# AdminStudio Reviews **Vendor:** Flexera **Category:** [Continuous Delivery Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/continuous-delivery-tools) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 14 ## About AdminStudio Flexera’s AdminStudio is designed to manage all your third-party software applications in one place. It now provides built-in support for thousands of vendor setups. Identify and mitigate issues prior to deployment and manage applications individually, in bulk or with full automation. The best tools for preparing applications for deployment (wrapping, repackaging, or converting, testing, etc.) are now fully integrated with the largest third-party software patch coverage on the market. ## AdminStudio Reviews ### 1. Admin Studio backbone of packaging **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shreyash D. | Senior Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 23, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** It's handy and easy to adapt. Installsheild is useful to create MSI Setupcapture tool is given 3 methods to capture legacy application Tuner is easy to create MST Whenever we open the MSI/MST in the admin studio's InstallShield app, it gives a section-wise presentation that is easy to understand the functionality and contains of MSI/MST. **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** If any MSI contains a huge relational database, then it hangs and needs to close the InstallShield **Recommendations to others considering AdminStudio:** Would you please upgrade the InstallShield tool according to the latest requirement of Microsoft intune **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creation of MSI Open vendor MSI and do the changes which is required Validate the MSI, see the ICE errors ### 2. Adminstudio suite - Application life cycle management **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** farok s. | Lead Infrastructure Engineer - II, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 29, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** Adminstudio is full suite for creating applications and customizing as per the client requirements. From source validation to application deployment. It has full application packaging life cycle capability. We have used it for msi packages as well as appv/MSIX packages. **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** I have not anything to dislike, but I have sometime faced when we build any large applications then it freezes and we lost all of our customization. **Recommendations to others considering AdminStudio:** If installshield can be linked with app-portal directly, that would be great so that we can publish the package directly. **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have full control of the application customization and control for clean install and upgrade. We can simply edit the msi and also convert Exe to MSI. ### 3. Comprehensive tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vishal P. | Project Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 29, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** Its feature to convert MSI to AppV installable in bulk Ease of working with MSI and converting legacy setups to MSI installers **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** It takes a lot of yime to compile legacy setup where size is in access of 1 gb. **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was working on a project where client wanted to migrate around 2000 existing applications (blens of MSI and legacy) to AppD. I have used RAG report from admin studio for effort estimates and rationalize portfolio of application. ### 4. A Powerful and an efficient tool for application engineering **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 05, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** A suite with lots of great features which help in designing/customizing application package automation/engineering to meet the demanding requirements of clients. The best part is the ability to integrate with wider range of deployment tools available in the market. **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** I have felt and also heard from my peers that licensing model and cost may be a bit of a downside in procuring this for many engagements where the client fleet is a small-mid size. **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solved lots of problems using AdminStudio when dealing with Windows 7 to 10 migration activity especially in remediating application compatibility issues. It also provides benefits to easily and efficiently apply the custom transformation to our application updates. ### 5. One of the best tools for Packaging/Repackaging **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** PUJA P. | Application Packager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 04, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** It's easy to use, provide excellent UI And is user friend. Awesome features for creating application and also customizing. Best tool for beginners as well. **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** Nothing to dislike, however, i guess it's a bit costly but it's worth the price **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it for every day packaging activity such as repackaging, MSI, MST creating and so on. ### 6. Admin Studio has been always the best in market for application packaging and repackaging **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Glass, Ceramics & Concrete | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 04, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** A complete suite of products, Support, Updates **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** Compared to wise package studio which was acquired by flexera the UX can be improved **Recommendations to others considering AdminStudio:** It is the defacto standard for application packaging and repackaging **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** When the team is huge and you need to be in sync on your packaging process ### 7. This is the tool meets all your needs for software deployment and release. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** This tool makes deployment and version control manageable with easy, I also like web app development and reporting features. The design of user interface is great, it is easy to follow for the beginng of the project. **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** The price might be too high for small businesses or students who like to learn features independently; it would be nice to have a different price range and learning version or limited version. **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can update release packages quickly, make configuration changes and deploy the app in a short time. ### 8. It's an Awesome application and the course is great to have an understanding on the application **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** K Amit K. | Technology Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 10, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** Packaging activities, it made it very simple very convenient **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** Nothing as such.i felt everything is usefull in the course and the application **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** It was a bit hard to understand but now I am pretty clear on this ### 9. AdminStudio best tool for Application packaging Life cycle **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Management Consulting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 02, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** An excellent UI, user-friendly, provides help tips and msdn explanations for each and every component. I have been using it since 9years and I would say have grown in terms of learning and technology. **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** The price is high but suits the Enterprise environment, thus make it a niche product. **Recommendations to others considering AdminStudio:** Go for it without a second thought! **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Repackaging, MSI MST creation, comparison of two database files and ICE ERROR validation, is useful in all aspects. ### 10. Using AdminStudio for many years and its great product for MSI, App-V, and other packaging methods. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 29, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** Using AdminStudio for many years and its great product for MSI, App-V, and other packaging methods. It's very user-friendly and easy to connect/create. **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** I do not see any disadvantages and the only thing I want to recommend to lower pricing. **Recommendations to others considering AdminStudio:** Its very good tool for packaging, application readiness and many other features **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it for day-to-day packaging activities. ### 11. It's will give me a good experience to do all the modification with any application **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ankur A. | Analyst - Application life cycle support, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** Custom action Upgrade table Repackager Msi properties **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** Lock permission table. Solving ICE errors **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Capturing an application ### 12. Nice product to help in create MSI packages **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Airlines/Aviation | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2021 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** Simple and easily understandable UI and help menu **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** Nothing much to dislike only thing I should say is there would be more integration with tools like SCCM.Intune etc **Recommendations to others considering AdminStudio:** no **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** yes ### 13. A very good tool which offers a lot of functions. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Domenico D. | Head Electronic Workplace, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2019 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** All functions and technologies included in the tool. **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** The price of a license is to high! Similar products from other vendors have nearby the same functions and the price is less than the half! **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use the application to create MSI software packages. ### 14. Admin studio **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2019 **What do you like best about AdminStudio?** Easy to convert an exe to msi Best tool **What do you dislike about AdminStudio?** Little complicated when dealing with ini configurations **Recommendations to others considering AdminStudio:** Good tool **What problems is AdminStudio solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. Easy to edit vendor msi 2. Makes easy to deploy an software to end user machine ## AdminStudio Discussions - [What is AdminStudio used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-adminstudio-used-for) - [df](https://www.g2.com/discussions/df) - 1 upvote - [Why pricing is so high?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/why-pricing-is-so-high) - 1 upvote - [View AdminStudio pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/adminstudio/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+08%3A04%3A56+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=4b3eff0a-74e7-49e0-98dd-f713730ef9fc&secure%5Btoken%5D=63e97d69143a332d9d21ed256052cb394752d4b1bf748dfabf0c554417595acd&format=llm_user) ## AdminStudio Features **Functionality** - Deployment-Ready Staging - Integration - Extensible **Management** - Processes and Workflow - Reporting - Automation **Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance ## Top AdminStudio Alternatives - [GitHub](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (2,276 reviews) - [GitLab](https://www.g2.com/products/gitlab/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (873 reviews) - [LaunchDarkly](https://www.g2.com/products/launchdarkly/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (706 reviews)