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Microsoft Azure DevOps vs UrbanCode Deploy comparison

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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
139
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 November 2026, in the Release Automation category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure DevOps is 22.5%, down from 30.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of UrbanCode Deploy is 5.0%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Release Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure DevOps22.5%
UrbanCode Deploy5.0%
Other72.5%
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Featured Reviews

Anil Tiwari - PeerSpot reviewer
AI Solutions & Digital Transformation Lead at UnifyCloud
Task management has become transparent and reporting now tracks team productivity in detail
I reduced my rating from a perfect score because of one concern. Microsoft Azure DevOps is very easy to use. If any person is new to the platform while creating user stories or repositories, it is a very efficient way for people to work. The platform does not require in-depth training. If someone provides a one to two hour description, people with some technical knowledge would understand it greatly. The platform is interesting for both fully technical and non-technical persons. People can use it easily and it is understandable. Anyone can create a user story or Microsoft Azure Board, generate reports using SQL queries while adding conditions, or monitor tasks. Any person with admin rights can see graphs showing which resources have spent how many hours on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Based on that information, we can measure resource performance, which would be really helpful for management or HR departments when increasing employee salaries, offering appreciation, or providing bonus activities in an organization. Regarding governance and security within Microsoft Azure DevOps, there is strong security because Microsoft provides a secure and productive environment that follows all compliances. Everyone can trust Microsoft because it is a reputable brand in the market. People can rely on and trust any Microsoft product. I am not talking about Microsoft Azure DevOps only, but also CRM, Windows, security, and Entra ID. With any Microsoft product, there is no need to worry about security or compliance concerns. From a security and governance point of view, Microsoft Azure DevOps provides very strong capabilities.
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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

"It is a nice environment for working in teams and implementing the DevOps philosophy."
"The product is easy to use and very stable."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps is very scalable; it supports all kinds of ecosystems and there are a lot of possibilities when it comes to interacting with other ecosystems."
"It's a pretty problem-free solution."
"Stable and scalable solution for work planning and code collaboration. It's fast, and it offers a good user experience."
"Azure Port is considered the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure DevOps is its capacity to cover all the phases of a developer team."
"The solution has proven itself to be very mature and robust, quite stable, and its scalability potential is very good."
"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."
"Automated deployment forces the organization to standardize runtimes, development output and handling of platform provisioning."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create a deployment process visually and to see that process executing in real time, step by step, with access to log files and with a click of a button."
"This product is excellent for deploying components and running processes related to deployments."
"The most valuable feature is the snapshot functionality, which allows us to access previous versions of the artifacts."
"It was very easy to install and configure IBM UrbanCode Deploy and remotely deploy its agents."
"Coming from where we were and getting to where we are was just never could have been done without uDeploy and it's just incredibly powerful for us."
"By standardizing the automated deployment application process, reducing the amount of errors due to manual steps and by providing visibility into the release cycles of various teams/applications, we've improved our global efficiency by at least 25% and still counting, since we've only used the product for a short period of time."
 

Cons

"The communication could work better, especially for the development team."
"They do very frequent releases, there's a complete change in UI kind of stuff. Sometimes it feels like they change it too often."
"We are facing some problems because the capacity can only be measured within a project. It cannot be measured across multiple projects."
"Refreshing the browser is needed when a data is updated."
"The tutorials for building pipelines are an area that is a bit technical for a beginner."
"Non-functional testing such as security testing, log testing, and performance testing can be improved with a better visualization."
"The only downside is that the deployment could be a little challenging but it is manageable."
"There are certain areas in Azure DevOps that are better in other products."
"Its reliability has been a little suspect, and one of our frustrations has been that it's taken them some time to focus on fixing that problem."
"I certainly would like to have a better way to pass information between deployment steps using UrbanCode Deploy because that's really difficult to do."
"I'm really not that satisfied with the stability of UrbanCode Deploy."
"Our organization has also tried other CI/CD tools. There are areas where this tool has been lacking, which is why alternatives are being looked into."
"I would like to have the agent up and running at all times, as opposed to only while it is in the DevOps pipeline."
"Sometimes the deployment process reports are faulty."
"Technical support is bad."
"There are also many bugs in UrbanCode Deploy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"The licensing costs are reasonable."
"It's a good tool, quite rich, it has a lot of features, and quite a lot of analytical capabilities which are built on top of it so that you can see how your projects are going and all that stuff. It's a good tool."
"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 licensing structure is good."
"I am not aware of any licensing subscriptions for the solution."
"We do not pay licenses for this solution."
"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
14%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise70
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...
Microsoft Azure DevOps: what is your experience regarding pricing and costs ?
I am not much involved in the pricing, licensing, or costing aspects. However, one of my colleagues is involved in the licensing and pricing part, and it is very efficient. We are Microsoft Gold Pa...
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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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