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Akuity Platform vs Nolio Release Automation comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Akuity Platform
Ranking in Release Automation
16th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
4.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nolio Release Automation
Ranking in Release Automation
7th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of Akuity Platform is 0.4%. The mindshare of Nolio Release Automation is 2.7%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nolio Release Automation2.7%
Akuity Platform0.4%
Other96.9%
Release Automation
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2813076 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Improved daily delivery has streamlined workflows and saved time for developers and operations
Akuity Platform has most of the features, but I think they should include some more features, such as the feature where we specify the URLs of the Argo CD workflow, which I liked, but it would be good if they include more of those features on the platform. Integration with Akuity Platform is quite good as they have integrations with almost all the related CI/CD products, but I think in terms of performance, they can improve upon that because sometimes it does get laggy, maybe due to high pressure, and anything can be the reason for that, but they can improve on the performance part.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Akuity Platform has impacted my organization positively through ease of onboarding and ease of use; we do not have to rely on difficult trainings for new joiners."
"In my opinion, the best features of Akuity Platform include the GitOps-first model that makes deployments predictable and auditable, a good UI for visualizing the application state versus the desired state, easy rollback and sync control during deployment, good compatibility with Kubernetes native tooling and manifests, and a strong open-source ecosystem with great documentation."
"Overall, Akuity Platform has impacted our organization positively as the DevOps team is quite happy because first, they do not have to manage their own Argo CD, and second, it is quite user-friendly for them as well as for the developers, saving time for us."
"Akuity Platform has positively impacted our organization by helping us reduce the overall onboarding time from days to hours for thousands of applications, achieving secure, consistent GitOps at scale."
"It's a lot easier to deploy software through CA than using a manual process or through GPOs."
"For us, Release Automation is a very critical tool that allows us to reproduce, redeliver, and redeploy all our various code in a timely manner and with minimum number of errors."
"Deployment workflows has not only increased the confidence in the release process, but also opens up a whole new world to automate the deployment for not just code, but DB, network appliances, application servers, and AWS."
"The frictionless end-to-end, automated deployments remove manual handovers between different parties, making it fault-tolerant without human errors, technology-agnostic, and consolidated on one tool instead of multiple solutions with manual implementations."
"One standout aspect is its architecture. We can configure multiple instances on a single server using different system names or usernames."
"The benefits: we are able to deliver more, our release volume doubled but our release window went down by 80% so we deliver more and faster."
"Its benefits to us are of pulling our project together and making us more efficient."
"CA Release Automation gave us the flexibility to deploy multiple components in multiple environments."
 

Cons

"From a perspective of support feedback, it is a bit slow, so I would like them to fix that and make it more seamless."
"Integration with Akuity Platform is quite good as they have integrations with almost all the related CI/CD products, but I think in terms of performance, they can improve upon that because sometimes it does get laggy, maybe due to high pressure, and anything can be the reason for that, but they can improve on the performance part."
"In terms of improvement for Akuity Platform, I would say that the RBAC and multi-application setup takes time to configure correctly."
"We use two versions – the older version (4.4) is very unstable, while the newer one (5.5) is much better."
"The UI is very quirky, with numerous small frustrating bugs."
"I would suggest that, rather than just concentrating on release automation and management, this tool could provide for more automation in different areas, such as database automation (we already have this but still can be improved further)."
"There are some technologies that this product doesn't support such as some emerging technologies that we need to build the interfaces for; so if that came as a readymade/off-the-shelf feature, it would help us."
"Well, I'm looking forward to seeing different kinds of scheduling options and being able to troubleshoot more real time if something does go wrong."
"Initial setup is a bit complex."
"Initial setup cost is more expensive, but the day-to-day cost is only for maintenance, design and for people development."
"To visually find a particular process, flow or action, the GUI needs to be improved, and also made faster as well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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
Construction Company
39%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
17%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akuity Platform?
I think the pricing of Akuity Platform is a bit high, and we have a budget constraint at our company, but I think it was worth the price that we pay to get it working.
What needs improvement with Akuity Platform?
Akuity Platform has most of the features, but I think they should include some more features, such as the feature where we specify the URLs of the Argo CD workflow, which I liked, but it would be g...
What is your primary use case for Akuity Platform?
Akuity Platform is our main platform for CI/CD, as all deployment and everything is done on Akuity Platform for our whole product. We use Akuity Platform daily. I am on the software side, but I hav...
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

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CA Release Automation
 

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Sample Customers

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CA Release Automation customers include Citrix, NIIT Technologies, ING Bank, Molina Healthcare, Swisscom, Bupa and Tesco. Read case studies from customers who are igniting and advancing their continuous delivery journey with CA Release Automation.
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