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TeamCity pros and cons

Vendor: JetBrains
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

TeamCity provides excellent source control support with easy integration with IDE and JetBrains products.
Its template and meta-runner features facilitate seamless transitions during new releases, utilizing agent pooling effectively.
TeamCity's flexibility allows integration into a wide range of workflows, accommodating diverse deployment steps tailored to different technologies.
It supports repeatable CI/CD processes across companies, delivering comprehensive feedback on failures and successes through email and Slack.
TeamCity is known for its strong plug-in system, enhancing .NET application building and overall configuration processes.

CONS

Upgrading major versions can be challenging.
REST API lacks features for customizing builds, jobs, and settings.
The documentation can be extensive but difficult to navigate, and more user-friendly resources could be beneficial.
Integrating with certain technologies can require extensive time and support.
Email or other alert systems for discrepancies between staging and production environments could be improved.
 

TeamCity Pros review quotes

it_user781398 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Nov 29, 2017
VCS Trigger: Provides excellent source control support.
it_user781401 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Tools Developer II at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 29, 2017
It's easy to move to a new release because of templates and meta-runners, and agent pooling.
it_user781404 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 29, 2017
Good integration with IDE and JetBrains products.
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it_user809637 - PeerSpot reviewer
Web Developer and Software Architect at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Jan 28, 2018
Using TeamCity and emailing everyone on fail is one way to emphasize the importance of testing code and showing management why taking the time to test actually does saves time from having to fix bugs on the other end.
reviewer841284 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 17, 2019
I have not yet implemented the remote build feature, but this will be a big plus. We want to be able to build legacy products on a build agent without developers needing to have obsolete tool sets installed on their local PC.
AM
Snr. Devops Engineer at Point Guard Ventures
May 7, 2019
It provides repeatable CI/CD throughout our company with lots of feedback on failures and successes to the intended audiences via email and Slack.
RR
Software Developer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Dec 16, 2019
The most valuable aspect of the solution is its easy configuration. It also has multiple plugins that can be used especially for building .net applications.
TS
DevOps Enginee at Local Projects
Jul 2, 2020
TeamCity is very useful due to the fact that it has a strong plug-in system.
reviewer1686387 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Oct 22, 2021
TeamCity's GUI is nice.
Omakoji Idakwoji - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Home Depot
Jul 25, 2022
Time to deployment has been reduced in situations where we want to deploy to production or deploy breaking changes.
 

TeamCity Cons review quotes

it_user781398 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Nov 29, 2017
The upgrade process could be smoother. Upgrading major versions can often cause some pain.
it_user781401 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Tools Developer II at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 29, 2017
REST API support lacks many features in customization of builds, jobs, and settings.
it_user781404 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 29, 2017
I would suggest creating simple and advanced configurations. Advanced configurations will give more customizations like Jenkins does.
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it_user809637 - PeerSpot reviewer
Web Developer and Software Architect at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Jan 28, 2018
Last time I used it, dotnet compilation had to be done via PowerShell scripts. There was actually a lot that had to be scripted.
reviewer841284 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 17, 2019
Their online documentation is fairly extensive, but sometimes you can end up navigating in circles to find answers. I would like them (or partner with someone)​ to provide training classes to help newcomers get things up and running more quickly.
AM
Snr. Devops Engineer at Point Guard Ventures
May 7, 2019
It will benefit this solution if they keep up to date with other CI/CD systems out there.
RR
Software Developer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Dec 16, 2019
If there was more documentation that was easier to locate, it would be helpful for users.
TS
DevOps Enginee at Local Projects
Jul 2, 2020
If TeamCity could create more out of the box solutions to make it more user friendly and create more use cases, that would be ideal.
reviewer1686387 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Oct 22, 2021
We've called TeamCity tech support. Unfortunately, all their tech support is based in Europe, so we end up with such a big time crunch that I now need to have one person in the US.
Omakoji Idakwoji - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Home Depot
Jul 25, 2022
The UI for this solution could be improved. New users don't find it easy to navigate. The need some level of training to understand the ins and the outs.