The most immediate and obvious benefit of using .NET Aspire is the way it eases the developer workstation experience for running distributed systems. It is capable of also offering support for deployment to other environments as well, typically via additional tools. Two examples of tools that make deploying systems easier that you’ll want to be aware of are the Azure Developer command-line interface (azd) and Aspir8 (aspirate). Aspire is also capable of producing a manifest you can use for creating your own custom form of deployment.