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What are Software Deployment Tools?
Software deployment tools, also known as software distribution tools, are software tools used to automate the process of installing, configuring, and updating software on multiple devices or servers. These tools can be used for both on-premises and cloud-based deployments. They typically support a range of operating systems and can handle various types of software, including web applications, databases, and system updates. Some deployment tools offer additional features such as rollbacks and integrations with other software development tools. The choice of which tool to use depends on the specific needs and preferences of the organization deploying the software. Compare and read user reviews of the best Software Deployment tools currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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ManageEngine Endpoint Central
ManageEngine
ManageEngine's Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central) is a Unified Endpoint Management Solution, that takes care of enterprise mobility management (including all features of mobile application management and mobile device management), as well as client management for a diversified range of endpoints - mobile devices, laptops, computers, tablets, server machines etc. With ManageEngine Endpoint Central, users can automate their regular desktop management routines like distributing software, installing patches, managing IT assets, imaging and deploying OS, and more.Starting Price: $795.00/one-time -
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NinjaOne
NinjaOne
NinjaOne automates the hardest parts of IT, delivering visibility, security, and control over all endpoints for more than 20,000 customers. The NinjaOne automated endpoint management platform is proven to increase productivity, reduce security risk, and lower costs for IT teams and managed service providers. The company seamlessly integrates with a wide range of IT and security technologies. NinjaOne is obsessed with customer success and provides free and unlimited onboarding, training, and support. -
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NXT1 LaunchIT
NXT1
NXT1 LaunchIT is the developer’s platform to build and operate secure SaaS, enabling instant availability by streamlining and automating every aspect of cloud infrastructure management required for SaaS delivery and sales – simply code and deploy. LaunchIT adheres to CISA’s Secure by Design guidelines and provides a direct path to FedRAMP compliance-readiness at a fraction of the traditional time and cost required, establishing new, impactful sales opportunities into state and federal government agencies. Built on Zero Trust principles, with integrated CI/CD management, multi-account and multi-region support, comprehensive performance management and observability, full ecommerce support, and GitHub integration, LaunchIT accelerates time to revenue for technology startups, legacy application migrations, enterprise expansions, systems integrations, and independent software development. Get started with a 15-day free trial.Starting Price: $55/month -
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Movestax
Movestax
Movestax revolutionizes cloud infrastructure with a serverless-first platform for builders. From app deployment to serverless functions, databases, and authentication, Movestax helps you build, scale, and automate without the complexity of traditional cloud providers. Whether you’re just starting out or scaling fast, Movestax offers the services you need to grow. Deploy frontend and backend applications instantly, with integrated CI/CD. Fully managed, scalable PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis that just work. Create sophisticated workflows and integrations directly within your cloud infrastructure. Run scalable serverless functions, automating tasks without managing servers. Simplify user management with Movestax’s built-in authentication system. Access pre-built APIs and foster community collaboration to accelerate development. Store and retrieve files and backups with secure, scalable object storage.Starting Price: $20/month -
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SmartDeploy
SmartDeploy
SmartDeploy is a leading provider of modern endpoint management solutions. With a flexible layered architecture, IT can achieve centralized, single-image management to support 50 - 50,000 endpoints. SmartDeploys award-winning technology combines the best of progressive solutions like SCCM, centralized solutions like VDI and legacy imaging solutions like Ghost, without the common drawbacks. More than 3,000 organizations trust SmartDeploy to deploy and manage their end user devices. With over 1500 ready-to-use driver packs from top manufacturers, SmartDeploy helps streamline your disk cloning for remote and in-house employees.Starting Price: $1020/50 machines -
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GitLab
GitLab
