We performed a comparison between Jira and Microsoft Azure Devops based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Overall, users of both products seem to be satisfied with the solutions. Microsoft Azure Devops has slightly higher ratings because it is easy to deploy.
"The solution has been very stable overall."
"It is a complete solution. It has more features as compared to other tools, especially the open-source one that we use. It is also easy to administer."
"The workflows are very easy to handle as far as scalability goes."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of replication of tickets."
"The most valuable feature is project management."
"This is a user friendly solution."
"This solution focuses on lean methodology which we have found useful and it can also be used on any device."
"Overall, it is very intuitive. It is so lightweight and easy to use. It is easy to manage our product backlog and user stories, and it produces great reports."
"I found the Kanban board to be the most useful for my needs."
"The product is easy to use and very stable."
"Monitoring is most valuable."
"Azure is an advantage when working with other Microsoft solutions."
"I like the entire tool because it is a one-stop-solution for DevOps."
"If someone is considering developing and deploying the infrastructure in this solution, then using this tool is perfect because it's fully integrated with the pipelines and with a server core repository."
"The creation of test plans is valuable and I like the reporting features."
"We are able to generate many different types of reports from Azure."
"Could be more intuitive."
"In JIRA, it's a bit complex in terms of what advanced search queries we use. Sharing them is also a problem. Because TFS is on the cloud, we can easily save that query and share it with our team members."
"There needs to be more integration and connectivity."
"The user interface is very detailed right now. It could be simplified if they consider targeting the user experience."
"Jira's collaboration and integration with other apps and tools could be improved."
"I would prefer it if the solution was more intuitive."
"The tool should improve its pricing."
"I'd like some more features around software testing. I'd like to see some more stuff done around data testing. That's what I'm most interested in."
"If they could build up requirement traceability metrics, then it would be great."
"Something that could be improved is the initial setup with the integration of ReadyAPI."
"Proper Gantt charting should be a feature that is included because as it is now, we have to create it ourselves."
"Azure DevOps could be improved with more security plugins, especially for SaaS scanning and vulnerability scans."
"Being more technology-agnostic through ease of integration would be beneficial."
"Reporting across multiple projects could be improved."
"I would like to see better integration and collaboration between tools."
"This product would be improved if the helpdesk were included."
Jira is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 266 reviews while Microsoft Azure DevOps is ranked 2nd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 127 reviews. Jira is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Azure DevOps is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Jira writes "A great centralized tool that has a good agile framework and is useful for day-to-day planning, task management, and work log efficacy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure DevOps writes "Allows us to deploy code to production without releasing certain features immediately and agile project management capabilities offer resource-leveling". Jira is most compared with IBM Rational DOORS, OpenText ALM Octane, Rally Software, Polarion ALM and TFS, whereas Microsoft Azure DevOps is most compared with GitLab, TFS, Rally Software, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management and OpenText ALM / Quality Center. See our Jira vs. Microsoft Azure DevOps report.
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