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- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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Streamlining Software Packaging with Advanced Installer
Advanced Installer has been very superb. The device is robust and user-friendly, simplifying the advent of MSI installers. The comprehensive guide documentation is beneficial for troubleshooting. I appreciate the customization alternatives and integration with Visual Studio. Although there was a mastering curve before everything, the efficiency profits and professional consequences make it worth the funding. Overall, Advanced Installer has greatly advanced my software program packaging system.
Pros
What I appreciated most about Advanced Installer is its user-pleasant interface, which makes it clean for anybody to create installers without needing complicated scripting. The device offers a complete variety of features, consisting of support for MSIX, custom issues, and automatic updates. Its built-in wizards streamline the set up manner, making an allowance for quick setups. Additionally, it integrates seamlessly with equipment like Visual Studio and Azure DevOps, becoming smoothly into existing workflows. The responsive guide team is usually to be had to assist solve issues fast, and the software program proves to be cost-effective by using decreasing the need for vast training and further equipment, ultimately decreasing standard development fees.
Cons
What I preferred least approximately Advanced Installer is that its many capabilities can be overwhelming for novices, making the mastering curve steep for those unfamiliar with packaging principles. Additionally, there may be occasional compatibility troubles with specific environments. While the pricing is commonly reasonable, it is probably a concern for smaller corporations or man or woman developers.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Advanced Installer is easy to use and meets my team's needs in style
I've used Advanced Installer for years on home and commercial projects. It's nemesis InstallShield is overpriced, antiquated, and hard to use. Discovering Advanced Installer was a revelation.
Pros
I love Advanced Installer because it has a simple and clean user interface, and the user interface is easy to use. The support I got from the team prior to an Enterprise Edition license was top-notch. We had a non-trivial installer requirement, and they worked hard to get us where we needed to be.
Cons
The Enterprise Edition is not free ;) Seriously, I really have no complaints. It does what I need it to, and the support was a pleasure to do business with.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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Deploying to PC
My experience of Windows and Microsoft is not good. An elephant product that you have to restart and update almost every day. The entire process with certificate etc is overwhelming
As a software under Windows it somewhat inherits the confusing UI. Considering the circumstances (Windows) it is a OK product.
You can read about my adventure here: [sensitive content hidden]
Pros
There are few options on the market that is better considering the circumstances.
Cons
The UI is confusing for such a complex software.
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- Industry: Food Production
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Still our choice
Pros
It seems to be the easiest of the install generators to use.
Cons
Still inevitably complicated, but better than the others. Not cheap.
Alternatives Considered
InstallShieldReasons for Choosing Advanced Installer
It had the functionality we needed, while being simpler and cheaper.Switched From
InstallShield- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Reliable and Customer-Focused: Advanced Installer Delivers Excellence for us Since 2006
Our company has been using Advanced Installer (AI) since 2006 for our product (NewsBoss). Over this time we've watched the AI team continue to develop their product, always implementing the latest Windows installation features, and promptly addressing any issues we or others have reported. The personal service from the AI team is unparalleled and refreshing in the software development industry now days. It's obvious that [sensitive content hidden] and the AI team are dedicated to producing an excellent product and supporting their customers. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Advanced Installer.
Pros
Frequent updated to support latest installation features.
Easy to use UI.
Quick and personal support responses to any issues we've had.
Good UI help and online articles about msi installation.
Cons
Nothing I can think of at all. Excellent product for sure.
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Advanced installer saved our bacon
Pros
Building and maintaining the installer has been a breeze. Changes are simple to manage and the update process was streamlined as soon as we started using the product. Frequent updates help ensure any bugs are quickly realized but more importantly the consistent feature updates help us in ways we hadn’t been thinking about.
Cons
Could be a steep learning curve for some, easily addressed but coming from custom built process it can take a minute to understand the model and how to manage platform and other dependencies.
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Salesforce Customer360Reasons for Switching to Advanced Installer
Easier and cheaper, better features and customer support- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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Good product, although pricing model not attractive to small entrepreneurs/freelancer...
It works, does the job, and have nice features, I just think it lacks some features but I don't even feel like giving feedback because if I do and it's added, I wouldn't receive them because I don't pay the annual amount to get those feature updates.
