We compared Gitlab and Microsoft Azure DevOps based on our user’s reviews in four categories. After reviewing the collected data. you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results : GitLab is the preferred option due to its comprehensive product that eliminates the need for multiple solutions and offers a single platform for various management tasks, including source code, build, test, artifact, and deployment management. The platform also has better integration with other platforms, more cloud-native capabilities, and a lower initial setup cost. However, Microsoft Azure DevOps is particularly useful for agile delivery and project management due to its easy navigation, customization, and integration with other Microsoft tools.
"I like that it's easy to deploy our services over GitLab. The customer support is also good with a really active community. You have a lot of support that you can get online with your stack. That is probably one of the benefits of using GitLab. It's also really fast."
"The most valuable feature of GitLab is the ability to upload scripts and make changes when needed and then reupload them. Additionally, the solution is user-friendly."
"The code merging capability is something that we use very frequently."
"The most valuable features of Gitlab are integration with CIE and the ability to rapidly deploy solutions, projects, and applications. It is very easy to use, and there are no complaints."
"The most valuable feature of GitLab is the automatic merging of code."
"It is very useful for reviews. We are using branch merging operations and full reset operations. It is also very useful for merging our code and tracking another branch. The graph diagrams of Git are very useful. Its interface is straightforward and not too complex for us."
"The most valuable features of GitLab are the review, patch repo, and plans are in YAML."
"It is scalable."
"Microsoft Azure DevOps has been very good for creating pipelines, and all the solutions for creating task management for developers and for the business."
"The creation of test plans is valuable and I like the reporting features."
"Azure enables us to create a staging environment through to a production environment in an easier way and then get the code and run that."
"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."
"It's a pretty problem-free solution."
"The pricing seems to be reasonable."
"The build and release management features are valuable."
"This platform provides a large span of tools and technologies."
"The integration could be slightly better."
"The documentation is confusing."
"There was a problem with the build environment when we were looking at developing iOS applications. iOS build require Mac machines and there are no Mac machines provided by GitLab in their cloud. So to build for mobile iOS application, we needed to use our own Mac machine within our own infrastructure. If GitLab were to provide a feature such that an iOS application could also be built through GitLab directly, that would be great."
"When deploying the solution on cloud and the CI/CD pipeline, we have to define the steps and it becomes confusing."
"For as long as I have used GitLab, I haven't encountered any major limitations. However, I think that perhaps the search functionality could be better."
"As a partner, sometimes it's difficult to get support. They have a really complicated procedure for their support."
"GitLab's UI could be improved."
"It's more related to the supporting layer of features, such as issue management and issue tracking. We tend to always use, for example, Jira next to it. That doesn't mean that GitLab should build something similar to Jira because that will always have its place, but they could grow a bit in those kinds of supporting features. I see some, for example, covering ITSM on a DevOps team level, and that's one of the things that I and my current client would find really helpful. It's understandably not going to be their main focus and their core, and whenever you are with a company that needs a bit more advanced features on that specific topic, you're probably still going to integrate with another tool like Jira Service Management, for example. However, some basic features on things like that could be really helpful."
"There are certain features, and reporting that can only be used in PowerBI, but not directly in DevOps."
"When converting to DevOps, it was difficult to map."
"Another area is the Azure monitoring agent for Citrix machines. There's room for improvement there too."
"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."
"We are currently in the process of moving all of our on-prem to the cloud platform. We are trying to make that move and host the majority of our DevOps services in the cloud because the cloud is where most of the things are going nowadays. However, the process of this transfer is not straightforward, and it could be a lot easier. Microsoft hasn't provided the maturity for migration tools. It could be a lot easier in that respect. I want to see them continue to advance the API capabilities. They could add some more robust functionality to the administrative layer within ADO services. There are a lot of configuration elements that you need to take care of at the organization level and the project configuration level from an administrative capacity. When you're dealing with process templates and things of that nature, you have to do them all manually. Being able to automate some of that using scripts or API functionality would be really nice."
"Templates could be improved."
"It would be great if I could integrate with a human resource type of software that could control timesheets."
"The user management in the solution could improve."
GitLab is ranked 2nd in Release Automation with 70 reviews while Microsoft Azure DevOps is ranked 1st in Release Automation with 124 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure DevOps is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure DevOps writes "Good support, helpful management capabilities, and great Kanban boards". GitLab is most compared with Bamboo, AWS CodePipeline, SonarQube, Tekton and TeamCity, whereas Microsoft Azure DevOps is most compared with Jira, TFS, Rally Software, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management and OpenText ALM / Quality Center. See our GitLab vs. Microsoft Azure DevOps report.
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