Application release orchestration tools are leveraged by developers and DevOps teams to manage and facilitate application release processes. This type of software provides a comprehensive view of application release pipelines, enabling users to schedule, track, plan, and even execute elements of CI/CD workflows. Businesses use application release orchestration software to enable logistically effective internal and external releases. Teams using application release orchestration software can outline and execute application deployments via visual workflow mapping, pipeline optimization, and task assignments.
Application release orchestration software integrates with, or provides native functionality for, continuous integration tools, continuous delivery software, and continuous deployment software to enable an automated CI/CD framework.
To qualify for inclusion in the Application Release Orchestration (ARO) Tools category, a product must:
Provide users with a dashboard for creating and managing application release pipelines
Integrate with or facilitate automated CI/CD