How Jaws Deploy compares to Octopus Deploy

Many of our users come from . JawsDeploy is not a one-to-one replacement, but it shares the same core principles: deployments, environmentsand automation. If you’ve used Octopus before, you’ll feel right at home.The main difference: Jaws Deploy is simpler and more affordable. We focus on the 80% of use cases most teams need, without the extra complexity (and cost) of advanced features that often go unused.

Conecptual comparison

Concept How it works? Octopus Deploy Jaws Deploy
Workspaces Organize your resources (typically Workspace per customer or per group of apps) ✅ ✅
Projects Organize deployments (typically project per app or service) ✅ ✅
Environments Dev / Staging / Prod pipelines ✅ ✅
Releases Versioned deployments based on SemVer 2.0 ✅ ✅
Deployment Targets Servers, Kubernetes, Docer, Cloud endpoints (Azure, AWS) ✅ ✅
Tagging Tag your deployment targets with labels and use this information to design the deployment flow ✅ ✅
Variables Parameterize deployment logic and configuration files ✅ ✅
Config files transformations Apply variables to config files, process and transform config files (XML, JSON) ✅ ✅
Lifecycles and channels Precise control over how apps flow between environments, including automatic promotion if deployments fulfill specific conditions ✅ ✅
Step Templates Define your own step templates using custom scripting and execute one after another, each on specific set of deployment targets ✅ ✅
Step Templates Library Import common deployment logic from a central repository or re-usable steps ✅ ⚙️ Arriving in Jaws Deploy in 2025
Runbooks Automate custom or recurring operations without running typical deployments ✅ ⚙️ Arriving in Jaws Deploy in 2025
Pricing   Based on number of projects, tenante, deployment targets, storage, parallel tasks Significantly lower prices, simpler pricing stricture 👍

Summary

👉 In short: if you are using the core subset of what Octopus Deploy offers and your main focus is on straightforward deployments, environment management, custom scripting and variables — we’ve got you covered. Jaws Deploy will feel very familiar and easy to grasp.

Why teams switch

  • ‍Simplicity – less to configure, easier onboarding.
  • Cost savings – lower pricing model.
  • ‍Focus – we target deployment automation without extra complexity.