GitLab is a complete DevOps platform. With GitLab, you get a complete CI/CD toolchain out-of-the-box. One interface. One conversation. One permission model. GitLab is a complete DevOps platform, delivered as a single application, fundamentally changing the way Development, Security, and Ops teams collaborate. GitLab helps teams accelerate software delivery from weeks to minutes, reduce development costs, and reduce the risk of application vulnerabilities while increasing developer productivity. Source code management enables coordination, sharing and collaboration across the entire software development team. Track and merge branches, audit changes and enable concurrent work, to accelerate software delivery. Review code, discuss changes, share knowledge, and identify defects in code among distributed teams via asynchronous review and commenting. Automate, track and report code reviews.Starting Price: $29 per user per month -
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KACE by Quest
Quest Software
KACE® by Quest supports your unified endpoint management (UEM) strategy by helping you discover and track every device in your environment, automate administrative tasks, keep compliance requirements up-to-date and secure your network from a range of cyberthreats. Discover, manage and secure all your endpoints from one console as you co-manage your traditional and modern endpoints, including Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, and iOS and Android devices. KACE is a Unified Endpoint Management solution that offers a single point of control for managing IT systems across the entire organization, inside or outside your network. This comprehensive solution takes the stress out of keeping devices secure and compliant so you can do more.Starting Price: As low as $3/mo/device -
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Updraft
Updraft
Updraft App Distribution is a platform as a service for continuous mobile app distribution and beta testing. Easy distribute your iOS beta, Android beta or Windows desktop apps to your product managers, testers or designers within your organization and get as early as possible feedback to your app. Remove bugs and improve your product to get the highest quality. Resign your .ipa with new distribution certificates and provisioning profiles, resign your .aab package, connect your App Store or Play Store. Continuous app distribution and bug reporting has never been easier! You can integrate Updraft completely in your development workflow with the help of CURL or the API. You can use Updraft as an Enterprise app store. It's the best microsoft app center alternative.Starting Price: $5 per month -
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Homebrew
Homebrew
The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux). The script explains what it will do and then pauses before it does it. Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple (or your Linux system) didn’t. Homebrew installs packages to their own directory and then symlinks their files into /usr/local (on macOS Intel). Homebrew won’t install files outside its prefix and you can place a Homebrew installation wherever you like. Trivially create your own Homebrew packages. It’s all Git and Ruby underneath, so hack away with the knowledge that you can easily revert your modifications and merge upstream updates. Homebrew formulae are simple Ruby scripts. Homebrew complements macOS (or your Linux system). Install your RubyGems with gem and their dependencies with brew. Homebrew Cask installs macOS apps, fonts and plugins and other non-open source software. Making a cask is as simple as creating a formula.Starting Price: Free -
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Heimdal Patch & Asset Management
Heimdal®
Heimdal Patch & Asset Management is an automatic software updater and digital asset tracking solution that will automatically install updates based on your configured policies, without the need for manual input. As soon as 3rd party vendors release new patches, our technology silently deploys them to your endpoints, without the need for reboots or user interruption. In addition to this, Heimdal Patch & Asset Management allows your sysadmins to see any software assets in your inventory, alongside their version and number of installs. Users can also install software on their own, saving time and resources. Automating your patch management routine helps you save valuable time and resources. Heimdal Patch & Asset Management makes vulnerability and patch management cost-effective and time-efficient. -
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Continuous delivery of any application to any environment. IBM DevOps Deploy (formerly IBM UrbanCode Deploy) is an application-release solution that combines continuous delivery and deployment automation with robust visibility, traceability and auditing capabilities. Increase frequency of software delivery through automated, repeatable deployment processes across development, testing and production. Simplify the deployment of multichannel applications to all environments, whether on premises or in the cloud, with consistency and repeatability. Use a single centralized server to manage tens of thousands of endpoints to any number of clouds, data centers or mainframes. Make processes more robust and easier to design by using tested integrations with dozens of tools and technologies, including Jira, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Microsoft, ServiceNow and WebSphere.