Pros
It's ease of use is really good, it's easy to manage "projects" and back them up.
Cons
The renewal for perpetual licenses isn't that attractive, you pay half of the original amount for one year updates. One free "LTS" updated version every few years would be welcome.
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WixReasons for Switching to Advanced Installer
The methods and the display of certain features were much more attractive to me.- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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Excellent, flexible product with exceptional support
Not only would I recommend Advanced Installer but I have done so many times during the decade+ I've been using it.
Full disclosure: I receive a complimentary license for Advanced Installer because I am a Microsot MVP. However, I wouild buy a license without that consideration because the product is that good.
Pros
The support team at Caphyon is top three of all companies I've dealt with in more than 30 years of active software use. They are responsive, intelligent, and provide excellent suggestions and corrections.
The feature set is huge and their frequest updates provide real feature enhancements not just window dressing.
Cons
Hard to think of anything... perhaps that It's expensive. But it's worth it. (see disclosure below)
- Industry: Industrial Automation
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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A good solution to installer
Pros
Easy to use and configure with a lot of predefined configurations os prerequisites.
Cons
Expensive annual renewing. It do not upgrade, do not have bug fixes and new Windows or .Net versions on prerequisites!
Alternatives Considered
InstallShieldReasons for Switching to Advanced Installer
Low price than InstallShield but with good features.- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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Simply the best and easy installer builder available
My overall experience with Advanced Installer has been awesome. They have and provide awesome tutorials.
Pros
I like the ease of use and the quality of technical support.
Cons
I can't think of anything I didn't like.
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InstallShieldReasons for Switching to Advanced Installer
Ease of use and options available, price, and support.- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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Requirements MAnagement
Support and documentation to help developer get started and troubleshoot common issues. Provides tecnical support, email, and phone ensuring receive timely assistance and guidance .
Pros
Comprehensive feature set for creating robust and feature rich installation packages.
Cons
Cost more advance features in the paid version.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Effortless Deployment? Make it possible with Advanced Installer
Our overall experience with Advanced Installer was really good, the support we received from the team regarding any technical support was really commandable.
Pros
The best thing about the Advanced Installer is their user-friendliness even someone who has less experience in installation can easily create an installation package with their easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface. It supports a wide range of formats and platforms which is very beneficial. It has a built-in updater which automatically updates the software and keeps it up-to-date.
Cons
Everything about Advanced Installer is good, only negative is we can only be able to use it on Windows if your are looking to use it on other OS like Linus and Mac there is no native support from Advanced Installer. And cost is also bit higher compare to other tools, but it really worth it.
- Industry: Computer Games
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for Free Trial
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An installer with a great architecture
Overall okay. There were some very handy features as mentioned. Like file checksum and advanced monitoring featured. And there were some improvements to be done as well. But I really enjoyed the time with it.
Pros
Mostly the SHA-1 check and Monitoring services can be considered as the best features.
Cons
Probably the pricing and the Report and statistics feature to needs to be improved.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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SoftGlue VS22 & AI MSI development
Event though all my installations and applications are signed and licensed I still get the windows defender malware warring screen although Programs and Features recognizes the publisher and installs and uninstall the application as legitimate signed. I know you told me to buy an EV code. What I don't know and your customer support has never told me, is will getting an EV code illegitimate the windows defender smart screen for the third part web hosting. I'm assuming it would if I hosted myself. Not possible at this time. So I haven't invested in any EV codes. Don't want to be stuck with something that does not work. Question, how does Advanced Installer avoid the smart screen download error problem. how can I incorporate what you do in my AI MSI's. Your installations and your update installs are your own MSI's. How can I do this with my own AI MSI's / EXE's. A question I've had but never answered by Advanced Installer customer service. This is a question not for the gabbing forum. Its legitimate customer service question because it directly affects advanced In stall's business. You cant & wont help to solve it, I go to a competitor who will, with a new 2 year 499 license or not. You can reach me at [sensitive content hidden] if you want to answer this softglue critical question. How does AI avoid the Malwarre smart screen download installation error? Is the EV code absolutely necessary and does AI also purchase EV codes for their own downloaded installations?regards,Mark
Pros
The ability to add your own installation programs. This allowed me to add high MSI / EXE security.
