AWS CodeDeploy vs Microsoft Azure DevOps comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are both solutions in the Release Automation category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.8, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 2.2% mindshare in RA, compared to Microsoft’s 39.5% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

AWS CodeDeploy

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75% willing to recommend

Microsoft Azure DevOps

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between AWS CodeDeploy and Microsoft Azure DevOps based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Release Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed AWS CodeDeploy vs. Microsoft Azure DevOps Report (Updated: December 2024).

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AWS CodeDeploy vs. Microsoft Azure DevOps

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Categories and Ranking

AWS CodeDeploy

Ranking in Release Automation

4th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Azure DevOps

Ranking in Release Automation

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

130

Ranking in other categories

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (2nd), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of AWS CodeDeploy is 2.2%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure DevOps is 39.5%, up from 35.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Antony Kilament Raj

AWS Devops Engineer at CX Consultic

The default settings of AWS CodeDeploy are highly beneficial for my deployment workflows

There aren’t many improvements that can be made. In one of my projects, I initially didn't implement CodeDeploy directly. Instead, I stored my private key in Secret Manager and integrated it with my build spec to seamlessly work with GCP's Cloud Build. However, after using CodeDeploy, I haven't encountered any significant issues or areas that urgently need improvement. Overall, I'm quite satisfied with the features and functionality of AWS CodeDeploy.

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Akshat Prakash

Consultant at BP

Allows us to deploy code to production without releasing certain features immediately and agile project management capabilities offer resource-leveling

My company has experienced benefits from using it or from recent updates in Azure Pipelines. For instance, we can manage different code versions from the same repository across different environments. We also use feature flags; the code is deployed, but the feature can be made visible to the end user at a later time. Additionally, as part of the deployment, we integrate automated and regression testing, which stops the deployment if testing fails, thus preventing regression bugs. This saves time and increases productivity by reducing the need for manual testing. Lastly, it integrates with the project management aspects, allowing us to link code deployments with project milestones. Azure DevOps supported our shift towards DevOps culture or practices. We shifted to the cloud environment and started migrating from our data centers about eight or nine years back. It has been a long journey. However, we have used Azure DevOps for almost five to six years in every project. We also use automation testing in Azure, so we have an integrated test suite that allows us to perform functional and regression testing effectively via the Azure DevOps system.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I found the default settings of AWS CodeDeploy to be highly beneficial for my deployment workflows. For instance, when deploying a Node.js application, I manually installed the necessary components on my AWS instance, such as the web server required by developers. Then, I created deployment scripts for starting and stopping instances and performing the deployment itself. These scripts were stored alongside my code in GitHub, ensuring they executed seamlessly with the CI/CD pipeline. Since the project wasn't overly complex, I opted for the default settings, which proved to be efficient and straightforward for deployment."

"I can integrate it with other AWS services."

"CodeDeploy is quite easy to use within the AWS ecosystem."

"The product's initial setup phase is easy."

"The product is easy to use."

"The most valuable features of AWS CodeDeploy are its integration with other AWS services to deploy applications."

"It's just like every other AWS resource I use. It gets the job done."

"It is very flexible."

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"Microsoft has good integration with its other products, such as Office, Teams, et cetera."

"My team likes the integration that Microsoft Azure DevOps has with GitHub and Microsoft Teams. The solution is well integrated with other Microsoft tools in one place, it is very good."

"Great project management feature and Git-based repository."

"The build and release management features are valuable."

"Overall, so far we have no major issues to report."

"What I like the most is the DevOps Boards. It's easy to create a hierarchical project structure, assign tasks to people, and to track their tasks."

"Azure DevOps is complete and meets all of your expectations. You can develop your own plugins to customize it however you want, so it's highly flexible. We develop personalized plugins or use ones that other programmers create for the Azure Marketplace."

"I like the fact that there is built-in Power BI. Both are Microsoft tools. So, you can incorporate dashboard capabilities."

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Cons

"The support and those things are lacking compared to others."

"Improvements could be made to AWS CodeDeploy in terms of its agent's compatibility across different operating systems. Currently, there are instances where the agent may not work seamlessly with certain integrations, leading to issues with registering protocols on authorized servers."

"AWS should provide its own templates in the console so that I don't need to go anywhere else to get the template for AWS CodeDeploy or AWS CodeBuild."

"We have faced some issues and bugs along the way when it comes to stability."

"Deployment and stability should be improved."

"AWS CodeDeploy's lack of ability to use independently without CodePipeline or CodeBuild makes it unstable."

"AWS CodeDeploy doesn't provide multiple plugins like Jenkins, which is a shortcoming where improvements are required."