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Symantec Ghost Solution Suite
Broadcom
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite is an award-winning software solution for imaging and deploying desktops, laptops, tablets and servers. Quickly and easily migrate to the latest operating systems, perform custom configurations and deploy software across hardware platforms and operating systems. With any Windows migration, there are many things to consider. Our 123 million sensors record thousands of threat events per second from 157 countries and block 142 million threats daily. Use intel from the world’s largest civilian threat network to your advantage. GSS Agent (DAgent, and ADLAgent): GSS Agents require network connectivity and at least 10 MB disk space. Other system requirements are the same as the host operating system. -
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Automate patch management with PDQ Deploy & Inventory. Use PDQ Inventory to scan, collect, and organize your devices, then use PDQ Deploy to set a preferred schedule for deployment. Once the deployment has been scheduled, PDQ will automatically and silently apply updates without inconveniencing end users. - Integrate with Active Directory to easily collect device data 📊 - Schedule multi-step and multi-application custom deployments 💻 - Access the Package Library, which includes 100+ ready-to-deploy third party applications 📦 - Remotely execute commands, run scripts, and force reboots 🥾 - Apply updates silently 🤫 - Create custom device groupings 🖥️ - Use our PowerShell scanner, CLI, and other prebuilt tools 🧰 - Save and export reports, including custom data like asset information 📈 - Share servers and databases with other consoles 🤝 tl;dr — PDQ Deploy and Inventory makes device management simple, secure, and pretty damn quick.Starting Price: $1,575/year/user
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Applivery
Applivery
Applivery is the most powerful Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platform that provides full control over App Distribution and Device Management for Android, Windows, and Apple. Its easy-to-use, cloud-based Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution enables efficient remote management with top-notch security. It seamlessly integrates into organizations of all sizes, requiring only a few minutes to set up.Starting Price: €2/device -
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PDQ Connect
PDQ
Automate deployments, nerd out on reports, instantly access remote devices, and address vulnerabilities in as little as one click — all from a single, intuitive console. PDQ Connect takes care of your environment so you can spend more time focusing on the things that truly matter. Like naps. ____________________ —Deploy quickly— Effortlessly deploy software, files, and configurations using prebuilt or custom packages. Automate deployments to keep devices updated and secure. —Secure your environment— Discover critical CVEs and resolve threats in as little as one click. —Gain instant remote access— Enjoy remote desktop functionality, complete with unattended access, multimonitor support and secure file transfer. —Generate and schedule reports— Track installed software, hardware age, manufacturer models, and much more. —Access comprehensive support— US-based support for when you need a human, an extensive Knowledge Base for when you don’t.Starting Price: $12 per device per year -
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Miradore Management Suite
Miradore
On-premise device management (IT Systems Management) software that simplifies IT management processes for Windows, macOS, and Linux devices. Miradore Management Suite is specifically designed for managing diverse IT environments containing desktops, laptops, servers, and POS devices. In the Management Suite, the management processes for different hardware and software platforms have been seamlessly integrated as one, unified management solution that supports Windows, macOS, and Linux. When included in a customer’s processes, Miradore enables you to create automated workflows to send reports, fix problems, and build immediate value.Starting Price: €3/month -
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License4J
LICENSE4J
LICENSE4J is a powerful licensing library and license server designed to simplify software licensing for developers. It enables easy integration of licensing features into Java applications with minimal coding required. The user-friendly, web-based License Manager works seamlessly on both desktop and mobile devices, enhancing accessibility for all users. The basic concept of software licensing involves creating a unique license key. This key, along with additional information about the client's device, is sent to a license server. The server then returns encrypted and signed license data to the client, which can be saved either on the disk or in the Windows registry. This saved license data is used for validation each time the software is launched. The landscape of licensing includes various models and terminology, but it remains relatively straightforward. There are two primary types of licenses: node-locked and floating. A node-locked license is restricted to a specific device,Starting Price: 19/month -
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Replicated
Replicated
Operationalize & scale the distribution of modern on‑prem applications to enterprise customers. Replicated customers serve some of the world's largest and most innovative companies, from industries including financial services, automotive, and consumer technology. Out of the box, Replicated gives you everything you need to start shipping an installable version of your application securely and quickly. A unified experience for delivering to both customers with an existing Kubernetes cluster and customers without any Kubernetes knowledge. The most advanced end-user experience for configuration, updates, and application management. Robust tools for trustless troubleshooting and automated remediation in disconnected environments. Create and manage customer licenses to enforce customer-specific entitlements (expiration, features, usage limits, etc). Plugs into existing deployment pipelines to integrate CI/CD processes with enterprise release cadence.Starting Price: $750 per month -
