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Microsoft Azure DevOps vs UrbanCode 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)
UrbanCode Deploy
Ranking in Release Automation
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure DevOps is 27.1%, down from 34.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of UrbanCode Deploy is 4.6%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure DevOps27.1%
UrbanCode Deploy4.6%
Other68.3%
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.
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DevOps Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
A handy interface that includes buttons or drag-and-drop options for all functionality
Our company uses the solution for standard, blue-green, and complex deployments. We have 250 users throughout our company.  The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently.  The user interface includes buttons or drag-and-drop options for all functionality. It is easy to create component…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We manage the full scope of all our projects on Azure DevOps, including all of our kits, bags, and user storage."
"There are great automation tools."
"This is an all-in-one, one-stop shop, nothing comes close."
"Since it is a cloud product, it is constantly updated and not the responsibility of the user."
"It's very user-friendly, and the documentation is good. The most valuable feature is backlog item creation, where we pick features and other things. The burndown chart created for projects to be maintained by the development teams is also useful."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and performance."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps has positively impacted our project delivery times; it accomplished exactly what we needed at the right time, and there weren't any issues."
"There are a lot of helpful features available for tracking dependencies."
"It was very easy to install and configure IBM UrbanCode Deploy and remotely deploy its agents."
"There are several most valuable features for us: Automation of deployment processes for all our projects, it's user-friendly enough for our development team to access and use on a daily basis, and the lead approval process is one of the unique features in it that can't be found in any other automation tool."
"This saves time, and makes the process much more reliable, reversible, repeatable, and traceable."
"Centralization of our deployment process Unification of our nonprod and production deployment process"
"It reduced more than 70% of our manual effort when it automated deployment of both UNIX and Windows-based applications using UrbanCode Deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the snapshot functionality, which allows us to access previous versions of the artifacts."
"Repeatable, reliable deployments from one environment to the next."
"The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently."
 

Cons

"I would like to automate notifications on sprint planning."
"Templates could be improved."
"The active directory password system needs some improvement because many times the password for the active directory expires before the set time."
"It lacks integration with Office 365."
"I want DevOps to have more automated reminders about tasks that don't need management. We don't have reminders, so a project manager must track the tasks."
"This solution is not as good as Jira when it comes to project management and I think they know it, but it's good enough."
"The tool has a logical link between epic feature, user story, and task, but when you try to generate a report to show the delivery progress against a feature, it is not easy. To see the percentage completion for a feature or progress of any delivery, it is not easy to draw a report."
"There are some areas that need improvement such as tracking."
"The technical support of the solution could definitely be improved as PMRs take long to resolve."
"Full blown support for repositories such a SonaType Nexus would be better than having to deploy an agent to watch particular filesystem paths."
"There have been a lot of broken stoppages in uDeploy 6.1.2, particularly in the upgrade."
"The interface allows access in a number of ways but that can be confusing."
"We're running version 4.8.4, which isn't the latest version. This version lacks reporting, which may be improved in the latest version."
"If you really want to scale up, it's going to get a little complicated. You'll have to do some configurations to make it work."
"In our implementation, we created 16 PMR for this product. 15 of them were solved."
"The scalability of this application needs improvement. Changes and variations in the application become bottlenecks as they need to be more seamless and comfortable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing costs are reasonable."
"This product could maybe be cheaper. My organization handled licensing, so I'm not aware of which subscription they have."
"For Microsoft, it can get expensive when you need heavy-duty machines."
"Compared to other tools, Microsoft Azure DevOps is a cheap solution."
"There is a license for this solution."
"There is a license for this solution."
"The price is reasonable for the solution."
"The costs are moderate and justify the value provided."
"The licensing fees for this solution are based on the number of servers that are being deployed and the number of agents that you have."
"Considering COVID-19, the price is too high."
"The cost of the solution is high but it offers great ROI."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
31%
Insurance Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise69
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise22
 

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
As policy, IBM does not release customer names on non-IBM web sites.  However, public DevOps and UrbanCode Deploy case studies can be found here. IBM's UrbanCode Deploy customers span Small-Medium Businesses to Fortune 500 companies across all industries worldwide.
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