Feature Comparison

AnthillPro comes in two editions:

• Build Management Server (BMS)
• Application Lifecycle Automation Server (ALA)

The table below lists important features and highlights the additional capabilities of the Application Lifecycle Automation edition. In a nutshell the main difference comes down to supporting Living Builds and the secondary workflows such as automated testing, promotion, deployment, and custom workflows. If you're upgrading from AnthillPro 2.6, the BMS feature set is roughly equivalent to AnthillPro 2.6 but with the addition of distributed and multi-platform builds.

Continuous Integration
Feature	AnthillPro BMS	AnthillPro ALA
Repository Commit Triggers
Polling Repository for Changes
Configurable Quiet Period
Testing & Code Coverage Tool Integrations
Robust Notification Options
IDE Plugin
Dependencies
Feature	AnthillPro BMS	AnthillPro ALA
Between Projects
On Third-party Libraries
Dependency on Latest Build of Dependency
Dependent on Specific Version of Dependency
Dependent on Dependency at Specific Lifecycle Stage (ex. QA)
Transitive Dependencies
Artifact Usage Traceability
Push Builds of Dependent Projects
Pull Builds of Dependency Projects
Dependency Provisioning at Build Server & Developer Level
Composition of Projects
IDE Plugin to Manage Dependencies
Feature	AnthillPro BMS	AnthillPro ALA
Multi-platform Builds
Distributed Builds
Configurable Build Job Steps
Configurable Build Parameters
Build From Label
Build From Change Set or Activity
Configurable Build Number and Version Algorithms
IDE Plugin
Feature	AnthillPro BMS	AnthillPro ALA
Configurable Deployment Job Steps
Configurable Deployment Parameters
Support for Multiple Deployment Environments (DEV, QA, UAT, PROD, etc.)
Ability to Deploy Application Tiers Separately
Support for Different Network Topologies in Different Environments
Environment Specific Properties
Feature	AnthillPro BMS	AnthillPro ALA
Artifact Repository
Artifact Hashing & Verification
Feature	AnthillPro BMS	AnthillPro ALA
Workflows Model Processes at each Lifecycle Stage
State Diagrams Model your Application Lifecycle
Different Build Identifiers at Different Lifecycle Stages
Reuse of Artifacts across all Lifecycle Stages
Traceability to Source Code Across all Lifecycle Stages
Feature	AnthillPro BMS	AnthillPro ALA
Recurring Schedules
One Time Schedules
Feature	AnthillPro BMS	AnthillPro ALA
Role Based Security
LDAP Integration
Secure Parameters Encrypted in Database
Secure Parameters Filtered Out of Logs
Feature	AnthillPro BMS	AnthillPro ALA
Distributed GRID Engine
Embedded Workflow Engine
Grouping of Agents into Environments
Agent Failover
Agent Selection based on Agent Load
Configurable Agent Selection Algorithms
Real-time Logging