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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
7.0
Number of Reviews
139
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (2nd), Release Automation (1st), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer895359 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Project Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Automatic installation for complex deployments and environments, with good workflow support
I like that really complex deployments are possible with it. It's very good. You have everything you need. You can design your workflows for your needs. You can do so much more, it's not just an automatic installation tool. It's a real deployment tool. I can do the complete deployment with everything that is possible.
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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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"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."
"We have saved on our time costs and have seen more quality."
"We increased our quality and reduced our time costs."
"It gives us good feedback on visualizations and on how our processes have progressed."
"In first pilot run, we achieved five times faster deployment without human work."
"It is a very stable solution and we can rely on pressing a button to perform a full-stack automatic installation that reliably finishes in eight hours instead of a problematic three-week manual installation."
"The measurement and the display functions make it easy to report all the statuses up to management, and it has helped our customers with their time, costs, and resources."
"The metrics gathered after deployment, for example, the rate of success versus the rate of failure."
"I love how easy the solution is to use; it’s intuitive, I don’t need to reference a manual, everything is naturally laid out, you can link your tasks and assign people, the user experience is excellent, and it all just makes sense to me."
"It's a great product for the CI/CD process."
"Detailed logs allow us to pinpoint the exact cause of any issues, making troubleshooting efficient and accurate."
"Two of the most valuable features include the integrated project management suite, which consolidates source code and project management in a single location, and its powerful reporting capabilities."
"I like the fact that there is built-in Power BI. Both are Microsoft tools. So, you can incorporate dashboard capabilities."
"The creation of test plans is valuable and I like the reporting features."
"The product is easy to use and very stable."
"I am satisfied with the functionality of Microsoft Azure DevOps because UFT is for functional testing, but integrating with Microsoft Azure DevOps allows us to track from the beginning to the end."
 

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."
"The stability of the solution can be improved."
"I would like to see more support for WebSphere."
"There are some bugs. For example, during the design of a workflow, important information is lost, it vanishes."
"GUI for mobile phones: Availability to approve and start deployment through mobile phones."
"key thing is support for cloud-based deployment. That is lacking."
"Not a perfect ten because the user interface is brand new and it needs improvement."
"The first time setup can be very complicated."
"Compared to JIRA, I think Azure DevOps is missing some management elements, like some reporting features. It would be helpful if some things were clearer when we're adding attributes. For instance, sometimes we want to add some categories or attributes, and it's not so easy."
"There could more integration with other platforms."
"They have brought a lot of new collaboration features in the latest version. We haven't used those features, but they should continue to expand it more on the collaboration front so that two developers can look at the code and work at the same time. It will be helpful for working from home."
"The solution is generally stable but not entirely issue-free."
"With an ecosystem that has been up and running for some time, you won't have the full-flexibility that you would have with a new ecosystem."
"One area of Microsoft Azure DevOps that has room for improvement is business service level metrics and visibility, which we were trying to achieve but couldn't."
"Incorporating security tools directly into DevOps is crucial, as many existing DevOps solutions lack robust security features."
"They do very frequent releases, there's a complete change in UI kind of stuff. Sometimes it feels like they change it too often."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I can save time and money more quickly."
"We increased our quality and reduced our time costs."
"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."
"Customers often complain about the price."
"The majority of the components are reasonably priced."
"We pay a monthly license for Microsoft Azure DevOps."
"It's a good tool, quite rich, it has a lot of features, and quite a lot of analytical capabilities which are built on top of it so that you can see how your projects are going and all that stuff. It's a good tool."
"The solution is expensive."
"The price is reasonable for the solution."
"There is a license for this solution."
"There are other solutions available that are open source and free, such as GitLab."
"The price is reasonable, but of course, you can find others that are cheaper such as Atlassian."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
15%
Construction Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

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Small Business
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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise70
 

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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...
 

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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