# Octopus Deploy: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/octopus-deploy

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [CI/CD platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/ci-cd-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 12 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Expand to a dedicated tool such as Octopus Deploy when deployment orchestration becomes more complex" (Perplexity Sonar, CI/CD)
- "Layer in Argo CD or Octopus Deploy as your deployment infrastructure grows in complexity." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, CI/CD)
- "Octopus Deploy: If deploying to hybrid infrastructure" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, CI/CD)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Octopus Deploy, from 11 of the 12 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- octopus.com: 8 (its own site)
- augmentcode.com: 5
- blog.jetbrains.com: 5
- northflank.com: 5
- accelq.com: 4
- em360tech.com: 4
- learn.g2.com: 4
- thectoclub.com: 4
- atlassian.com: 3
- dev.to: 3

### Pages cited

- https://octopus.com/devops/ci-cd/ci-cd-tools-for-enterprise: 6
- https://augmentcode.com/tools/continuous-integration-tools: 5
- https://blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2026/03/best-ci-tools: 5
- https://northflank.com/blog/best-ci-cd-tools: 5
- https://accelq.com/blog/continuous-integration-tools: 4
- https://em360tech.com/top-10/top-enterprise-ci-cd-tools: 4
- https://learn.g2.com/best-continuous-delivery-tools: 4
- https://octopus.com/devops/continuous-delivery/continuous-delivery-platforms: 4

## In its own words

What Octopus Deploy's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The CD platform built for enterprise scale. (https://octopus.com/)
- For: DevOps teams (https://octopus.com/)
- Price stated: Octopus Cloud - Starter: 360; Octopus Cloud - Professional: 4170; Octopus Cloud - Enterprise: 23400; Octopus Server - Starter: 360; Octopus Server - Professional: 1920; Octopus Server - Enterprise: 14400 (https://octopus.com/)
- Starting price: 360 (https://octopus.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Start for free (https://octopus.com/)
- Customers named: KinderSystems, Skandia, Axpo, SVEA, GiG, Derivco, Unily, enosix

## What it publishes

Every page octopus.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 4949 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1367 pages, 10 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-29
- case study: 1 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-16
- webinar or virtual event: 19 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-12-20
- conference or event: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2018-10-03
- report or ebook: 355 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-01-01
- comparison: 51 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-18
- template or tool: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-12
- glossary or explainer: 21 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-10-30
- news or press: 16 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-29 blog: 1 https://octopus.com/blog/1
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Inside platform engineering kian rogerdi https://octopus.com/blog/inside-platform-engineering-kian-rogerdi
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Continuous delivery office hours e9 https://octopus.com/blog/continuous-delivery-office-hours-e9
- Recent: 2026-09-08 blog: Watering down ci cd https://octopus.com/blog/watering-down-ci-cd
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Octo easy mode 23 runbookwebhooks https://octopus.com/blog/octo-easy-mode-23-runbookwebhooks
- Recent: 2026-08-27 blog: The hotfix myth https://octopus.com/blog/the-hotfix-myth

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.