planning, and tracking, and you can do your soft and hard freeze through CDP."

"Its extensive range of available connectors eliminates the need for manual code writing when implementing solutions, thus reducing coding efforts."

"The second valuable aspect is its capability to drive external systems like deployment automation engines or to integrate with Agile Central."

"The most valuable feature for me is the fact that you can easily design a pipeline to promote applications from a development environment up to a production environment, and the team can become autonomous in designing those pipelines."

"One standout aspect is its architecture. We can configure multiple instances on a single server using different system names or usernames."

"The graphical view of when you're writing flow is the most valuable feature."

"The CA Application Insight feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."

Cons

"Automic Continuous Delivery Director can improve the integrations. We have 25 but would like more."

"CDD and RA should be two modules in the same product. They do not automatically “talk” to each other. and they require endpoint definition."

"We would like to have a more user-friendly interface. It is already very friendly, but as soon as you start to have many applications with many tasks, the applications should be easier to manipulate on the screen."

"We have rolled out the SAFe model, but what we would like to have is better integration with Agile Central, for instance, or at least at the plugin level, where we would select only certain stories instead of many stories in the sprint."

"The product's development has been stopped. It focuses on maintaining existing products."

"Reporting and dashboarding could be improved. Release pipelines should be creatable via templates as well as easily integrable/chained together. Visual navigation could also be improved when the pipelines become too large."

"When I started using Nolio around eight months ago, a challenge was the lack of relevant information and related support for learning."

"In the next release, I would like to see more features to use active directory. And more rules to support more Python scripts and to work with Kubernetes and clouds, to have an easy solution for a lot of parameters."

"It could use better integration with development tools."

"In version 6.6, we faced numerous performance issues. This might be because it is a six-year-old version, and we are supporting nearly 1,500 applications and 15,000 to 16,000 agents."

"The configuration of the solution is a bit difficult to maneuver. They should work to make it easier."

"A concern with CA Release Automation is that Automic was acquired by CA recently. We're a bit concerned that CA strategy is going with Automic, that CA Release Automation is dead. They are not investing in it too much... They do say, that in the next two or three years we don't need to worry. They will still provide support for CA Release Automation. But we're not sure how CA Release Automation will evolve."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a free trial available that people can try. The solution has a subscription and it is based on the users that use the solution."

"Nolio is a pretty much good tool, though its pricing is relatively high in the market. It's more expensive than other tools."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Automic Continuous Delivery Director?

Its extensive range of available connectors eliminates the need for manual code writing when implementing solutions, thus reducing coding efforts.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Automic Continuous Delivery Director?

The product has easy licensing, which depends on the number being installed.

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What needs improvement with Automic Continuous Delivery Director?

The product's development has been stopped. It focuses on maintaining existing products.

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What needs improvement with Nolio Release Automation?

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What is your primary use case for Nolio Release Automation?

I am working for an organization where they have been using Nolio Release Automation since 2016-2017. We are currently using version 6.6, and due to dependencies and lack of support from Broadcom, ...

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What advice do you have for others considering Nolio Release Automation?

The 6.9 version offers significant improvements over 6.6. The dashboard is very appealing, showing information about applications and offline agents. We can easily remove offline agents and upgrade...

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Also Known As

CA CDD, CA Continuous Delivery Director

CA Release Automation

Overview

CA Continuous Delivery Director is a powerful pipeline planning, orchestration and analytics solution that enables teams to eliminate spreadsheets, automate test processes and continually improve the delivery of revenue-generating features to end customers. The solution works with the most popular commercial and open source DevOps solutions to orchestrate the pipeline from planning through production. It is also the core of the continuous delivery ecosystem from CA, which includes development, testing and deployment solutions. CA Continuous Delivery Director enables effortless continuous delivery of high-quality, innovative applications from high-performance, collaborative teams.

Broadcom

CA Release Automation enables you to seamlessly connect the continuous delivery ecosystem to deliver high-quality applications faster than ever before. With this enterprise-ready solution, you can accelerate and stabilize application deployments from development to test to production. Its advanced capabilities can help you plan, manage and optimize the continuous delivery pipeline to improve release quality and efficiency. With CA Release Automation, get automated, agile release management that’s ready to work in your IT world.

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Sample Customers

United Airlines

CA Release Automation customers include Citrix, NIIT Technologies, ING Bank, Molina Healthcare, Swisscom, Bupa and Tesco. Read case studies from customers who are igniting and advancing their continuous delivery journey with CA Release Automation.

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