Armory v. Octopus Deploy

Armory and Octopus Deploy are two popular deployment solutions that can make deploying applications much easier. Both solutions provide a range of features and have different approaches to automating deployments. Armory is focused on enabling developers at every scale to easily, safely, and reliably deploy to Kubernetes, while Octopus deploys across other technologies including Windows, Linux, and containers.

Octopus Deploy is an automated deployment and release management tool used by developers to deploy applications and services. It helps teams automate deployment processes, such as setting up infrastructure, running integration tests, managing multiple environments, configuring application settings, and deploying database changes.

Octopus Deploy has support for managing multiple applications and tracking the deployment of applications across multiple environments. This is meant to make it easier for teams to keep track of their deployments and ensure that changes are applied consistently across all environments. By automating deployments, teams can reduce the time and resources.

Octopus Deploy is a simple automated deployment and release management tool to deploy software applications to multiple environments.

• Deployment strategy options other than Kubernetes
• Good support and documentation
• Integrates with most CI tools/servers
• Emphasis on low code for inexperienced teams

Octopus Deploy allows teams to define repeatable processes for the various stages of the deployment pipeline. It supports deployments for virtual machine images and Windows Installers, as well as cloud-based solutions such as Azure App Services and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Octopus also integrates with popular CI/CD tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, and Bamboo.

In contrast, Armory offers continuous deployment solutions for both on-prem and cloud-first teams at any scale. 

• Automated, Out of the Box Deployment Orchestration incl. Rollbacks – Powerful, yet simple, deployments and rollbacks, even for complex, multi-environment and tightly coupled services
• Out of the Box Advanced Deployment Strategies – Blue/Green Deployments, Canary Deployments, right out of the box without having to write your own scripts
• Automated Impact Analysis – Out of the box, allow you to automatically analyze observability data for canary analysis and change verification throughout your pipeline, not just at the deployment stage.
• Easily integrate with existing tools – easily trigger a deployment from any CI tool with a simple CLI; there’s no need to ‘lift and shift’, no migrations required. Continue to leverage automated testing and orchestrate your existing automations using Armory’s webhooks. 
• Easy multi-cluster maintenance  – A lightweight agent allows all clusters to easily and securely deploy. Even clusters that are not internet accessible. Connect with a single command and no need to update every time a new version is released.
• Deploy and validate any change the same way – All changes follow the same strategy, regardless of what changed; Armory runs the complete deployment, not just updates to the replicaset. 
• Leverage the power of Git – Branches are Gits superpower. Structure Git repositories in whatever way makes the most sense to you. You can trigger Armory easily from any branch; wherever you are doing things today. 
• Deploy any set of K8s objects together, without changing their existing packaging – Armory can deploy any kubernetes object type, you simply deploy your manifests as they exist today. If you’re not a fan of CRDs we’ve got you covered. Armory keeps it simple with a mantra of “Deploy it as-is” There’s no need to repackage your application manifest to a CRD. 
• Scale with the Best – Armory has proven ability to scale with large deployments. Check out our success stories.