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    Copado

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ACopado is a Salesforce-native DevOps platform that helps teams deliver software faster, with less risk and more confidence.N/A

    Perforce Puppet

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/APuppet Enteprise is an IT automation and configuration management solution that enables users to manage and automate infrastructure and complex workflows. The vendor states Puppet Enterprise combines both model‑based and task-based capabilities in a way that enables organizations to scale their multi-cloud infrastructure as their automation footprint grows, with more flexibility from both agent-based and agentless capabilities.N/A
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    CopadoPerforce Puppet
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    CopadoPerforce Puppet
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Salt
    Score6.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure DevOps
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Ansible
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Azure DevOps Server
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Salt
    Score6.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CopadoPerforce Puppet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    CopadoPerforce Puppet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Copado Solutions
    When we have a large organization and number of changes and deployments are more than we should go for Copado. As we know it is a paid managed package and the cost is high so for dealing with fewer deployments it is not preferable to buy. Copado is well suited for users who don't have much technical understanding. So those users can see the User interface select the changes that need to be deployed by selecting the metadata. From Git operation to deployment all is handled by Copado itself. Copado has reduced the efforts for creating the package.xml and direct deployments can be done within a few clicks. Another Major aspect is that it can be directly synced with Jira or Azzure board from where the user stories will be synced and actions can be performed accordingly. For small organization, Copado can be expensive and to set up and maintain we need a technical person to do so.
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    Perforce Software
    Puppet is good enough to get the job done, you can use it to automate deployments and maintain files and configurations, if this is all you're looking for it's great. If you're looking for more control over your systems as a whole without having to write your own scripts or install multiple configuration management systems then Puppet is not what you're looking for.
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    Pros
    Copado Solutions
    • Capturing latest changes accurately in the commit window
    • Auto resolving conflicts
    • gate checks for apex code coverage.
    • Giving insights into the validation errors
    • very easy to migrate data & metadata between orgs, just with few clicks
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    • Provides a clear map of how a system is configured
    • Eases the creation of a system in a specific cluster as it is scripted in code
    • Simplifies configuration changes to a cluster or to every system such as rolling out vhost configurations, updating ldap roles, NFS mounts, etc
    • The syntax is very easy to read and carries a lot of fluidity once the language is learned.
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    Cons
    Copado Solutions
    • In deployment, the Query can be lost when editing, which can cause a lot of problems.
    • The Query option is cumbersome, but it works!
    • The deployment instructions fields could be made into rich text fields which would be awesome.
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    Perforce Software
    • The setup of Puppet is a nightmare compared to ansible. Anyone watching a youtube video can easily set up ansible with minimal IT knowledge. All one needs is the source IP addresses and we are good to go. Setting up Puppet is a more hands-on task and pushing the puppet agents to all the boxes is another issue. If the installation and setup were simplified like ansible that would attract a lot of people to this platform
    • The syntax of the code for Puppet is not as easy as ansible. Ansible simply follows a YAML format and it's like typing in normal English. Even complicated tasks can be written by just understanding YAML syntax. Perhaps Puppet needs to revisit the lanugage used and try to come up with a much simpler lanugage for writing code. This will make day-to-day usage easier.
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    Usability
    Copado Solutions
    very good user interface. It has reduced tons of manual efforts for the developers. Very easy to validate the release work. Easy to club multiple stories into one deployment. We can integrate Copado with our JIRA and all the PR’s are visible under the user story on JIRA board. But this can be overwhelming for beginners
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    Perforce Software
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    Support Rating
    Copado Solutions
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    Perforce Software
    Puppet has top class support. You can simply mail them with their query and they will respond to your query in a timely manner. We do have enterprise license for puppet. Also there is a vibrant community for puppet out there. So even if you dont purchase a premium support option you can simply google your queries and get answers
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    Copado Solutions
    There are tools such as ANT migration tool or using sfdx but Copado makes the deployments super simple. If a user is not that technically strong still he can use Copado and deploy the changes in a few clicks. Copado provides a complete package of maintaining the development and repositories in a common platform. There are pipelines that you can set that changes will move from which org to the final org in a very organized manner. We can perform static code analysis at the time of deployment of the changes and we have to clear those if we need to deploy the changes. Creating pull requests is super easy and can be managed by Copado itself. Overall a superb managed package for deployment in Salesforce.
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    Perforce Software
    HPSA is a licensed product and incurs significant upfront investment costs due to COTS licensing. Puppet Data Center Automation has a significantly lower upfront investment and product documentation is more readily available. Chef is a very similar offering, however, at the time our decision was considered, the adoption of Chef vs. Puppet was significantly less in the community.
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    Return on Investment
    Copado Solutions
    • It has reduced the efforts to create package.xml manually and deploy the changes
    • Another positive impact is that we can track the commits to which org they have reached in an organized way and we don't need to maintain them separately
    • For setting Copado it take a lot of time and training is required for the complete setup which is time-consuming
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    Perforce Software
    • Cut deployment times down to around 1 hour from 4-5 hours.
    • Allows us to get a fully running system up from scratch in around 30 minutes.
    • Allows for a more clear view of what is required to get a host running.
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