The standard for Continuous Delivery at scale

A task is a deployment, runbook run, retention policy cleanup, security sync, and jobs.

Projects are a resource in Octopus Deploy that stores the deployment configuration for an application.

An application is a piece of software that's independently deployable.

Some examples of an application include:

• A monolithic application with dozens of components.
• A back-end REST API with a database as the data store.
• A serverless function that monitors a queue.
• A back-end service that runs in a container on a Kubernetes or ECS cluster.
• A scheduling service using CRON jobs to schedule tasks for other applications.

There are also other use cases for projects. Some examples of projects that are not deployment configurations for an application include:

• Runbook-only projects that store a shared set of runbooks for common day-2 maintenance tasks.
• Orchestrator/traffic cop projects used to manage the deployments of other Octopus projects.

Octopus counts all active projects. This is regardless of whether they deploy an application, get used for runbooks only, or are used to orchestrate the deployments of other Octopus projects.

A tenant is a resource you configure in Octopus Deploy meant to represent the following:

• One of your SaaS customers.
• A physical location, like a retail store, branch office, hospital, restaurant, factory, city, state, country, data center, or car wash.
• One of your customers' physical locations (for example, you deploy software to your customers' restaurants).

Each tenant runs a dedicated copy of your application(s) with slightly different configurations.  Octopus counts all tenants, regardless of what they represent (customer, physical location, etc.) and the environments they deploy to.

A machine is a Windows, Linux, or MacOS application host – or deployment target – registered with Octopus Deploy.

The Professional edition of Octopus is available as a 30-day free trial for any scenario, including production or commercial use. After the trial ends, you can keep your working configuration and upgrade to a paid license to continue deploying uninterrupted.

Please contact sales to trial the Enterprise edition.

Octopus Cloud is the easiest way to run Octopus Deploy. We host Octopus Deploy for you. Octopus Server is a "self-hosted" solution, so you need to download and install the software yourself.

We recommend Octopus Cloud as it includes the following functionality:

• We take care of the maintenance and any issues that arise so you don't have to worry about downtime, data loss, or disruptions
  • Our 24x7 monitoring and alerting and proactive issue detection means problems get addressed before they impact your operations
  • Automatic upgrades to the latest version of Octopus, including improvements, bug fixes, security enhancements, and new features before they’re released on Octopus Server
  • We provide appropriate resources and automatic scaling for seamless performance
  • Expert support by experienced Octopus Support and Cloud Operations teams who swiftly resolve issues and provide regular maintenance
  • Automatic recovery with comprehensive disaster recovery procedures means your data is safe and quickly recoverable in case of a failure
• Peace of mind with internationally recognized security standards, ensuring business compliance and protecting your reputation
  • ISO 27001 and SOC II certifications with regular audits, ensuring your deployments and data are safe and secure
  • Flexibility of hosting region choices

See the full list of Octopus Cloud benefits here.

Octopus Cloud runs in the Microsoft Azure cloud. It is hosted in the following Azure regions:

• West US 2
• West Europe
• Australia East

When you create an Octopus Cloud instance, we provision a Linux container to run the Octopus Server in, along with all the other resources to provide Octopus as a service. We deploy this to one of our Kubernetes clusters.

Fun fact: We use Octopus Deploy with our tenanted deployment functionality, to deploy your Octopus instance.

It's easy to upgrade between Octopus tiers. When you upgrade, we'll factor in your old license pro-rata. For example, if you were 6 months into a 12-month license, your upgrade would factor in the fees you paid on the remaining 6 months of your license.

To upgrade, please contact sales for a quote.

Yes, your license to use Octopus Server, and your terms of service for Octopus Cloud, are both governed by the Octopus Customer Agreement. This agreement is also shown to you when installing Octopus Server, when registering for Octopus Cloud, and when placing an order with us.

No. Annual billing is the only option for Octopus Cloud and Octopus Server.

You will be required to move to the Professional tier.