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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
133
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

"The main benefit is you can deploy everything with it."
"The event monitor is very good. You can monitor when the file is created so you can pick up the file once it's done."
"The capability to provide visibility to the stakeholders, to management, is the biggest piece that showcases what the solution is about."
"You can design your workflows for your needs."
"It provides a wonderful user interface which is easy to use."
"I think on a day-to-day basis, it has increased the capacity to deploy. We don't have to wait for someone to do something."
"It gives us good feedback on visualizations and on how our processes have progressed."
"We have saved on our time costs and have seen more quality."
"Our technical sales staff and business development people need to know how far the developers are on any product that we're developing. DevOps makes it easier for you to see how far along they are with the work because they have a repository where they store everything. There is a portal where you can see what has been done, what has been tested, what is working, and what isn't. I have a huge dashboard with an overview of what the development team is doing from an executive point of view."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps has been very good for creating pipelines, and all the solutions for creating task management for developers and for the business."
"The work items option is incredibly flexible."
"The most valuable aspect of Azure DevOps for me is its robust version control functionality, which is critical for our workflow."
"Overall, so far we have no major issues to report."
"The extensibility of the work item forms and customizations as well as the backend API to query the data, et cetera, and manipulate the data programmatically are all very valuable aspects of the product."
"The available Kanban board is the best feature for management decisions."
"It is good for monitoring purposes. We are using the build pipelines of Microsoft Azure. They are also valuable."
 

Cons

"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."
"There is an issue with the stability in the tool. The process of agent will stop, then the monitoring agent can't be recognized because the process is running, but you can talk with the system."
"The stability of the solution can be improved."
"The dashboard should allow you to see the current state of packages in each environment, not only on an individual application basis, but across the entire application platform."
"GUI for mobile phones: Availability to approve and start deployment through mobile phones."
"I would like to see more support for WebSphere."
"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."
"We hope that we can integrate the new CD Directive into our portfolio, so we can bring the deployment and release management closer together."
"I would like to see new features added."
"As for improvement, the first one is pricing. For us, luckily because we are partners, it's free. Microsoft gold partners do not have to pay, but if you're not a partner, the product is very expensive."
"While reporting in Azure DevOps is a robust capability, there's always room for enhancement, particularly in providing more granular reports."
"With Microsoft, I would prefer to have more test plans. It's very difficult to find individual test plan module training."
"In comparison to JIRA, I believe DevOps has very poor reporting and metrics support."
"We did have some brief performance issues, however, that was due to putting everything on one epic instead of breaking a project up."
"The price could be lowered. It would be nice if it was cheaper."
"One potential enhancement in Azure DevOps could be integrating more customizable reporting features, particularly for Power BI integration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 can save time and money more quickly."
"Customers often complain about the price."
"We increased our quality and reduced our time costs."
"We have an MPN subscription for Microsoft Azure DevOps, and it's all included."
"There is a licensing fee of $6/user per month."
"This product could maybe be cheaper. My organization handled licensing, so I'm not aware of which subscription they have."
"Compared to other tools, Microsoft Azure DevOps is a cheap solution."
"I find that the pricing is good, and it is competitive with the other vendors in the market."
"It is a subscription model and I only pay for what I use."
"There is a license for this solution."
"The pricing is very competitive because of the whole development cycle by Azure DevOps. You don't have to buy and integrate several different tools."
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Manufacturing Company
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Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
 

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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...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure DevOps?
Valuable features for project management and tracking in Azure DevOps include a portal displaying test results, check-in/check-out activity, and developer/tester productivity.
 

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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