We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure DevOps and UrbanCode Deploy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, GitLab, Red Hat and others in Release Automation."Detailed logs allow us to pinpoint the exact cause of any issues, making troubleshooting efficient and accurate."
"The most valuable feature is that it brings order to our projects, and we know the status of each one at every moment."
"The simplicity is very good and the customer experience is also great."
"Some of the valuable features are the interface and the workflows are easy to learn and to manage."
"Monitoring is most valuable."
"Great project management feature and Git-based repository."
"DevOps is easy to use because we can arrange each task in a project and follow up with the testing, development, and business teams. We manage everything through this."
"It is a really easy way to define all of the features that you need to deliver. You can link those features to epics and break them down into user stories. You can also assign the user stories into sprints for doing your product improvement planning."
"Stable solution that's good for automating the CI/CD pipeline: from development to production."
"The stability is good. I haven't experienced any issues."
"The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently."
"The most valuable feature is the snapshot functionality, which allows us to access previous versions of the artifacts."
"The most valuable functionality is the ability to define the deployment process, schedule the deployment and automatically execute the deployments to different environments."
"It is very easy to make a software release. It used to take us at least a couple of hours to make a release, now we went to production with a new one last night. This new release took me five minutes."
"The main issue that I have is the connection speed. Sometimes, the response is too slow. I am based in Taiwan, and I am not sure if it is because of broadband or something else. Its initial configuration is also a little bit difficult."
"I have not been able to use the integration with automation features, such as test management automation, with a framework that is written in Java."
"The solution's roadmap and Gantt charts could be improved."
"It would be great if I could integrate with a human resource type of software that could control timesheets."
"They could provide clearer guidance on deployment practices for the product."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps should create some training materials."
"I think Azure DevOps could improve the traceability or business intelligence about the execution of DevOps processes."
"The administrative capabilities of the tool need a huge improvement. Its Wiki and reporting also need a lot of improvement. Their support can also be better."
"I would like to see more reporting for container architecture."
"The interface allows access in a number of ways but that can be confusing."
"The technical support of the solution could definitely be improved as PMRs take long to resolve."
"I certainly would like to have a better way to pass information between deployment steps using UrbanCode Deploy because that's really difficult to do."
"I would like to have the agent up and running at all times, as opposed to only while it is in the DevOps pipeline."
"The scalability of this application needs improvement. Changes and variations in the application become bottlenecks as they need to be more seamless and comfortable."
Microsoft Azure DevOps is ranked 1st in Release Automation with 124 reviews while UrbanCode Deploy is ranked 6th in Release Automation with 27 reviews. Microsoft Azure DevOps is rated 8.2, while UrbanCode Deploy is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure DevOps writes "Good support, helpful management capabilities, and great Kanban boards". On the other hand, the top reviewer of UrbanCode Deploy writes "It offers OOTB plugins for middleware". Microsoft Azure DevOps is most compared with GitLab, Jira, TFS and Rally Software, whereas UrbanCode Deploy is most compared with GitLab, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Octopus Deploy, HCL Launch and BMC Release Lifecycle Management.
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