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Basis ActiveControl vs Octopus Deploy comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Basis ActiveControl
Ranking in Release Automation
15th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (17th)
Octopus Deploy
Ranking in Release Automation
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of Basis ActiveControl is 1.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Octopus Deploy is 2.2%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Basis ActiveControl1.4%
Octopus Deploy2.2%
Other96.4%
Release Automation
 

Featured Reviews

ParthasarathyT - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Publicis Sapient
Centralized governance has improved controlled SAP transports and supports complex global releases
Basis ActiveControl is a SaaS platform and a modern, cloud-enabled solution offering a marketplace that helps us with transportation management, such as moving transports safely and preventing missing or out-of-sequence transports. It also helps with release management, coordinating large SAP releases, and automating approvals. It assists with governance, quality, S/4HANA migration, multi-system management, and real-life scenarios. In my day-to-day work with Basis ActiveControl, it helps with deployment and has governance that we use before deploying to a higher environment. Basis ActiveControl has positively impacted my organization as there is no data loss. We can conduct our transportation quickly and effectively without the loss of any data packets since using Basis ActiveControl.
reviewer2006736 - PeerSpot reviewer
MS Apps Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reasonable price, simple to deploy, and does everything we want
We're a DevOps team., and its use case is deployment. That's the only thing it does. Our version is relatively recent Deployment is valuable. It deploys well. You've got to jump through a few hoops to get some things configured, but if set up, you can do so many different things in it. So, there…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
45%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
4%
Retailer
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Media Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Basis ActiveControl?
The integrations with the SAP landscape require planning and licensing costs for Basis ActiveControl. It is generally more suitable for medium to large enterprises, not small SAP environments.
What needs improvement with Basis ActiveControl?
Basis ActiveControl is performing well across all environments. More DevOps integrations could be added.
What is your primary use case for Basis ActiveControl?
Basis ActiveControl's best features are the audibility and the ability to control deployment. The governance control and compliance enforcement of Basis ActiveControl are important. We will not exe...
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Sample Customers

P&G, Honda, Booking.com, Vistaprint, Sony Music, Diageo, Ericsson, 3M
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