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Nolio Release Automation vs Octopus Deploy comparison

Broadcom and Octopus Deploy are both solutions in the Release Automation category. Broadcom is ranked #8 with an average rating of 10.0, while Octopus Deploy is ranked #12. Broadcom holds a 2.0% mindshare in RA, compared to Octopus Deploy’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Octopus Deploy users who would recommend it.
Nolio Release Automation
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86% willing to recommend
Octopus Deploy
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  • 782 Comparison Views
100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

Nolio Release Automation and Octopus Deploy are competing in the domain of automated software deployment. Octopus Deploy seems to have an edge due to its superior integration capabilities and flexible pricing.

Features: Nolio Release Automation offers robust automation, sophisticated workflow orchestration, and process governance. Octopus Deploy provides ease of integration, continuous delivery functionalities, and rapid deployment across platforms.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nolio Release Automation focuses on end-to-end automation and offers extensive customer support for enterprises. Octopus Deploy emphasizes simplicity and flexibility with straightforward deployment and efficient support channels.

Pricing and ROI: Nolio Release Automation involves a higher initial setup cost with extensive capabilities for substantial ROI over time, appealing to enterprises with robust solution needs. Octopus Deploy offers a cost-effective setup with flexible pricing and quick ROI, ideal for organizations seeking rapid returns.

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Categories and Ranking

Nolio Release Automation
Ranking in Release Automation
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Octopus Deploy
Ranking in Release Automation
12th
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 April 2026, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of Nolio Release Automation is 2.0%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Octopus Deploy is 2.1%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nolio Release Automation2.0%
Octopus Deploy2.1%
Other95.9%
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Featured Reviews

Akhilesh B N - PeerSpot reviewer
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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reviewer2006736 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2006736
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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is one of the best tools that we have; it is helping us to meet our automation goals and to reach 100% DevOps enablement."
"The built-in action packs for different systems is the most valuable feature."
"For my organization, in particular, it’s going to improve our throughput; we're not going to have delays in testing because we had some sort of manual entry error or transposition error, and we should be able to release our software to the customer in a much more efficient fashion."
"The graphical view of when you're writing flow is the most valuable feature."
"We are confident that by running Nolio across all our environments, we will reduce times for complicated deployments from two hours to twenty minutes, enabling us to maintain our competitive edge and reduce operational costs without compromising security."
"CA Release Automation gave us the flexibility to deploy multiple components in multiple environments."
"Ability to maintain the maps of different environments in a single tool."
"The dashboard is the most valuable feature as it allows you to monitor all agents installed on all app servers."
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"The rollback feature has been most valuable; we can write scripts from scratch, and Octopus maintains an independent package for every deployment."
"The UI is very intuitive."
"It's a deployment tool; it does one thing, and it does it well."
"Deployment is valuable. It deploys well."
"The rollback feature has been most valuable. We can write scripts from scratch. Octopus maintains an independent package for every deployment."
"This has always been our choice for continuous product development."
 

Cons

"If more than 150 nodes are connected to the execution/NAC server, then we observe slowness in the execution of the processes. This then leads to time-outs, and the deployment fails on some of the nodes."
"There are too many steps, and we already raised this issue in the forum and I don't know whether the RA people are taking care of that or not."
"The performance degrades as the size of the workflow and the number of target servers increases."
"It is an expensive tool and the licensing model is difficult to sell."
"Scalability also got better over time. It was not scalable when we started with it."
"It’s not scalable; we can never deploy this in an HA environment."
"A task for using a dynamic language like Groovy could be very useful in order to create easily simple tasks."
"I also think that the cost of this product is high."
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"There could be scope for more integration with other platforms."
"This solution could be improved by making it easier to divide variables in YAML file or JSON files."
"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 is complexity."
"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."
"There could be scope for more integration with other platforms."
"This solution could be improved by making it easier to divide variables in YAML file or JSON files."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Nolio is a pretty much good tool, though its pricing is relatively high in the market. It's more expensive than other tools."
"I don't know the exact cost, but it's not exorbitant. It may be a couple of thousand dollars a year or something like that. I'm not sure, but it's reasonable. We get value for money out of it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
30%
Marketing Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Retailer
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise39
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Nolio Release Automation?
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 th...
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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 Release Automation
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Overview

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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Octopus Deploy is the most popular deployment automation tool in the world. Our software is used by teams to deploy .NET, Java, Node, and database applications, to hundreds and thousands of servers in the cloud and on-premises.

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Sample Customers

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.
Microsoft, NASA, Cisco, Domain, HP, Symantec, 3M, Philips
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