We performed a comparison between GoCD and TFS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most notable aspect is its user interface, which we find to be user-friendly and straightforward for deploying and comprehending pipelines. We have the ability to create multiple pipelines, and in addition to that, the resource consumption is impressive."
"The UI is colorful."
"Permission separations mean that we can grant limited permissions for each team or team member."
"The most valuable features are test case writing and bug tracking."
"It has great functionality: work items, backlogs, source code, build releases, and it's easy to use."
"I like the build management features and the integration with Jenkins and many other tools."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is the central repository, and you can see what changes other developers did from which branch."
"The most valuable features are related to source code management. Using TFS for source code management and being able to branch and have multiple developers work on the same projects is valuable. We can also branch and merge code back together."
"The most valuable feature from my point of view is project management, which includes user stories as well as task management."
"The most valuable feature is the backlog."
"The solution is very much stable."
"The documentation really should be improved by including real examples and more setup cases."
"The tool must be more user-friendly."
"The aspect that requires attention is the user management component. When integrating with BitLabs and authenticating through GitLab, there are specific features we desire. One important feature is the ability to import users directly from GitLab, along with their respective designations, and assign appropriate privileges based on that information. Allocating different privileges to users is a time-consuming process for us."
"The test management interface is not very handy."
"TFS on-premise does not support integration with SharePoint Online."
"I would like to see TFS improve its web interface as there are some limitations with IDs and the integration behind it and with open-source tools like VS Code."
"The dashboard and the customization of dashboards is an area they have to work on."
"The manageability and performance of the product are areas of concern where improvements are required."
"Microsoft should discontinue the use of SharePoint as I don’t really see any value add to TFS, document management features can be included in TFS web portal itself, if required!"
"Its pricing could be improved."
"There's not automatic access to test case management and execution."
GoCD is ranked 14th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 6 reviews while TFS is ranked 3rd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 93 reviews. GoCD is rated 7.6, while TFS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of GoCD writes "User-friendly, useful multiple pipeline capabilities, and low resource consumption". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TFS writes "It is helpful for scheduled releases and enforcing rules, but it should be better at merging changes for multiple developers and retaining the historical information". GoCD is most compared with GitLab, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Tekton, GitHub Actions and Jenkins, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and OpenText ALM / Quality Center. See our GoCD vs. TFS report.
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