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Centurion Setup
Gammadyne Corporation
After putting a lot of effort into your software, it's time to distribute it. Don't spend weeks wrestling with a complicated installation builder when you are so close to being done. Centurion Setup is extremely easy to use, and you can have a professional installation program built in minutes. The installer is self-contained in a single compressed executable file, and runs on all versions of Windows. Centurion Setup is simple to learn, but also feature rich, with support for uninstallation, multiple languages, interface customization, license agreements, readme files, file associations, DOS batch operations, DLL installation, automated installations, device drivers, patches, expiration dates, shared files, registry data, password protection, and much more. With Centurion Setup you will hit the finish line running!Starting Price: $130 -
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InstallShield
Revenera
Create native MSIX packages, build clean installs, and build installations in the cloud with InstallShield from Revenera. Consistent and reliable installs. Every time. With InstallShield, you’ll adapt to industry changes quickly, get to market faster and deliver an engaging customer experience. Revenera InstallShield (formerly Flexera InstallShield) is the fastest easiest way to build Windows installers and MSIX packages and create installations directly within Microsoft Visual Studio. Configure install conditions to specifically target Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022. Install files to native ARM locations on Windows 10 running on ARM machines. Easily move your build infrastructure to the cloud by connecting to Revenera’s Cloud License Server. Build one-click installers that are more modern than ever and refreshingly simple. Configure pre-requisites to install third-party packages from Microsoft’s Windows Package Manager.Starting Price: $4,498 per 3 years -
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Advanced Installer
Advanced Installer
Advanced Installer is a Windows installer authoring tool for installing, updating, and configuring your products safely, securely, and reliably. Businesses around the globe, large and small, save hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars by taking advantage of the expert knowledge built into Advanced Installer. User-friendly, completely GUI driven, with no scripts to learn, no databases to edit, and no XML to write. Save time to market. Develop with wizards, import existing IDE projects, and integrate them into automated build tools and source control systems. Hundreds of powerful features are ready to use with just a few mouse clicks. Tons of functionality is configurable for your installers. Fewer incidents due to improper installers. Enjoy reliable installers crafted with great attention to detail. Included updater, launcher, bootstrapper, trialware, serial validation, dialog editor, additional languages, and countless others.Starting Price: $499 one-time payment -
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Ninite
Ninite
You can manage your Windows PCs (Windows 7 and later) in a live web interface with Ninite Pro. Install the lightweight Ninite Agent on your machines and they instantly appear on the web for simple point-and-click management. It's an easy way to get a real-time interactive view of all your machines. The new Ninite Pro lets you manage your software in a live web interface. Each machine is a row and each app is a column. You can select an individual cell to update, install, or uninstall an app on a machine. Or select many cells (or whole rows or columns or everything) to perform bulk actions. You can even watch the agents work in real-time. The agent receives commands and sends back updates over a secure connection to Ninite's servers. This means that a roaming laptop looks and works just like any other machine in the web interface. It also makes it possible to issue install/update/uninstall commands for offline machines and have them be delivered the next time those machines are online.Starting Price: $35 per month -
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Inno Setup
jrsoftware
Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs by Jordan Russell and Martijn Laan. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability. Support for every Windows release since 2006, including Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 10, and more. Extensive support for installation of 64-bit applications on the 64-bit editions of Windows. The x64, ARM64, and Itanium architectures are all supported. Extensive support for both administrative and nonadministrative installations. Supports the creation of a single EXE to install your program for easy online distribution; and disk spanning is also supported. The installer has the ability to compare file version info, replace in-use files, use shared file counting, register DLL/OCXs and type libraries, and install fonts. Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the start menu and on the desktop.Starting Price: Free -
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EMCO Remote Installer
EMCO Software
This remote deployment solution allows you to perform unattended software installation and uninstallation on remote Windows PCs quickly and easily. You can use it to install and uninstall EXE setups and MSI/MSP packages remotely on selected Windows PCs connected to a local network. Also, you can retrieve data on installed software from remote PCs, get aggregated software inventory reports, and keep track of software changes. EMCO Remote Installer is an easy-to-use network application designed for centralized software management and audit across a LAN. It offers a simple and effective approach to remote software distribution and can be used instead of SCCM and other complicated deployment tools. The program allows you to audit software installed on remote PCs across your network and deploy software automatically on remote PCs. The program deploys software in parallel on remote PCs, so you can deploy within a few minutes across the entire network.Starting Price: $399 one-time payment -
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EMCO MSI Package Builder
