GoCD vs UrbanCode Deploy comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
Thoughtworks Logo
832 views|661 comparisons
IBM Logo
3,461 views|1,774 comparisons
Comparison Buyer's Guide
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between GoCD and UrbanCode Deploy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about GitLab, Microsoft, Red Hat and others in Release Automation.
To learn more, read our detailed Release Automation Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Featured Review
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"Permission separations mean that we can grant limited permissions for each team or team member.""The most notable aspect is its user interface, which we find to be user-friendly and straightforward for deploying and comprehending pipelines. We have the ability to create multiple pipelines, and in addition to that, the resource consumption is impressive."

More GoCD Pros →

"The most valuable functionality is the ability to define the deployment process, schedule the deployment and automatically execute the deployments to different environments.""Stable solution that's good for automating the CI/CD pipeline: from development to production.""The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently.""The stability is good. I haven't experienced any issues.""The most valuable feature is the snapshot functionality, which allows us to access previous versions of the artifacts.""It is very easy to make a software release. It used to take us at least a couple of hours to make a release, now we went to production with a new one last night. This new release took me five minutes."

More UrbanCode Deploy Pros →

Cons
"The aspect that requires attention is the user management component. When integrating with BitLabs and authenticating through GitLab, there are specific features we desire. One important feature is the ability to import users directly from GitLab, along with their respective designations, and assign appropriate privileges based on that information. Allocating different privileges to users is a time-consuming process for us.""The documentation really should be improved by including real examples and more setup cases."

More GoCD Cons →

"The scalability of this application needs improvement. Changes and variations in the application become bottlenecks as they need to be more seamless and comfortable.""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.""The technical support of the solution could definitely be improved as PMRs take long to resolve.""The interface allows access in a number of ways but that can be confusing.""I would like to see more reporting for container architecture.""I would like to have the agent up and running at all times, as opposed to only while it is in the DevOps pipeline."

More UrbanCode Deploy Cons →

Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It's an open-source and free tool."
  • "This is an open-source solution and it is inexpensive."
  • More GoCD Pricing and Cost Advice →

  • "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."
  • More UrbanCode Deploy Pricing and Cost Advice →

    report
    Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Release Automation solutions are best for your needs.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most notable aspect is its user interface, which we find to be user-friendly and straightforward for deploying and comprehending pipelines. We have the ability to create multiple pipelines, and in… more »
    Top Answer:GoCD could cover the authentication aspect. Currently, we are handling an in-house development that needs this. Comprehensive features must be established before transitioning into an enterprise… more »
    Top Answer:The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently.
    Top Answer:The interface allows access in a number of ways but that can be confusing. For example, driving to your home from the office is easy when there are one or two routes. With twenty routes, there is some… more »
    Top Answer:Our company uses the solution for standard, blue-green, and complex deployments. We have 250 users throughout our company.
    Ranking
    10th
    out of 32 in Release Automation
    Views
    832
    Comparisons
    661
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    631
    Rating
    8.3
    5th
    out of 32 in Release Automation
    Views
    3,461
    Comparisons
    1,774
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    380
    Rating
    8.0
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Adaptive ALM, Thoughtworks Go
    uDeploy
    Learn More
    Overview
    GoCD is an open source continuous delivery server created by ThoughtWorks. GoCD offers businesses a first-class build and deployment engine for complete control and visibility. It was designed for continuous delivery and the concepts essential to this practice are built in at the core.

    IBM UrbanCode Deploy orchestrates and automates the deployment of applications, middleware configuration, and database changes into development, test, and production environments—local, dedicated or shared cloud environments—accelerating time to market and reducing cost by shrinking manual efforts from days to minutes with automation, while reducing risk by cutting deployment errors by up to 90 percent.

    Sample Customers
    Ancestry.com, Barclay Card, AutoTrader, BT Financial Group, Gamesys, Nike, Vodafone, Haufe Lexware, Medidata, Hoovers
    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.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Retailer10%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm33%
    Insurance Company24%
    Healthcare Company14%
    Retailer10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization58%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Insurance Company8%
    Computer Software Company4%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise43%
    Large Enterprise14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise68%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business5%
    Midsize Enterprise59%
    Large Enterprise35%
    Buyer's Guide
    Release Automation
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about GitLab, Microsoft, Red Hat and others in Release Automation. Updated: March 2024.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    GoCD is ranked 10th in Release Automation with 5 reviews while UrbanCode Deploy is ranked 5th in Release Automation with 27 reviews. GoCD is rated 8.0, while UrbanCode Deploy is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of GoCD writes "User-friendly, useful multiple pipeline capabilities, and low resource consumption". On the other hand, the top reviewer of UrbanCode Deploy writes "It offers OOTB plugins for middleware". GoCD is most compared with GitLab, Tekton, Microsoft Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, whereas UrbanCode Deploy is most compared with GitLab, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Octopus Deploy and AWS CodeDeploy.

    See our list of best Release Automation vendors.

    We monitor all Release Automation reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.