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Compare Chocolatey and npm 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (62.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Chocolatey
Star Rating
(14)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Chocolateynpm
Star Rating
(85)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about npmChocolatey vs npm
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Chocolatey easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with npm, along with administration.
- Reviewers felt that Chocolatey meets the needs of their business better than npm.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Chocolatey is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Chocolatey over npm.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Chocolatey
No pricing availablenpm
No pricing availableFree Trial
Chocolatey
No trial information availablenpm
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.4
12
8.9
67
Ease of Use
9.0
12
8.9
67
Ease of Setup
8.3
7
9.0
18
Ease of Admin
8.6
6
8.5
16
Quality of Support
8.9
9
8.4
53
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
5
9.0
12
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
11
8.4
64
Features by Category
Functionality
9.2
10
9.2
58
9.8
8
8.8
54
8.8
7
8.2
51
9.3
7
8.1
52
Management
9.4
9
8.7
51
8.9
9
8.5
51
9.2
10
8.4
48
8.3
8
8.2
49
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Chocolatey and npm are categorized as Repository Management
Unique Categories
Chocolatey has no unique categories
npm has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Chocolatey
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
npm
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
35.7%
Information Technology and Services
14.3%
Translation and Localization
7.1%
Renewables & Environment
7.1%
Program Development
7.1%
Other
28.6%
Computer Software
40.0%
Information Technology and Services
20.0%
Marketing and Advertising
6.3%
Hospital & Health Care
6.3%
Program Development
3.8%
Other
23.8%
Alternatives
Discussions
Chocolatey has no discussions with answers
Is there any way to exclude files that are not in use by project
1 Comment
CA
You should be able to add in packages as a dependencies in your package.json file. Specify which ones are for the project and which are...Read more
What is the best way to name a library.
1 Comment
AS
Without capitalizations, and if it's just a package without any symbols (!.,/@#$%^*&(), etc)
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What is NPM for?
1 Comment
AS
The NPM registry is for uploading packages to their registry for public usage of the package.Read more
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