"There will always be room for improvement, however, I cannot think of any specific improvements at the moment."

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"There is only one key area of improvement for me. The new imaging thing is that there is DevOps, where security is important because it is always lasting. So, to integrate security in our DevOps, that would be nice."

"I would like to see DevOps have the ability to give us something with a compatibility or traceability matrix."

"The user interface could be improved."

"Another area is the Azure monitoring agent for Citrix machines. There's room for improvement there too."

"There are certain features, and reporting that can only be used in PowerBI, but not directly in DevOps."

"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."

"They could provide clearer guidance on deployment practices for the product."

"Improving the metrics that are readily available on the dashboard would be very helpful."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is free with EC2."

"Since we are using a dedicated AWS environment, the solution's pricing is fine."

"It is costly."

"The product's price is normal."

"AWS CodeDeploy has proven to be a cost-effective solution for us, especially considering the benefits we gain from using it. In terms of pricing, AWS is quite affordable, providing excellent value for the features and services it offers."

"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 price is reasonable, but of course, you can find others that are cheaper such as Atlassian."

"The licensing costs are reasonable."

"The majority of the components are reasonably priced."

"There is a license for this solution."

"As a Microsoft Partner, you get a discount on the pricing. Licensing costs are around $80 a month for DevOps, but for Azure, it is about $200 a month."

"Its pricing is reasonable for the number of features that you get and the functionality that you can utilize for the agile delivery, which is what we are using it for. I found it extremely cost-effective."

"For the basic license, it is around five euros per month."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

University

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS CodeDeploy?

Automation of Deployments

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS CodeDeploy?

AWS CodeDeploy is a fair value for money, with pricing rated as a seven out of ten.

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What is your primary use case for AWS CodeDeploy?

We use CodeDeploy to deploy services onto different platforms within AWS, such as EC2 services or containers like EKS, which is part of Kubernetes, or Elastic Container Services like ECS. This depe...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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Overview

AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates code deployments to any instance, including Amazon EC2 instances and instances running on-premises. AWS CodeDeploy makes it easier for you to rapidly release new features, helps you avoid downtime during deployment, and handles the complexity of updating your applications. You can use AWS CodeDeploy to automate deployments, eliminating the need for error-prone manual operations, and the service scales with your infrastructure so you can easily deploy to one instance or thousands.

Microsoft Azure DevOps is a cloud service that enables developers to collaborate on code development projects and create and deploy applications quicker than ever before. The service helps unite developers, project managers, and software development experts through a collaborative experience while using the application. For the users' convenience, Azure DevOps offers the user cloud services through Azure DevOps Services or an on-premises service using Azure DevOps Server. In addition, it supports integration with additional services and adding extensions, including the ability for the user to create their own custom extensions.

Azure DevOps provides a variety of unified features that can be accessed through their web browser or IDE client, such as:

Azure Pipelines - Develop and deploy services to support ongoing application integration and delivery. Azure pipelines, which work with almost every project type and most languages, will automatically test code projects in order to make them available to others.
Azure Artifacts - Share packages and integrate package sharing between teams. Packages include NuGet, npm, and Maven, in addition to other private and public sources. Developers can now share and consume packages with other developers from different public registries.
Azure Repos - Offers source control of your code through Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) or Git repositories. Developers can now keep track of any changes that are made in their code over the course of their project.
Azure Test Plans - Offers continuous and manual/exploratory app testing through several tools. Test Suites, or a collection of Test Cases, are grouped together in a container called a Test Plan.
Azure Boards - Provides a suite of Agile tools to track work, support planning, code defects, and general issues while using Kanban and Scrum software. Teams are in need of tools that are flexible and will help them grow. Azure Boards is a service that helps developers manage their software projects.

Benefits of Microsoft Azure DevOps

Microsoft Azure DevOps offers many benefits, including:

A quick setup and easy deployment
An elastic scale
Exceptional security
No-maintenance operations
Effortless collaboration through domains
The ability to create and deploy products faster than traditional software

Reviews from Real Users

Microsoft Azure DevOps stands out among its competitors for a variety of reasons. Two major ones are its ability to forecast how long each task will take and the ability for users to follow the entire development process.

PeerSpot viewers note the effectiveness of this solution. An executive chief operating officer for a cloud provider notes, “We can forecast tasks and the number of hours a task will take and can compare it with how long a task actually takes.”

Carlos H., a product and system director at SPCM, writes, “I think the most usable thing is that you can follow the whole progress of the development process. This makes it very useful for us.”

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

Alaska Airlines, Iberia Airlines, Columbia, Skype

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