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AWS CodeDeploy vs UrbanCode Deploy comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS CodeDeploy
Ranking in Release Automation
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
UrbanCode Deploy
Ranking in Release Automation
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of AWS CodeDeploy is 2.3%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of UrbanCode Deploy is 4.6%, down from 6.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS CodeDeploy2.3%
UrbanCode Deploy4.6%
Other93.1%
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Featured Reviews

Harsh Shrivastava - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters
Automated deployments have reduced downtime and now deliver faster, consistent releases
AWS CodeDeploy offers several valuable features, including deployment to fleets of EC2 servers, on-premises servers deployed to data center infrastructure, AWS Lambda for serverless function updates, and Amazon ECS for containerized applications. The feature I use most frequently is deployment to Amazon EC2 instances, where I deploy backend services to EC2 servers, enabling zero-downtime deployment. AWS CodeDeploy supports rolling updates, blue-green deployments, and canary deployments to minimize or eliminate downtime. Additional standout features include consistent deployments across environments, the ability to deploy to development, staging, and production environments, centralized control, integration with CI/CD pipelines, and automatic rollback. AWS CodeDeploy has positively impacted my organization by significantly reducing deployment times to achieve zero downtime during deployments. Generally, it takes very little time for backend services to be deployed to EC2 instances.
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DevOps Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
A handy interface that includes buttons or drag-and-drop options for all functionality
Our company uses the solution for standard, blue-green, and complex deployments. We have 250 users throughout our company.  The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently.  The user interface includes buttons or drag-and-drop options for all functionality. It is easy to create component…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I appreciate the feature for automating the deployment of code to the server."
"You can easily integrate AWS CodeDeploy with multiple services."
"It's just like every other AWS resource I use. It gets the job done."
"The biggest feature of AWS CodeDeploy is its scalability."
"The most valuable features of AWS CodeDeploy are its integration with other AWS services to deploy applications."
"Customer service was very helpful."
"CodeDeploy is very stable. I rate it a 10 for stability."
"I found the default settings of AWS CodeDeploy to be highly beneficial for my deployment workflows. For instance, when deploying a Node.js application, I manually installed the necessary components on my AWS instance, such as the web server required by developers. Then, I created deployment scripts for starting and stopping instances and performing the deployment itself. These scripts were stored alongside my code in GitHub, ensuring they executed seamlessly with the CI/CD pipeline. Since the project wasn't overly complex, I opted for the default settings, which proved to be efficient and straightforward for deployment."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create a deployment process visually and to see that process executing in real time, step by step, with access to log files and with a click of a button."
"It has automated the deployment of tasks to different environments which we were previously only able to do manually."
"Repeatable, reliable deployments from one environment to the next."
"Our organization has already improved by quite a bit by taking out so much manual intervention from multiple people doing the deployments."
"This saves time, and makes the process much more reliable, reversible, repeatable, and traceable."
"The most valuable feature is the snapshot functionality, which allows us to access previous versions of the artifacts."
"UrbanCode Deploy has really transformed the way we do code deployment, connecting development and operations more closely."
"The stability is good. I haven't experienced any issues."
 

Cons

"I faced some stability issues."
"An improvement for the end users would be easier implementation, especially regarding local testing tools for deployment."
"The support and those things are lacking compared to others."
"The documentation could be more detailed, especially for new users."
"AWS should provide its own templates in the console so that I don't need to go anywhere else to get the template for AWS CodeDeploy or AWS CodeBuild."
"AWS CodeDeploy's lack of ability to use independently without CodePipeline or CodeBuild makes it unstable."
"In terms of pricing and return on investment with AWS CodeDeploy, I reflect on the initial period where we faced numerous errors and troubleshooting challenges, resulting in significant bills."
"There will always be room for improvement, however, I cannot think of any specific improvements at the moment."
"Upgrading an existing Urbancode Deploy server is unfortunately quite tricky, as many of the migration scripts for the database need patching and fixes based on the specific customer install."
"Lack of technical expertise available in the market that forces us to rely solely on IBM Professional Services."
"I'm really not that satisfied with the stability of UrbanCode Deploy."
"There have been a lot of broken stoppages in uDeploy 6.1.2, particularly in the upgrade."
"Technical support is bad."
"The resource tree is pretty bulky and slow; making a change to the resource tree manually is pretty difficult when size increases."
"The solution is stable. When multiple deployment jobs are triggered at once, the solution logs the second job until the first is completed. This could impact performance or progress because the solution gets stuck in a holding pattern."
"This solution could be made more flexible with respect to deploying databases."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AWS CodeDeploy has proven to be a cost-effective solution for us, especially considering the benefits we gain from using it. In terms of pricing, AWS is quite affordable, providing excellent value for the features and services it offers."
"Since we are using a dedicated AWS environment, the solution's pricing is fine."
"The product's price is normal."
"It is costly."
"The product is free with EC2."
"The cost of the solution is high but it offers great ROI."
"Considering COVID-19, the price is too high."
"The licensing fees for this solution are based on the number of servers that are being deployed and the number of agents that you have."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Construction Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
16%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
27%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise22
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS CodeDeploy?
The pricing for AWS CodeDeploy has been quite reasonable. It is better compared to peers like Azure, and the licensing cost and setup cost are both quite good for AWS.
What is your primary use case for AWS CodeDeploy?
AWS CodeDeploy is a deployment service that automates application deployments to various compute services. My main use cases include automated application deployments to Amazon EC2 instances, on-pr...
What advice do you have for others considering AWS CodeDeploy?
My advice to others looking into using AWS CodeDeploy is to use it to maximize capabilities in terms of reducing deployment times. It scales with infrastructure so you can deploy to one instance or...
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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
As policy, IBM does not release customer names on non-IBM web sites.  However, public DevOps and UrbanCode Deploy case studies can be found here. IBM's UrbanCode Deploy customers span Small-Medium Businesses to Fortune 500 companies across all industries worldwide.
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