Chocolatey vs. npm

Chocolatey

4 Reviews and Ratings

npm

7 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Chocolatey	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Chocolatey is software management automation for Windows designed to make complex tasks simple, from Chocolatey Software in Topeka. The vendor states Chocolatey can easily handle all aspects of package management, but it is also able to work well within the existing ecosystem that is Windows software management.	N/A
npm	Score 9.4 out of 10	N/A	npm, Inc in Oakland boasts over 10 million software developers worldwide using their open source software and web registry to discover, share, and reuse packages of code. Additionally, npm’s paid products offer teams and companies ways to organize, share, and secure code, integrate npm with testing and deployment tools, and bring code reuse into the enterprise. The vendor states companies including BBC, Coinbase, eBay, Electronic Arts, Nvidia, and Slack use npm.	N/A

Pricing

Chocolatey

npm

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Chocolatey	npm
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Chocolatey	npm
Considered Both Products	Chocolatey Chris Hyde Test Engineering Manager Chose Chocolatey The big reason I picked Chocolatey was the fact that npm and Maven are not well-suited for native windows environments. I had to run on a Windows Server virtual machine, so was limited by what I could use, and I did not want to install WSL on the machine. So, I picked … Incentivized Helpful?	npm No answer on this topic
Top Pros	Pro Package management Pro Dependency management Pro Ease of use	No answers on this topic
Top Cons	Minus Admin rights Minus Easy to find	Minus Need to install

Best Alternatives
	Chocolatey	npm
Small Businesses	Git Score 10.0 out of 10	Git Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Git Score 10.0 out of 10	Git Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Git Score 10.0 out of 10	Git Score 10.0 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Chocolatey	npm
Likelihood to Recommend	6.8 (2 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Chocolatey	npm
Likelihood to Recommend	Chocolatey Software It is very easy to install a batch of Windows software from the command line when setting up a new machine. All needed software installs could be scripted in one batch file and then run on a new machine. It is also very easy to keep the installed software up-to-date via the command line. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	npm, Inc [npm]is well suited while we use it to install packages to windows, it is used to start the project from scratch to install dependencies. Incentivized Mihir Patel Senior Frontend Developer Read full review
Pros	Chocolatey Software Package management Dependency management Ease of use Availability of libs Incentivized Chris Hyde Test Engineering Manager Read full review	npm, Inc We can easily use it to install packages Incentivized Mihir Patel Senior Frontend Developer Read full review
Cons	Chocolatey Software Available software to install is not easy to find. You need admin rights to install all software. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	npm, Inc Need to install dependencies for the particular package managers. Incentivized Mihir Patel Senior Frontend Developer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Chocolatey Software The big reason I picked Chocolatey was the fact that npm and Maven are not well-suited for native windows environments. I had to run on a Windows Server virtual machine, so was limited by what I could use, and I did not want to install WSL on the machine. So, I picked Chocolately for dependency management on those machines. Incentivized Chris Hyde Test Engineering Manager Read full review	npm, Inc It is open source and easy to utilize and it is simply worked for me. Incentivized Mihir Patel Senior Frontend Developer Read full review
Return on Investment	Chocolatey Software Improved time to setup new machines Improved security due to easy update process of installed software Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	npm, Inc Yeah it is dependent it cause of without NPM angular doesn't work Incentivized Mihir Patel Senior Frontend Developer Read full review
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