Microsoft Azure DevOps vs Octopus Deploy comparison

Microsoft and Octopus Deploy are both solutions in the Release Automation category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while Octopus Deploy is ranked #12. Microsoft holds a 31.2% mindshare in RA, compared to Octopus Deploy’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Octopus Deploy users who would recommend it.

Microsoft Azure DevOps

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

Microsoft Azure DevOps and Octopus Deploy compete in software development and deployment tools. While Azure DevOps holds the upper hand with comprehensive features, Octopus Deploy's strengths in deployment offer significant appeal.

Features: Azure DevOps offers extensive project management, collaboration tools, and continuous integration capabilities. It integrates with Microsoft services and provides scalable solutions for complex projects. Octopus Deploy focuses on deployment automation with multi-cloud support and extensive release management. Azure's broad functionality contrasts with Octopus's specialized deployment features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Octopus Deploy is known for its specialized deployment capabilities and dedicated support. Azure DevOps offers a comprehensive deployment model with support from the Microsoft ecosystem. Octopus efficiently handles deployment automation, while Azure provides broader deployment services.

Pricing and ROI: Azure DevOps offers competitive pricing for its comprehensive services, potentially leading to higher ROI across projects. Octopus Deploy, with higher initial costs, can achieve significant ROI in deployment-heavy environments. Azure's value comes from integration with Microsoft suites, while Octopus benefits from deployment efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure DevOps

Ranking in Release Automation

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

135

Ranking in other categories

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

Octopus Deploy

Ranking in Release Automation

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure DevOps is 31.2%, down from 40.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Octopus Deploy is 2.5%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Release Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Microsoft Azure DevOps	31.2%
Octopus Deploy	2.5%
Other	66.3%

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Ivan Angelov

Project Executive at synergyc

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.

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AbhishekSingh11

Infrastructure Solutions Architect at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees

Easy to set up with intuitive UI and good reliability

I haven't used support. Since it is on-prem, our tech support would manage to troubleshoot. There might have been instances where there have been some issues with the on-prem version that I don't know of. Our tech support may have touched base with the. However, I don't have that level of visibility.

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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

"The solution is scalable."

"What I like most about Azure DevOps is how easy it is to manage projects and control deployments."

"One of the main features is the user interface is very good."

"Azure DevOps is highly valued for being an all-in-one solution."

"Azure Port is considered the most valuable feature."

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

"The user interface is very friendly."

"Some of the valuable features are the functionality and the wide range of capabilities."

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"Deployment is valuable. It deploys well."

"The rollback feature has been most valuable. We can write scripts from scratch. Octopus maintains an independent package for every deployment."

"The UI is very intuitive."

Cons

"When converting to DevOps, it was difficult to map."

"We are currently in the process of moving all of our on-prem to the cloud platform. We are trying to make that move and host the majority of our DevOps services in the cloud because the cloud is where most of the things are going nowadays. However, the process of this transfer is not straightforward, and it could be a lot easier. Microsoft hasn't provided the maturity for migration tools. It could be a lot easier in that respect. I want to see them continue to advance the API capabilities. They could add some more robust functionality to the administrative layer within ADO services. There are a lot of configuration elements that you need to take care of at the organization level and the project configuration level from an administrative capacity. When you're dealing with process templates and things of that nature, you have to do them all manually. Being able to automate some of that using scripts or API functionality would be really nice."

"It should be able to handle the different types. There is ecosystems engineering, and there is software applications engineering. There is a need to bring these teams together, but the disciplines don't integrate very well, and so it won't work."

"I would like to see more customization available to the administrator."

"Microsoft Azure DevOps could improve by providing better integration with other tools. It is very easy to integrate with Azure, but when you need to integrate with other solutions, such as Amazon Web Services, is difficult."

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

"Right now, they tend to have a limit of 1,000 tasks per sprint, and some of their web-based boards, such as the Kanban boards, no longer display tasks. Once you hit over a certain number of task limits, you need to increase those limits."

"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."

More Microsoft Azure DevOps cons

"You've got to jump through a few hoops to get some things configured, but if set up, you can do so many different things in it. So, there is complexity."

"This solution could be improved by making it easier to divide variables in YAML file or JSON files."

"There could be scope for more integration with other platforms."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost is quite affordable."

"I don't know the pricing of DevOps. It would be much cheaper than ALM because ALM came out as a software product initially. Now they are moving into a cloud and subscription model. In that case, Microsoft is coming from Azure and the cloud and DevOps and software as a service, so it would be much cheaper, but the catch would be that they are trying to get money on all the sides, like an operating system, Microsoft Office, or Microsoft Azure DevOps."

"I don't have a problem with the pricing."

"There is a licensing fee of $6/user per month."

"The main agile features are very expensive."

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

"The solution's deployment and licensing costs are very cheap compared to those of its competitors."

"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."

More Microsoft Azure DevOps pricing and cost advice

"I don't know the exact cost, but it's not exorbitant. It may be a couple of thousand dollars a year or something like that. I'm not sure, but it's reasonable. We get value for money out of it."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

16%

Media Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	42
Midsize Enterprise	26
Large Enterprise	69

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Questions from the Community

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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Also Known As

Azure DevOps, VSTS, Visual Studio Team Services, MS Azure DevOps

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Overview

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.”

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