Comparison

Olvy vs release-please

No clear leader: Olvy (54.1) and release-please (51.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Olvy54

release-please52

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Olvy	release-please
vioscaleAI score	54 / 100low · 36%	52 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	high	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	2
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	8
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://github.com/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=release-please&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	65
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	7,629
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	5
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	5
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	4 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Olvy54 / 100low · 36%

release-please52 / 100medium · 60%

Pricing

Free tier

Olvy✓

release-please✓

Model

Olvyfreemium

release-pleaseopen_source

Price level

Olvyhigh

release-pleasefree

Transparent

Olvy✓

release-please✓

Integrations

Count

Olvy10

release-please2

Security

Disclosure policy

Olvy–

release-please✓

Gdpr

Olvy–

release-please✓

Scorecard

Olvy–

release-please8

Trust center

Olvy–

release-pleasehttps://github.com/security

Vulnerabilities

Olvy–

release-pleaseCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=release-please&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

Olvy–

release-please65

Github stars

Olvy–

release-please7,629

Activity

Commits last 30d

Olvy–

release-please5

Release

Cadence days

Olvy–

release-please5

History

Olvy–

release-please20 items

License

Spdx

Olvy–

release-pleaseApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Olvy–

release-pleaseTypeScript

Market

Availability

OlvyAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

release-pleaseAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Olvy6 items

release-please4 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for changelog tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Changelog Tools
Capability	Olvy	release-please
Capabilities
Conventional commits support	-	✓
Semver automation	-	✓
Public hosted page	-	-
Embeddable widget	-	-
Custom domain whitelabel	-	-
Audience segmentation	-	-
Monorepo support	-	✓
Ci cd integration	-	✓
AI assisted drafting	-	-
View analytics	-	-
Open source self host	-	✓

Capabilities

Conventional commits support

Olvy-

release-please✓

Semver automation

Olvy-

release-please✓

Public hosted page

Olvy-

release-please-

Embeddable widget

Olvy-

release-please-

Custom domain whitelabel

Olvy-

release-please-

Audience segmentation

Olvy-

release-please-

Monorepo support

Olvy-

release-please✓

Ci cd integration

Olvy-

release-please✓

AI assisted drafting

Olvy-

release-please-

View analytics

Olvy-

release-please-

Open source self host

Olvy-

release-please✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Olvy

A platform for collecting and organizing customer feedback from various communication channels, with built-in AI analysis to surface patterns and priorities for product development decisions.

Independently observed

release-please

A tool that automates release management by parsing git commit history, generating changelogs, creating release pull requests, and publishing GitHub releases based on semantic versioning conventions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Olvy

from $60/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Essentials from $60/month, Business $240/month, Enterprise custom pricing.

FreeFree
- 1 Builder
- Unlimited Release Notes
- SEO Settings
- Analyze up to 25 Feedback
- Announcement and Feedback Widgets
- +3 more
Essentials$60/month
- Everything Included in Free
- 1 Builder
- Additional Builders at $25/builder/month
- $20/month per Integration
- Analyze up to 100 Feedback
- +7 more
Business$240/month (20% off yearly)
- Everything Included in Essentials
- 5 Builders
- Unlimited Viewers
- Analyze up to 10,000 Feedback
- Feedback Summarization
- +8 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything Included in Business
- Customized Limits
- Bulk user import
- Single Sign-on / SAML
- Audit Logs
- +5 more

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

release-please

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Olvy	release-please
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Olvy✓

release-please✗

CLI

Olvy✗

release-please✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Olvy✓

release-please✗

Self-hosted

Olvy✗

release-please✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Olvy

10 total

Email
Crisp
HubSpot
Jira
Chrome Extension
Zapier
Twitter
Intercom
Slack
Discord

Independently observed

release-please

2 total

GitHub
GitHub Actions

Independently observed

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Olvy or release-please: which one depends on you

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