Xebia labs XLDeploy vs IBM

URBANCODE DEPLOY
 IBM Urbancode deploy

• IBM UrbanCode Deploy is a tool for automating application deployments

through your environments. It is designed to facilitate rapid feedback and
continuous delivery in agile development while providing the audit trails,
versioning and approvals needed in production.
 XLDeploy
• XLDeploy is the only application release automation solution that is
agentless across all target platforms. Connect to Windows and Unix target
systems using proven, industry-standard remote protocols; no agent
installation and maintenance, no overhead on the target systems, no
firewall ports to be opened, and no security reviews.
 XLDeploy
• XLDeploy is very easy to install and maintain
• XLDeploy will take max 1 to 2 hours for
installation with 2 consultants working
• XLDeploy UI is very user friendly and easy to
learn
uDeploy
• uDeploy is not very easy to install and maintain
• uDeploy will take 1 to 2 days for installation with
5 consultants working
• uDeploy UI is also easy to learn and user friendly
XLDeploy
• In XLDeploy we can see deployment status
across teams, applications and environments in
dashboard
• XLDeploy is agentless. It does not require any
agent installation in target servers.
• Hence no maintenance required hence no
manual work
uDeploy
• In uDeploy we can see deployment status across
applications and environments in dashboard
• uDeploy is agent based. Need to install agents on
target servers.
• We need to maintain uDeploy agents on servers
which is more manual work
XLDeploy
• XLDeploy the encryption algorithm is AES 256
for all sensitive data
• XLDeploy uses Role Based Access Control that
can be integrated with LDAP/AD. The roles and
permissions can be assigned to individuals/group
as per the use case
• XLDeploy executes remotely on target machines
using SSH (for Linux) and WinRM (on Windows)
uDeploy
• uDeploy Secure properties are encrypted using
AES with a 128-bit key
• uDeploy also uses Role Based Access Control that
can be integrated with LDAP/AD. The roles and
permissions can be assigned to individuals/group
as per the use case
• uDeploy uses SSH(for Linux) and WinRM (on
Windows) to execute on remote servers
XLDeploy
• XLDeploy is Out-of-box Model based as opposed to
uDeploy
• Increased speed for implementation with
XLDeploy, XLDeploy is intelligent enough to create
deployment steps based on target environment.
• Hence low maintenance and high productivity
• XLDeploy is plugin based. It can support many
other tools as well.
uDeploy
• uDeploy is defined workflow model based
• We need to create workflows (processes) to
automate the deployment based on target
environments.
• Hence creation of workflows is more manual
work
• uDeploy also plugin based. It also can support
many other tools
XLDeploy
• Deployments are more stable and easy to
orchestrate. We can do a release of only changed
file instead of complete artifact
• We can easily rollback the deployments to
previous versions
uDeploy
• Deployments are stable and but difficult to
orchestrate. We have to do a complete artifact
release if any file is changed
• We can easily rollback applications to previous
versions
XLDeploy
• XLDeploy can discover WebSphere servers
topology automatically
• XLDeploy can automatically figure out which
artifact goes where depend upon the type of
application and server
• Capture metrics, generate reports and analyze
the deployment process, so you can continuously
improve.
uDeploy
• uDeploy also can discover WebSphere server
topology by itself
• uDeploy needs to have process created for
everything it has to do
• uDeploy can capture the deployment history and
version history and security report etc.
XLDeploy uDeploy
• XLDeploy can support large number of server • uDeploy also can support other server types such as
types such as tomcat, coremedia etc.,. tomcat etc.,.

• XLDeploy license is comparatively costs low than • uDeploy license costs more than XLDeploy
uDeploy