Cons
I use it as basic installation development, so I don't have any.
- Industry: Research
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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A great workbench to package your software
We needed to package multiple tools, made with different languages/platforms in the same installer. This makes for a complex installation requirement, but Advanced Installer was able to offer all that we required to do this successfully.
Pros
Advanced Installer offers a ton of options to customize the installation and to analyze its progress. Available default folders list is particularly rich and that helps us a lot. Furthermore, the ability to choose user/machine installation types is nice to have in an environment where not all users are admins of their machines.
Cons
What makes Advanced Installer great (the great deal of options) also makes it a bit hard (time-consuming) to learn for an effective usage. Maybe some guided steps / a simpler UI in some parts could help in speeding up the learning curve for the novice user.
- Industry: Broadcast Media
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Good for something.
Pros
Advanced Installer for its user-friendly interface, robust features, and efficient application packaging capabilities.
Cons
Sometimes it's difficult to understand the software and I find Advanced Installer's learning curve a bit steep for complex setups.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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A must have installer builder.
I used to create my installers with NSIS. Every changes is the installation required some scripting chnages. Advanced installer is packed with rich features.
Pros
Easy to use. Powerfull. Flexible. Frequent updates adding features.
Cons
Nothing. It's a great tool. I wish I started using it years ago.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Perfect Supporter
It's really good to have a helper like this at my disposal.
Pros
I like most about solving all the complexities regarding the installation of .msi files.
Cons
Sometimes outside of office, I am using computers with other operating systems and I wish this great tool would have worked on that platforms also
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Advanced Installer is a Powerful Tool for creating Software installation Packages.
Pros
Adding prerequisites and setting up file and folder structures are just a few of the common tasks that Advanced Installer can automatically detect and complete. You will spend less time and effort creating your installation packages as a result.
Cons
The aspect of Advanced Installer that I like least is its cost. The Professional edition, which most users will require, costs $399 a year at the beginning.
- Industry: Arts & Crafts
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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excellent tool
Pros
excellent product to manage installation and configuration of your tools
Cons
nothing to complain about this software
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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Feature Review of Advanced installer
We have been able to solve a number of business issues with software distribution thanks to Advanced Installer. First of all, it has simplified packaging, enabling us to produce installation packages quickly and accurately. This has allowed us to deploy our applications with less time and effort. Second, by allowing us to customise the installation process to meet our unique demands, Advanced Installer has helped us increase customer happiness.
Pros
It is very easy to use and it has a user friendly interface that makes it best in its field.
Cons
I have not seen any such dislikes till now but some times some technical issues occurs so that can be improved.
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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Gamechanger for our developers
Pros
First of all the software is easy to use,it also has the ability to let us preview our work in real-time which ensures a smooth workflow. There is also seamless collaboration features which enables my team to work seamlessly regardless of location and best of all it's cost effective
Cons
It's a decent software but I believe that there's room for improvement in terms of updates and customer service
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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A Fantastic, Scalable Installer Solution
Pros
Our company had used several installer solutions prior to Advanced Installer including a competitor (at the time) and our own custom solution. Advanced Installer has been the most stable and most cost effective solution yet. It's worked in our workflow very well.
Cons
The user interface customization of Advanced Installer is probably its weakest point. It does have some limited customization, but maintaining branding properly can be a challenge at first.
- Industry: Animation
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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Quick install
I mostly recommend this advanced installer software to IT field employees and developers. This software has good interface and even beginners can handel without any trouble. This software save time.
Pros
Initially I'm gonna talk about the installation speed of the softwares, that's super fast. I can able to customize the installation components and file location etc. This advance installer helps us to download the softwares and guide us all the steps.
Cons
In the process of some software installation I'm expecting more steps to understand.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Flexible software for packaging our software
Advanced Installer has helped us to professionalize software deployment in a flexible way.
Pros
It offers extensive functionality to package and update software on Windows.It has a built-in updater that allows you to keep your software up-to-date.It allows you to parameterize many aspects of your software installation.
Cons
It has a steep learning curve and may take some time to master.Some features are not available in the Pro version of Advanced Installer.
