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Automic Continuous Delivery Automation [EOL] vs Microsoft Azure DevOps comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Automic Continuous Delivery...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Azure DevOps
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
137
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (2nd), Release Automation (1st), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer895359 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Project Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Automatic installation for complex deployments and environments, with good workflow support
I like that really complex deployments are possible with it. It's very good. You have everything you need. You can design your workflows for your needs. You can do so much more, it's not just an automatic installation tool. It's a real deployment tool. I can do the complete deployment with everything that is possible.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The IT process automation is the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"The capability to provide visibility to the stakeholders, to management, is the biggest piece that showcases what the solution is about."
"It can support very complex environments and dependencies."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to see which problems have been resolved from deployment."
"It is an umbrella system that allows us to integrate many different systems into our heterogeneous environment."
"It is a very stable solution and we can rely on pressing a button to perform a full-stack automatic installation that reliably finishes in eight hours instead of a problematic three-week manual installation."
"The metrics gathered after deployment, for example, the rate of success versus the rate of failure."
"It provides a wonderful user interface which is easy to use."
"Some of the valuable features are the functionality and the wide range of capabilities."
"Detailed logs allow us to pinpoint the exact cause of any issues, making troubleshooting efficient and accurate."
"Overall, so far we have no major issues to report."
"All of the features related to release management are very good."
"Stable and scalable solution for work planning and code collaboration. It's fast, and it offers a good user experience."
"This solution works with other Microsoft solutions pretty easily. It was easy to integrate everything into all the other tools that we were using. It integrates very seamlessly."
"The most valuable aspect of Azure DevOps for me is its robust version control functionality, which is critical for our workflow."
"It's got something that you won't find in other products."
 

Cons

"Not a perfect ten because the user interface is brand new and it needs improvement."
"Not a perfect ten because the user interface is brand new and it needs improvement."
"GUI for mobile phones: Availability to approve and start deployment through mobile phones."
"At the moment, the version that we are using (version 12.0), the environment is complex with multiple installations. Therefore, the monitoring is not scalable, but this should be improved in 12.1 and 12.2."
"If you have a technical problem and need development of the tool, the support team is terrible, because they cannot help with the technical details."
"The dashboard should allow you to see the current state of packages in each environment, not only on an individual application basis, but across the entire application platform."
"key thing is support for cloud-based deployment. That is lacking."
"If you have a technical problem and need development of the tool, the support team is terrible, because they cannot help with the technical details."
"We are facing a lot of issues in the development of containerized solutions. We are facing a lot of challenges in this area. They could make the process simpler."
"There is only one key area of improvement for me. The new imaging thing is that there is DevOps, where security is important because it is always lasting. So, to integrate security in our DevOps, that would be nice."
"Non-functional testing such as security testing, penetration testing, and performance testing could be improved."
"Proper Gantt charting should be a feature that is included because as it is now, we have to create it ourselves."
"Something that could be improved is the initial setup with the integration of ReadyAPI."
"It is very difficult to integrate the product with third-party tools."
"We would like some bidirectional synchronization. It's the requirement if you want to analyze it to software requirements, et cetera. That's something that most of the tools aren't that good at."
"Definitely, there should be more integration between GitHub and Azure DevOps."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you have a fixed contract, it has limits to spreading out. If you have a flexible enterprise license contract, then you have a lot of scalability for this tool."
"I can save time and money more quickly."
"We increased our quality and reduced our time costs."
"Customers often complain about the price."
"The cost is quite affordable."
"The main agile features are very expensive."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps is free for up to five users and allows you to track a maximum of three projects."
"The price is reasonable for the solution."
"We have an MPN subscription for Microsoft Azure DevOps, and it's all included."
"The solution costs $5 or $10 per user, per month."
"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."
"The price is reasonable, but of course, you can find others that are cheaper such as Atlassian."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise69
 

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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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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.
 

Also Known As

CA Continuous Delivery Automation, Automic Release Automation, Automic ONE Automation, UC4 Automation Platform
Azure DevOps, VSTS, Visual Studio Team Services, MS Azure DevOps
 

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