Release Management Tools
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GitLab DevSecOps platform enables software innovation by aiming to empower development, security, and operations teams to build better software, faster. With GitLab, teams can create, deliver, and manage code quickly and continuously instead of managing disparate tools and scripts.…
Liquibase is a database change management tool that helps teams release software faster and safer by bringing the database change process into existing CI/CD automation. According to the 2021 Accelerate State of DevOps Report, elite performers are 3.4 times more likely to incorporate…
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GalaxE.Solutions headquartered in Somerset offers GxDash, a dependency mapping and business rules management tool for forward engineering of business processes.
DeployHub simplifies cloud-native architecture by governing the user's microservice supply chain, offering tools that allow users to catalog, version, deploy and map service to service relationships while shifting to microservices.
DROPS from ARCAD Software i sa release management for IBM i applications. Users can deploy IBM i apps and database upgrades in sync with distributed systems – on prem, hybrid and multi-cloud - , or transfer high-volume data with near-zero disruption of users. Users can manage critical…
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GalaxE.Solutions headquartered in Somerset offers GxMaps, a business process analysis tool which provides system change impact analysis for change management, mapping of enterprise systems, and related analysis features.
Clarive, from multi-national Clarive Software headquartered in Madrid, is a release management platform.
Apptimize, now part of Airship (acquired August 2019) enables organizations to enhance their native iOS and Android apps to create user experiences, improve acquisition, engagement, and retention. The vendor says they do this with a platform that empowers product teams to efficiently…
E-GEN from International Software Company (ISC) headquartered in Belgium, is a change, release, and deployment management option.
FlexDeploy is a DevOps platform for Continuous Delivery and Release Automation. With its build, deploy, and release automation functionality, FlexDeploy brings automation, controls, and visibility to the software delivery lifecycle. IT managers can use FlexDeploy as a foundational…
A solution to plan, track, orchestrate, and release complex applications across any environment. OpenText™ Release Control enables users to orchestrate application releases with a flexible, process-centric approach.
Ozone is a Modern CI/CD Platform that helps organizations through hassle-free deployments for both stateful and stateless applications at scale. Ozone simplifies end-to-end container deployments on Kubernetes. It aims to eliminate legacy DevOps tools complexities by leveraging the…
Nolio Release Automation (formerly CA Release Automation) is a release deployment management option from Broadcom company CA Technologies, a dynamic application deployment tool that regulates and speeds app delivery across the enterprise—enabling zero-touch deployments from development…
Customers use Automic Continuous Delivery Automation (formerly CA Continuous Delivery Automation) to drive continuous delivery across the enterprise for their cloud-native apps, core packaged apps, classic middleware apps and legacy mainframe apps. Automic Continuous Delivery Automation…
Plutora is presented as a complete software delivery management solution engineered to improve time-to-value. Plutora provides a control tower overseeing the entirety of the software delivery people, processes, and tools independent of methodology, automation, or tool vendor.
DevCloud, Huawei Cloud, includes an agile development solution, which provides agile development teams with coordination, multi-project management, iteration management, requirement management, defect tracing, document management, multi-layered billboard, and statistics reports, among…
SnapShot from DreamFactory Software in Campbell, California is a change, release, deployment management offering.
Harness, from the company of the same name in San Francisco, is a Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform designed to provide a simple, safe and secure way for engineering and DevOps teams to release applications into production. Founded in 2016, Harness uses machine learning…
CloudBees Continuous Delivery (formerly CloudBees Flow) is a DevOps solution that gives IT teams release orchestration, deployment automation, and pipeline and environment management in a unified platform.A release orchestration software, CloudBees CD is designed to help by taking…
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What are Release Management Tools?
Release management tools are concerned with the development, testing, deployment, and support of software releases. The software release cycle from development to deployment and support has become an increasingly complex process and with the growing popularity of agile methodologies within the last 10 years, releases are becoming much more frequent and the cycle is very compressed. The responsibility of software engineering departments to keep up with the relentless pace of the release cycle has led to a strong need for automation, simplification, and faster solutions.
Increasingly, the release lifecycle includes automated processes like test automation, deployment automation, and even feedback automation where needed fixes are gathered automatically and fed back into the development pipeline. They are generally considered a new yet important discipline within the field of software engineering. Continuous delivery, DevOps, and agile software development practices have become more used within software development and are known to rely on release management tools to aid in the release of applications becoming more frequent and fast.
Release management tools commonly include features found in changelog tools, since changelog delivery and management is an important part of release management. Release management tools are generally more comprehensive and focused on the overall release process, whereas changelog tools focus more specifically on change notes and user feedback.
Release Management Tools Features
Release management tools generally include the following features:
- Automation capabilities
- Key integrations
- Communication tools
- Web-based portal
- Lifecycle visibility
- Security & Compliance
- Customizable dashboard
- Application tracking & deployment
- Scalable
- Multi-cloud deployment
Release Management Tools Comparison
Company Size. Whether you’re a small, mid-size company or enterprise may determine the release management tool you decide to go with. Ansible, for example, may be serviceable for several types but is mainly used for enterprises.
Amount of projects. Some vendors are ideal for serving companies that take on a lot of projects at a time. Octopus Deploy is an example of a system ideal for companies that deploy multiple applications across multiple environments.
Ease of use. Using a release management tool for simplification of software release means having a system that isn’t overly difficult to understand or learn. It’s also worth noting choosing a vendor that offers a good support system that is responsive and personable rather than talking to robots or following a script.
Pricing Information
Some of the vendors, such as Octopus Deploy, offer free versions of their products which contain a great deal of functionality. Pricing for more premium versions is usually dependent on the number of deployment targets and may start at around $100 per month and go up to about $2500. For yearly payments, look to pay around $5000 to $15000 annually. Free trials are available for some of the products as well.