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Microsoft Azure DevOps vs Octopus Deploy comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure DevOps
Ranking in Release Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
137
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
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure DevOps is 28.6%, down from 36.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Octopus Deploy is 2.1%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure DevOps28.6%
Octopus Deploy2.1%
Other69.3%
Release Automation
 

Featured Reviews

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.
reviewer2006736 - PeerSpot reviewer
MS Apps Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reasonable price, simple to deploy, and does everything we want
We're a DevOps team., and its use case is deployment. That's the only thing it does. Our version is relatively recent Deployment is valuable. It deploys well. 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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure DevOps is its capacity to cover all the phases of a developer team."
"I think the Azure methodology and all those DevOps features in the dashboard are very effective in our environment."
"It has a good GUI, and it's very user-friendly."
"All of the features related to release management are very good."
"This solution is stable."
"The installation is very straightforward."
"The most valuable aspect of Azure DevOps for me is its robust version control functionality, which is critical for our workflow."
"Typically the sprints themselves and managing the tasks have essentially eliminated our need for reporting."
"The UI is very intuitive."
"Deployment is valuable. It deploys well."
"This has always been our choice for continuous product development."
"The rollback feature has been most valuable. We can write scripts from scratch. Octopus maintains an independent package for every deployment."
"The rollback feature has been most valuable; we can write scripts from scratch, and Octopus maintains an independent package for every deployment."
"It's a deployment tool; it does one thing, and it does it well."
 

Cons

"Some things, like project management, tasks, progress, and having work progress views, require us to use some external tools or to create our own internal tools."
"The active directory password system needs some improvement because many times the password for the active directory expires before the set time."
"Not all companies use the same methodology which could limit the use of this solution."
"The functions have too much dependency right now, so it makes it really, really hard to upgrade and make a change in the code."
"It is very difficult to integrate the product with third-party tools."
"The price could be lowered. It would be nice if it was cheaper."
"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."
"The initial three months were particularly challenging, and without the help of an external consultant, adapting to the change in work processes would have been difficult."
"There could be scope for more integration with other platforms."
"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."
"This solution could be improved by making it easier to divide variables in YAML file or JSON files."
"This solution could be improved by making it easier to divide variables in YAML file or JSON files."
"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."
"There could be scope for more integration with other platforms."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of Azure DevOps falls within the average range and it is fixed."
"The reason that customers are going to the cloud is that it provides the ability to reduce the license cost. For example, when purchasing Office 365 it is bundled with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and many other applications. In the past, purchasing a license was approximately $600. Today it's only $35 or $45 per customer, per client, or per user, plus the storage. It's less expensive for companies today, to use something, such as Microsoft Azure DevOps, and provide the software to all the employees needing a license. It's better to go with the cloud than just to buy the licenses by themselves."
"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."
"It is relatively inexpensive compared to other solutions that necessitate servers and physical hardware."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps is free for up to five users and allows you to track a maximum of three projects."
"For the basic license, it is around five euros per month."
"Licensing cost per user is approximately $11 to $15. We have about 400 users, but not all are active. We have around 200 to 300 active users."
"Compared to other tools, Microsoft Azure DevOps is a cheap solution."
"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%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Retailer
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise68
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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...
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...
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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Sample Customers

Alaska Airlines, Iberia Airlines, Columbia, Skype
Microsoft, NASA, Cisco, Domain, HP, Symantec, 3M, Philips
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