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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
7th
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 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 UrbanCode Deploy is 4.1%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure DevOps28.6%
UrbanCode Deploy4.1%
Other67.3%
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 are 100% satisfied with it."
"I definitely like the pipelines and the ease of management once you're in an enterprise, the controlling security, the ease of access, the free plans, the developer plans, and the licensing structure in general."
"DevOps is easy to use because we can arrange each task in a project and follow up with the testing, development, and business teams, and we manage everything through this."
"It is good for monitoring purposes. We are using the build pipelines of Microsoft Azure. They are also valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and performance."
"The most valuable feature is that we can run integrations with DevOps, and from a QA and testing perspective we can run those tests, integrate automation tools, and run those tests as part of the deployment process so that every time we are deploying something it automatically runs all the tests."
"The solution offers great features including the project management feature and the Git-based repository, and there is also the Azure pipelines and release artifact so you have all the functionality in one tool."
"The one thing that really stands out to me is how you can filter and how you can do your reporting and filter the tasks and everything by user."
"Stable solution that's good for automating the CI/CD pipeline: from development to production."
"Customer Service: Perfect. IBM has one of the best customer services."
"The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently."
"Getting the deployments automated adds a lot of value."
"Automated deployment forces the organization to standardize runtimes, development output and handling of platform provisioning."
"It was very easy to install and configure IBM UrbanCode Deploy and remotely deploy its agents."
"Our organization has already improved by quite a bit by taking out so much manual intervention from multiple people doing the deployments."
"For DevOps, this tool is one of the best with all its integration capabilities for repositories and various systems."
 

Cons

"I have not been able to use the integration with automation features, such as test management automation, with a framework that is written in Java."
"I have not come across information for integrating this solution with others, such as ServiceNow."
"I would like to see DevOps have the ability to give us something with a compatibility or traceability matrix."
"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."
"I would like to see better integration and collaboration between tools."
"I would give it a higher rating, but there are a couple of things that tick me off."
"There could more integration with other platforms."
"The only downside is that the deployment could be a little challenging but it is manageable."
"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."
"Sometimes the deployment process reports are faulty."
"I'm really not that satisfied with the stability of UrbanCode Deploy."
"I think that the IBM support team needs to be more proactive in their responses to PMR tickets raised by customers."
"Licensing structure - pay per machine deployed to."
"We have encountered scalability issues. We did not scale particularly well."
"The technical support of the solution could definitely be improved as PMRs take long to resolve."
"More out of the box plugins are required though good number are avaialble at the moment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The majority of the components are reasonably priced."
"As the cost structure is per user, I would recommend paying the cost structure based on the amount of data you use rather than the number of users."
"There is a license for this solution."
"It is relatively inexpensive compared to other solutions that necessitate servers and physical hardware."
"We purchase the solution on an annual basis."
"The solution's deployment and licensing costs are very cheap compared to those of its competitors."
"For Microsoft, it can get expensive when you need heavy-duty machines."
"We have an MPN subscription for Microsoft Azure DevOps, and it's all included."
"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."
"The cost of the solution is high but it offers great ROI."
"Considering COVID-19, the price is too high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
32%
Insurance Company
9%
Construction Company
6%
Marketing Services Firm
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise68
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise21
 

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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