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Microsoft Azure DevOps vs UrbanCode Deploy comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure DevOps
Ranking in Release Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
139
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (2nd), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (1st)
UrbanCode Deploy
Ranking in Release Automation
9th
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 September 2026, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure DevOps is 23.9%, down from 30.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of UrbanCode Deploy is 4.7%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure DevOps23.9%
UrbanCode Deploy4.7%
Other71.4%
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Featured Reviews

Bharadwaj Deepak Mohapatra - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at ENTERPRISE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Have built reliable end-to-end pipelines and streamlined cloud provisioning through consistent collaboration practices
I am currently working with open-source tools such as Jenkins for my main CI/CD pipeline, and for enterprise clients, I am using Microsoft Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline. For other clients, I have also implemented CI/CD YAML pipelines through GitLab CI/CD workflow and GitHub Actions. I am creating the end-to-end CI/CD pipeline from development to deployment and monitoring all of this. Azure Boards is easier than Jira for my understanding because there are very easy points to manage the Agile methodology which we work on. Because it is a GUI, sometimes the process may take a few minutes more than the CLI process since the backend is running the exact CLI, but we are commanding through the GUI. There is definitely a time lag, but it is more secure. Microsoft Azure DevOps pipelines work very seamlessly rather than other CI/CD pipelines, as of my understanding. The downside is that the process may take more time when deploying some clusters, Kubernetes, Azure AKS service, or some vast microservice architecture deployments. There may be a little bit of lag I feel, though I cannot tell very strictly that this is a disadvantage, but sometimes it takes a little more time than other cloud infrastructures. All the major things are done by GUI, which is somewhat a little slow. However, if considering automations, process, monitoring, and provisioning, then it is the best cloud service across all the other service providers. Our implementation is a hybrid cloud. Microsoft Azure DevOps is definitely easily scalable. I have worked on many Kubernetes infrastructures and microservice deployments, and I have seen that replication is very good because it is very easy. The replication process is very straightforward. I definitely advocate for using less code because it is very time-consuming. If using GCP or Amazon Web Service, there is more interaction related to work over the CLI process. In terms of Microsoft Azure DevOps, there are many things done by the GUI, which is the best part.
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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

"What I like most about Azure DevOps is how easy it is to manage projects and control deployments."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the CI/CD pipeline, and the testing automation."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps has been very good for creating pipelines, and all the solutions for creating task management for developers and for the business."
"I like a lot of the features in Azure DevOps, including the creation of test plans, the reporting features such as charts and progress reporting, and the user-friendly interface."
"The features that have a significant impact on us include CI/CD, where we have full integration with the source code repository and Azure Pipelines."
"There has been a measurable improvement in productivity of around 40 to 50% after implementing Microsoft Azure DevOps, which has allowed more time to be spent on other things."
"Broadly speaking, we use the product for .NET websites, APIs, data integration, migration, data analysis, job orders, and workflows."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps has helped the developers a lot and we are deploying process changes very frequently and simultaneously. A lot of my team members that are developers are updating the code in parallel using Git. Additionally, Microsoft Azure DevOps is providing a very good approval mechanism. Overall it is benefiting by creating efficiency in production deployment and applications, our new releases are running well. The security of secured is good."
"Centralization of our deployment process Unification of our nonprod and production deployment process"
"The solution is a great tool for hands-on deployment that is straightforward."
"The stability is good. I haven't experienced any issues."
"The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently."
"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 reduced more than 70% of our manual effort when it automated deployment of both UNIX and Windows-based applications using UrbanCode Deploy."
"Our organization has already improved by quite a bit by taking out so much manual intervention from multiple people doing the deployments."
"For DevOps, this tool is one of the best with all its integration capabilities for repositories and various systems."
 

Cons

"The tutorials for building pipelines are an area that is a bit technical for a beginner."
"The solution can improve by adding integration with on-premise tools. The only built-in repository options are GitHub and DevOps."
"The price could be lowered. It would be nice if it was cheaper."
"With Microsoft, I would prefer to have more test plans. It's very difficult to find individual test plan module training."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps could improve by having better integration with other email servers."
"Definitely, there should be more integration between GitHub and Azure DevOps."
"Integration and plugins for other tools could better. Like if you want to integrate the DevOps with other tools that are in the market. This could be for the engineering tools to check code quality, application security tools, and DevOps dashboard tools."
"I occasionally experience slowness with Microsoft Azure DevOps, though not very slow."
"There have been a lot of broken stoppages in uDeploy 6.1.2, particularly in the upgrade."
"In our implementation, we created 16 PMR for this product. 15 of them were solved."
"I would like to see more reporting for container architecture."
"Full blown support for repositories such a SonaType Nexus would be better than having to deploy an agent to watch particular filesystem paths."
"We're running version 4.8.4, which isn't the latest version. This version lacks reporting, which may be improved in the latest version."
"I would like to have the agent up and running at all times, as opposed to only while it is in the DevOps pipeline."
"Licensing structure - pay per machine deployed to."
"We have encountered scalability issues. We did not scale particularly well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I don't know what we pay, but I do know what I've seen online. If we switched to JIRA, we will basically have to double our costs because we still have to pay for the DevOps licensing. We're probably spending $100 a month on it. It has only standard licensing fees."
"The majority of the components are reasonably priced."
"With Azure, you have to pay for every user."
"Compared to other tools, Microsoft Azure DevOps is a cheap solution."
"There is a licensing fee of $6/user per month."
"There are additional costs for some functionality, such as increased scalability."
"It is relatively inexpensive compared to other solutions that necessitate servers and physical hardware."
"The costs are moderate and justify the value provided."
"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."
"Considering COVID-19, the price is too high."
"The cost of the solution is high but it offers great ROI."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Insurance Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise70
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise22
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Jira or Microsoft Azure DevOps?
Jira is a great centralized tool for just about everything, from local team management to keeping track of products and work logs. It is easy to implement and navigate, and it is stable and scalabl...
Which is better - TFS or Azure DevOps?
TFS and Azure DevOps are different in many ways. TFS was designed for admins, and only offers incremental improvements. In addition, TFS seems complicated to use and I don’t think it has a very fri...
Microsoft Azure DevOps: what is your experience regarding pricing and costs ?
I am not much involved in the pricing, licensing, or costing aspects. However, one of my colleagues is involved in the licensing and pricing part, and it is very efficient. We are Microsoft Gold Pa...
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Also Known As

Azure DevOps, VSTS, Visual Studio Team Services, MS Azure DevOps
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Sample Customers

Alaska Airlines, Iberia Airlines, Columbia, Skype
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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