Argo CD

Pros of Argo CD

  • Tight integration with Kubernetes

    • Diffing wanted vs actual manifests
    • See status of all deployed resources (Running, Pending, Failed)
    • Health checks reporting
  • Selective deployments (redeploy only things that failed or changed)

  • SSO integration

  • Rollback support

  • Graph visualization of deployed resources

  • CLI

  • Prometheus metrics

  • Donated to CNCF

  • Git GPG integration (verification)

  • Super rich documentation

  • Status badges from Argo CD

Pros of Wharf

  • Build images, not just deploying them

  • Publish more than just Kubernetes resources (docker images, artifacts, etc)