ARCAD DROPS
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The facts
Each one read from ARCAD DROPS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent options
- DROPS can operate with agents or agentlessly using protocols such as SSH, JT400, or WinRM.checked 2 Oct 2026
- API and CLI
- DROPS integrates with other tools through REST APIs or a command-line interface and can be included in CI/CD pipelines.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Audit trail
- DROPS records deployment actions, including who deployed an artifact, where, and when.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Cloud provisioning
- DROPS can provision on-demand hybrid or multicloud environments and lists GCP, Azure, AWS, and IBM Cloud.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Database deployments
- DROPS can automate database upgrades and rollback alongside application deployments, including for SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 for i, and PostgreSQL.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists integrations including Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, HCL DevOps, Artifactory, Nexus, Docker, and Ansible.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- ARCAD describes DROPS as a tool for coordinating application releases across development and operations teams, including legacy and modern systems.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Operating modes
- DROPS supports agent-based or agentless operation, with SSH, JT400, and WinRM listed as agentless protocols and HTTP/HTTPS for agent-based operation.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- DROPS is an application release orchestration tool for managing and securing deployments across multi-platform and multi-cloud environments.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Release tracking
- DROPS tracks which artifacts were deployed, by whom, to which infrastructure and environment, and when.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Rollback
- DROPS can automatically roll back to the last stable state across target platforms and databases when an error occurs.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Scripts
- The product includes more than 250 customizable deployment scripts and supports scripting languages including Ansible, YAML, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and Groovy.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- DROPS provides customizable roles and segregation of duties for deployment security.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Supported deployment targets
- The maker lists Windows, Linux, UNIX, IBM i, AIX, z/OS, and cloud environments among supported deployment platforms.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Supported targets
- ARCAD lists Windows, Linux, UNIX, IBM i, AIX, z/OS, and cloud environments as deployment targets.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Vulnerability integration
- ARCAD says DROPS integrates with Sonatype Nexus IQ to detect and prevent vulnerabilities in open-source components.checked 2 Oct 2026
- What it does
- DROPS is an application release orchestration tool for coordinating application deployments across heterogeneous, multi-platform and multicloud environments.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Workflow design
- Users can graphically model deployment processes, define dependencies, and use more than 250 customizable scripts.checked 3 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Application and data deployments
- It synchronizes application and database upgrades and supports rollback of software and data deployments.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Pipelines and approvals
- Deployment pipelines can sequence deployments across environments and prompt authorized users to validate the next deployment.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- ARCAD Software says it was founded in 1992 by Philippe Magne; its head office is in Chavanod/Annecy, France.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Company history
- ARCAD Software says it was founded in 1992 by Philippe Magne.checked 2 Oct 2026
Money
- Deployment planning
- Teams can plan deployments in pipelines that run across environments in sequence or in parallel, with automatic or approval-based transitions.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Trial and demo
- ARCAD invites visitors to request a trial version or a session in its sandbox, and also offers a personalized demo; no trial duration is stated on the page.checked 3 Oct 2026
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