EMCO Software
Discover EMCO MSI Package Builder, the premier tool for streamlined repackaging of any installation file into MSI and MSIX. Master every packaging task with a tool that handles EXE to MSI repackaging creates MSI and MSIX packages, and customizes and prepares installations for automated deployment. Whether it's a compact installation or a complex software suite, EMCO MSI Package Builder effortlessly handles the repackaging of any Windows application. Tackle complex installs with ease, including those deploying services and drivers. Say goodbye to guesswork and errors. EMCO MSI Package Builder simplifies the repackaging journey. Just pick your original installation and choose the output format you need. The tool takes over from there, meticulously capturing all installation changes to build your ideal package. Equipped with industry-leading live monitoring technology and a robust kernel-mode driver, EMCO MSI Package Builder tracks system changes as they happen during repackaging.Starting Price: $899 one-time payment -
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RayPack Studio
Raynet
The IT department of any company today faces many changes, including migration to Windows 11, ever-shortening release cycles, virtualization, cloud computing, bring-your-own-device efforts, and many more. IT managers need to develop strategies not only to address these new issues but also to reduce costs and increase efficiency in all aspects of daily work, while also expanding the service provided to end customers. RayPack Studio covers all work steps, from conflict and compatibility checks of your software applications and packages to evaluation, packaging, and virtualization, subsequent quality control, and clear workflow management. Without scripts and with a user-friendly interface, all functions can be executed with a mouse click. The perfectly matched software products allow you an efficient and uniform pass-through. Next to classic technologies, you benefit at any time from modern functions for software packaging.Starting Price: Free -
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Architect
Architect
Architect gives you the power to configure, locally build, and globally deploy web apps to the cloud using concise, declarative statements. Built on rock-solid AWS foundations, Architect makes advanced web development a breeze. Scaffold a fresh Architect project with a single command. Get a local, production-like environment up and running instantly. Deploy to identical staging and production environments in seconds. Architect not only supports cloud functions for HTTP but also web sockets, queues (FIFO), events (fan-out), and scheduled tasks backed by a world-class database that boasts millisecond latency no matter how much data you store or how many people concurrently access it. All these capabilities, and more, with terse but deterministic Infra-as-Code (IaC). We prioritize speed with fast local dev, smart configurable defaults, and flexible infrastructure as code. You can focus on business logic instead of glue code and only pay for in-use services on-demand.Starting Price: Free -
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Zephyr Cloud
Zephyr Cloud
Zephyr Cloud is a cloud-agnostic, framework-agnostic platform for lightning-fast deployment with best-in-class support for micro-frontends and module federation. Bring the power of modern cloud platforms to your cloud. Zephyr Cloud deployments and rollbacks take seconds instead of minutes. Unlock new possibilities in frontend deployment velocity by leveraging our first-class support for large teams using module federation and micro-frontends. Discover relationships between micro-frontends and publish environments and modules independently. Choose the cloud provider of your choice and we will bring the rest, all you need to do is integrate your cloud provider with Zephyr Cloud. We build from the bundler level rather than frameworks. Leverage the tools and technologies your team excels in without restrictions. From development machines to the edge in milliseconds. Bring your own cloud, no vendor lock-in, and full flexibility.Starting Price: $49 per month -
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Northflank
Northflank
The self-service developer platform for your apps, databases, and jobs. Start with one workload, and scale to hundreds on compute or GPUs. Accelerate every step from push to production with highly configurable self-service workflows, pipelines, templates, and GitOps. Securely deploy preview, staging, and production environments with observability tooling, backups, restores, and rollbacks included. Northflank seamlessly integrates with your preferred tooling and can accommodate any tech stack. Whether you deploy on Northflank’s secure infrastructure or on your own cloud account, you get the same exceptional developer experience, and total control over your data residency, deployment regions, security, and cloud expenses. Northflank leverages Kubernetes as an operating system to give you the best of cloud-native, without the overhead. Deploy to Northflank’s cloud for maximum simplicity, or connect your GKE, EKS, AKS, or bare-metal to deliver a managed platform experience in minutes.Starting Price: $6 per month -
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Defang
Defang
Defang is a developer-centric platform that simplifies the process of developing, deploying, and debugging cloud applications. By leveraging AI-assisted tooling, Defang enables developers to swiftly transition from an idea to a deployed application on their preferred cloud provider. The platform supports multiple programming languages, including Go, JavaScript, and Python, allowing developers to start with sample projects or generate project outlines using natural language prompts. With a single command, Defang builds and deploys applications, handling configurations for computing, storage, load balancing, networking, logging, and security. The Defang Command Line Interface (CLI) facilitates interactions with the platform, offering installation options via shell scripts, Homebrew, Winget, Nix, or direct download. Developers can define services using compose.yaml files, which Defang utilizes to deploy applications to the cloud.Starting Price: $10 per month