| Name | Pros | Cons | Database Deployment | Source Code Available | Config
Mgmt | API Access | Cost |
| Nolio Zero Touch Deployment | - Integrates with TFS Cloud/Premise 2010, 2012 (Recognises build quality change & build completion event)
- Allows deployment on premise, cloud, physical & virtual servers
- Supports .NET & Java
- Prebuilt IT Service Management dashboard to track & manage end to end releases (Web dashboard)
- Automated triggers and
release decisions - Tagging snapshots for faster rollback
- Release monitoring and
analytics - Release calendar
- Approval gates
- Native .NET applications support
- Seamless integration with 3rd
party tools: Build and Release
Management, Monitoring, QA,
SCCM, CMDB, Ticketing and
Help Desk - Provides integrations with a number of build tools including Hudson/Jenkins, JetBrains TeamCity, Microsoft TFS/TeamBuild
- Release all type of components such as .NET, BizTalk, SharePoint, MSI, NuGet, etc
| - Cost
- Release information stored in an xml manifest file
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Pricing per deployment agent |
| InCycle Software - InRelease | - Integrates with TFS Premise 2010, 2012
- Desktop & Web Client to manage & track release management
- Pull based security mechanism
- Config transformations are stored in database instead of config file
- Allows connecting with multiple TFS Servers to assemble an application deployment
- Security does not need to be maintained separately, Leverages existing TFS Security groups
- Build & Release using TFS Labels
- Integration with MTM to execute automated tests
- Release all type of components such as .NET, BizTalk, SharePoint, etc
- Allows Approver workflow
- Deployment Infrastructure monitoring via dashboard
- Release analysis & monitoring
- Release all type of components such as .NET, BizTalk, SharePoint, MSI, NuGet, etc
- Free subscription for Microsoft MVP(s) & RD(s)
| - Limited release management capabilities such as release calendar
- Limited integration with 3rd party ticketing & helpdesk tools such as service now
- Does not provide out of the box integration with non TFS build systems such as Team City, Jenkins, etc
- Does not support cross platform deployments such as Java.
| Yes | No | | Yes | Pricing per deployment agent |
| Urban Code Deploy - uDeploy | - Release Process automation using Graphical editor
- Supports cross platform deployments such as Java, .NET and few legacy platforms.
- An advanced release rollback mechanism that supports replace with last deployed or rollback of incremental deployments.
- Integrates with TFS and non Microsoft build engines
- Approval workflow
- Calendar view: schedule future releases
- Manage & Monitor releases via release dashboard
- Role based security, supports LDAP authentication
- Deploy to on-premise or off-premise
- Promote releases between dev, staging and production environments
- Environment Management
- DB/Configuration
- Microsoft's NuGet packaging format
- Release all type of components such as .NET, BizTalk, SharePoint, MSI, NuGet, etc
| - Cost & Setup
- Limited integration with 3rd party ticketing & helpdesk tools such as service now
| Yes | Yes (At a price) | Yes | Yes | Pricing per deployment agent |
| Jenkins | - TFS Integration
- Web Dashboard
- Many Plugins
- Runs on Many Envs (Unix/Windows/Etc)
| - No config management
- Weak release management plugins
| Yes – Via plugins (ie DbDeploy) | Yes | No | Yes | Free/Open Source |
| JobScheduler | | - No TFS Integration
- No Env configuration
- Generic job scheduler as opposed to a deployment tool
| Yes (with appropriate jobs) | Yes | No | Yes | Free/Open Source |
| Octopus Deploy | - Integrates with TFS (on premise & cloud)
- Deploy to your own servers, on-premise or off-premise
- Promote releases between dev, staging and production environments
- Web Dashboard
- Integrates with other build management solutions such as Team City
- Very easy to set up and configure
- Not very expensive
| - Requires Octopus specifc NuGet packages for deployment
- Limited Release management functionality
- Limited integration with 3rd party ticketing & helpdesk tools such as service now
- Does not support cross platform deployments such as Java
| Yes | Yes (At a cost) | No | Yes | Enterprise License |
| Redgate Deployment Manager | - Deploy to on-premise or off-premise
- Promote releases between dev, staging and production environments
- Web Dashboard
| - No Integration with TFS
- Limited integration with 3rd party ticketing & helpdesk tools such as service now
- Almost no release management provisions
- No integration with TFS or other build systems
- Limited integration with 3rd party ticketing & helpdesk tools such as service now
- Does not support cross platform deployments such as Java
| Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Pricing per deployment agent |
| Attunity Application Release Automation | - Multiple O/S Support WinX, Unix & Linux
- Comprehensive .NET and IIS deployment management
- Integration with Team Foundation Server 2010 Connector for seamless "Build-Deploy"
- Package Deployments for MSI's, etc.
- Real-time, scheduled, or on-demand job execution
- Job Delegation to Users or Groups with access via intuitive Web UI
- Extensive API for integration with IT & Business processes
Auto & One-click Rollback of Apps, Content & Configurations
Job and process chaining
Include/Exclude Filters - Go live automation controls for network-wide production releases
- Automated deployment and transformation of web.config and other xml files across different targets
- Auditing & Reporting of processes for regulatory compliance & risk management
- SSL Encryption, Authentication & Security Proxy Mechanism
LAN, WAN & Large File Transfer Engine | - Limited integration with 3rd party ticketing & helpdesk tools such as service now
- Almost no release management provisions
- No integration with TFS or other build systems
- Limited integration with 3rd party ticketing & helpdesk tools such as service now
| Partially | No | | Yes | Pricing per deployment agent |