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Automic Continuous Delivery Automation [EOL] vs Nolio Release Automation comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Automic Continuous Delivery...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nolio Release Automation
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Release Automation (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer895359 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Project Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Automatic installation for complex deployments and environments, with good workflow support
I like that really complex deployments are possible with it. It's very good. You have everything you need. You can design your workflows for your needs. You can do so much more, it's not just an automatic installation tool. It's a real deployment tool. I can do the complete deployment with everything that is possible.
Akhilesh B N - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Delivery Engineer at Barclays Capital
Real-time monitoring and seamless integration enhance deployment efficiency
The main disadvantage I see is the limited awareness of Nolio Release Automation in other organizations. It is a very nice tool, but its market presence is limited. I heard from the organization that the licensing cost was somewhat expensive. Perhaps focusing on marketing efforts would be beneficial. It is a really nice tool, and I am unsure why many organizations are not using Nolio Release Automation. It is one of the greatest tools for continuous deployment, yet its popularity remains limited. Some organizations are not aware of its existence. This might be an area worth researching and potentially developing new marketing strategies.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"They have gained efficiency that they cannot achieve in any other way."
"It gives us good feedback on visualizations and on how our processes have progressed."
"The main benefit is you can deploy everything with it."
"I would say our headwind, or our time to market, is reduced considerably. We get more consistent results out of it, because you write one time and once it's automated you expect it to behave the same way every time. And it cut down a lot of re-work for us."
"It is a very stable solution and we can rely on pressing a button to perform a full-stack automatic installation that reliably finishes in eight hours instead of a problematic three-week manual installation."
"It is an umbrella system that allows us to integrate many different systems into our heterogeneous environment."
"It can support very complex environments and dependencies."
"Gives people insight into what's happening during the deployment."
"The solution has been really helpful with its flowchart-type interface; we can easily configure the deployments through drag and drop functionality, and we can define the process and components using the flowchart."
"The valuable features are: Ability to keep the map of different environments in a single tool, ability to design and manage DevOps activity from a graphical point of view, and ability to manage large installations with more than 5,000 servers due to its 100% scalable architecture."
"This is purely an automation tool which has helped us to move from traditional manual deployments to zero-touch deployments."
"UI-based orchestration Ease of use of the application from anyone who is technical to completely non-tech folk Great visualization and consolidation of reports across the organization"
"Before LISA RA implementation, the developers request for a restart would, for instance, take two to three days, with LISA RA, we developed a process where the restart is done within 10-15 minutes, and this process is used 15-20 times a day, from Monday to Friday."
"The UI makes it easier for non-engineers to understand."
"The benefits achieved for the clients are: Reduction in downtime, less time to market, shorter turn around times in case of failure, earlier development, and Ops teams who used to work in silos are now more coordinated."
"Its benefits to us are of pulling our project together and making us more efficient."
 

Cons

"Stability-wise I think it still needs to be improved; performance-wise. It crashes from time to time."
"Not a perfect ten because the user interface is brand new and it needs improvement."
"There needs to be better error handling and error descriptions. It should be more clear what the errors are and what we can do to fix them."
"At the moment, the version that we are using (version 12.0), the environment is complex with multiple installations. Therefore, the monitoring is not scalable, but this should be improved in 12.1 and 12.2."
"The dashboard should allow you to see the current state of packages in each environment, not only on an individual application basis, but across the entire application platform."
"There is an issue with the stability in the tool. The process of agent will stop, then the monitoring agent can't be recognized because the process is running, but you can talk with the system."
"At the moment, the version that we are using (version 12.0), the environment is complex with multiple installations. Therefore, the monitoring is not scalable, but this should be improved in 12.1 and 12.2."
"One of the biggest features I've been asked by my team to put in there is opening more scripting languages to be part of the platform. There is a little bit of a learning curve in learning how to code some of the workflows in Automic at this time. If widely used languages like Perl and Python were integrated, on top of what's already there, the proprietary language, it would make it easier to on-board new resources."
"It does not support integration with Jenkins for .Net"
"To visually find a particular process, flow or action, the GUI needs to be improved, and also made faster as well."
"Scalability also got better over time. It was not scalable when we started with it."
"How the product could really improve is when we were actually given the product and started to implement it, we were looking to CA to provide best-case scenarios. But because we're so unique, we had no templates to work off of."
"If more than 150 nodes are connected to the execution/NAC server, then we observe slowness in the execution of the processes. This then leads to time-outs, and the deployment fails on some of the nodes."
"The configuration of the solution is a bit difficult to maneuver. They should work to make it easier."
"The system seems unstable as we are constantly having to re-connect execution servers and agents that go offline."
"Initial setup cost is more expensive, but the day-to-day cost is only for maintenance, design and for people development."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you have a fixed contract, it has limits to spreading out. If you have a flexible enterprise license contract, then you have a lot of scalability for this tool."
"I can save time and money more quickly."
"We increased our quality and reduced our time costs."
"Customers often complain about the price."
"Nolio is a pretty much good tool, though its pricing is relatively high in the market. It's more expensive than other tools."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Real Estate/Law Firm
9%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Marketing Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise39
 

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What needs improvement with Nolio Release Automation?
The main disadvantage I see is the limited awareness of Nolio Release Automation in other organizations. It is a very nice tool, but its market presence is limited. I heard from the organization th...
What is your primary use case for Nolio Release Automation?
I am working for an organization where they have been using Nolio Release Automation since 2016-2017. We are currently using version 6.6, and due to dependencies and lack of support from Broadcom, ...
What advice do you have for others considering Nolio Release Automation?
The 6.9 version offers significant improvements over 6.6. The dashboard is very appealing, showing information about applications and offline agents. We can easily remove offline agents and upgrade...
 

Also Known As

CA Continuous Delivery Automation, Automic Release Automation, Automic ONE Automation, UC4 Automation Platform
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