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Automic Continuous Delivery Automation [EOL] vs Microsoft Azure DevOps comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Automic Continuous Delivery...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Azure DevOps
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
132
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (2nd), Release Automation (1st), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

MJ
The main benefit is you can deploy everything with it, but everybody has to need to use this tool in the organization
The main benefit is you can deploy everything with it, but everybody has to need to use this tool in the organization. If some organizations have their own tool, it is hard to make it clear that ARA would be better if everyone used it, because it provides a benefit when you can monitor all the users.
Ivan Angelov - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates agile transformation with potential for enhanced intuitiveness
What I liked about the solution is that it offers numerous features that are not available by default unless you are agile. Transitioning from the traditional Waterfall model to an agile methodology was challenging for us. Until 2020, our team predominantly worked with the Waterfall approach, using local tools like ServiceNow. We had a few team members who were familiar with Agile ISO, but none had experience with Azure. Therefore, we pursued Azure certification at the AZ-900 level. Our company organized a training session with a certified Azure expert, which was extremely beneficial for adopting best practices during the initial three months. This preparation helped us get accustomed to the new tool, as transitioning to a new system invariably requires time. Managing a pipeline of deliverables became significantly easier with this solution. We utilized it for stories and integrated change management with Azure DevOps. Eventually, everything related to the environment was organized there, enabling us to follow up and track progress with our technical engineers on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis. Reports were automatically generated and sent to management, offering them insights into our progress concerning the predefined roadmap.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I would say our headwind, or our time to market, is reduced considerably. We get more consistent results out of it, because you write one time and once it's automated you expect it to behave the same way every time. And it cut down a lot of re-work for us."
"It can support very complex environments and dependencies."
"The product provides efficiency, in terms time, cost, and resources."
"We have saved on our time costs and have seen more quality."
"Self-service for developers, because they are able to deploy to development departments on their own, without needing people from operations."
"You can design your workflows for your needs."
"The main benefit is you can deploy everything with it."
"The capability to provide visibility to the stakeholders, to management, is the biggest piece that showcases what the solution is about."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and performance."
"This solution works with other Microsoft solutions pretty easily. It was easy to integrate everything into all the other tools that we were using. It integrates very seamlessly."
"It is stable, and we have had no issues with it."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure DevOps are high-level protection. The protection is very important to the customers to prevent eavesdropping. eavesdropping is when a hacker tries to get into the solution. With this solution is it difficult for them to do it."
"The solution is scalable."
"Setting up Azure DevOps was straightforward. It's easy to use the default templates. Everything is under our control, so it's simple to implement new requirements."
"It is a cloud-based system. So, it is stable and scalable."
"This solution is stable."
 

Cons

"GUI for mobile phones: Availability to approve and start deployment through mobile phones."
"If you have a technical problem and need development of the tool, the support team is terrible, because they cannot help with the technical details."
"At the moment, the version that we are using (version 12.0), the environment is complex with multiple installations. Therefore, the monitoring is not scalable, but this should be improved in 12.1 and 12.2."
"It would be very beneficial for us to see integrations into cloud environments, especially into the Google Cloud environment because we are heading towards cloud."
"One of the biggest features I've been asked by my team to put in there is opening more scripting languages to be part of the platform. There is a little bit of a learning curve in learning how to code some of the workflows in Automic at this time. If widely used languages like Perl and Python were integrated, on top of what's already there, the proprietary language, it would make it easier to on-board new resources."
"There needs to be better error handling and error descriptions. It should be more clear what the errors are and what we can do to fix them."
"We hope that we can integrate the new CD Directive into our portfolio, so we can bring the deployment and release management closer together."
"The stability of the solution can be improved."
"Requirements management is an area that can be improved."
"Service monitoring should be improved."
"The testing environment and different pipelining concepts can be improved."
"At times, our development work encounters issues, particularly when executing numerous CI/CD processes."
"The functions have too much dependency right now, so it makes it really, really hard to upgrade and make a change in the code."
"Non-functional testing such as security testing, log testing, and performance testing can be improved with a better visualization."
"I can't think of anything I would like to improve, since I don't have complete knowledge of the platform yet. I'm sure that as I gain more experience, I will understand it better. The price could maybe be cheaper, but I'm sure I'll have more ideas as to improvements and additional features once I've used it more."
"The dashboards need bigger with better extensions and layouts. There isn't a workflow related to the statuses on the dashboard. It only lists the statuses. You can have one started, and once done, but everything in between is only in progress and could be in any order you want, it lacks flow."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I can save time and money more quickly."
"We increased our quality and reduced our time costs."
"Customers often complain about the price."
"If you have a fixed contract, it has limits to spreading out. If you have a flexible enterprise license contract, then you have a lot of scalability for this tool."
"I don't have a problem with the pricing."
"It has an annual subscription. It can be cheaper for partners. Many open-source products are available in the market, and it would be great if they can be a little bit more competitive in terms of pricing. A lot of startups are looking for an open-source, free, or cheap solution. If they can accommodate such requirements, it will be good for the product in the long run."
"The licensing costs are reasonable."
"The solution's deployment and licensing costs are very cheap compared to those of its competitors."
"We purchase the solution on an annual basis."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps is an expensive solution."
"The cost is quite affordable."
"There is a license for this solution."
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Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
 

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Also Known As

CA Continuous Delivery Automation, Automic Release Automation, Automic ONE Automation, UC4 Automation Platform
Azure DevOps, VSTS, Visual Studio Team Services, MS Azure DevOps
 

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