# Azure DevOps Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Azure DevOps the right DevOps solution for you? Explore 147 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/170547/VSTS-DevOps/reviews --- Azure DevOps 4.4 (147) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/170547/VSTS-DevOps/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 15th, 2026 # Reviews of Azure DevOps Ease of use 4.1 Customer Service 4.1 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews FS Farheen S Senior PMGovernment Administration, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Azure DevOps boards provide Agile teams with backlog and sprint management features to keep track and ensure good team collaboration. Although the interface is simple sharing templates and duplicating backlogs is manual and convoluted.“ February 11, 2026 AM Adam M Scrum Master and Corporate CoachInsurance, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “This includes reporting out on progress, cycle times, velocity, and items not in good order.“ September 19, 2024 FS Farheen S Senior PMGovernment Administration, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Project tracking, automation of releases and collaboration for teams makes this product attractive for small or medium sized projects.“ February 11, 2026 Amy H IT DirectorInformation Technology and Services, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The UI is clunky in places, task management specifically leaves a lot to be desired. While the close integration with source control is fantastic, editing and navigating between tasks take far too long and you're much more likely to avoid doing it or take a lot longer to complete a simple job.“ September 26, 2023 Joseph A Agile ConsultantInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Azure DevOps helped us to manage large, complex software projects and products to deliver fast, enhance alignment and clarity between various stakeholders, + boost transparency across the organization.“ November 4, 2025 Gaurav C Software DeveloperInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “While Azure DevOps Services offers a robust set of features, one potential downside is the complexity of configuring and customizing certain aspects of the platform.“ March 15, 2024 Joseph A Agile ConsultantInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Happy to be able to deploy our business and enable user stories through the project timeline by visualizing the progress of the flow and measurements are of the hook by observing the data trend and dissecting it from one iteration to another with management.“ November 4, 2025 Alex H Product OwnerMedical Devices, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Most chaotically - there are no in app notifications?!?!“ July 9, 2024 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 147 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Sampo R. Scrum Master, Project Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft's one stop shop for planning, task, code, versions and releases management" September 21, 2023 5.0 If I get a say in the selection of tooling before starting the project, Azure DevOps is my go to. Pros It's a full suite usable directly as is with very little configuration needed to get a jump start. Customizations and integrations are still possible though. I like the work experience better with Azure DevOps board rather than one of the competing backlog/task management suites. Cons The Azure DevOps Boards seems a bit forgotten/sunsetting tool but hopefully there would be still future new features and enhancements to make it even better.Git approvals workflow really should be much more seamless so that either work from developer and approver perspective is only done in Git and automatically reflects to Azure DevOps tasks/work items. Or other way around, approval requests would get populated as task on board and moving it to done column would automatically approve pull request in Git. There is some still unlocked potential there with integration and seamless working experience. Switched from [Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/) Works well with Microsoft other products, identity/access management and nowadays supports Git. Review Source Amy H. IT Director Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A fantastic offering for small development teams" September 26, 2023 5.0 We've improved a number of key workflows with Azure DevOps and it's proved to be an invaluable addition to our software development cycle. Pros The service provides a lot under the one package, task management, source control, CI/CD, and release pipelines. If you are a small team or just starting off, you'll be able to take advantage of it all for either free, or very little money. It's clearly designed to get teams hooked on Azure and it does this job well. Cons The UI is clunky in places, task management specifically leaves a lot to be desired. While the close integration with source control is fantastic, editing and navigating between tasks take far too long and you're much more likely to avoid doing it or take a lot longer to complete a simple job. Alternatives considered [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) Reason for choosing Azure DevOps Github was more expensive and Azure DevOps closely integrated with our existing Azure infrastructure Switched from [Apache Subversion](https://www.capterra.com/p/177270/Apache-Subversion/) Subversion was showing it's age for us, and having centrally managed online only source control was causing us problems with collaboration Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Head of Product Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Not terrible if you have to use it" February 17, 2025 3.0 I would avoid using Azure DevOps if there is a choice, but often there isn't much choice if you want to stay entirely within Microsoft/Azure ecosystem. Pros Very featureful and covers most enterprise use case, with deep integration in Azure eco-system. Cons Developer ergonomics and ease-of-use are poor compared to common options like Github / Gitlab. Switched from [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/)[GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Due to enterprise requirements, everything had to be on Azure. Review Source FS Farheen S. Senior PM Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Azure DevOps a smart choice for small projects" February 11, 2026 4.0 Azure DevOps boards provide Agile teams with backlog and sprint management features to keep track and ensure good team collaboration. Although the interface is simple sharing templates and duplicating backlogs is manual and convoluted. Pros Project tracking, automation of releases and collaboration for teams makes this product attractive for small or medium sized projects. Cons No capability to reuse backlogs as templates and limited reporting features are limitations that frustrate users. Review Source Gábor S. Senior Programme Manager Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Tools for doubling productivity" April 9, 2023 4.0 Many plugins and events, such as git repository updates, can be triggered to run builds and tests automatically. By continuously building and testing, it is possible to detect deviations and defects early and improve the quality and efficiency of development. Pros The functionality can be extended with add-ons; since there are many add-ons, you can do a wide range of things. Being able to do certain things even when engineers are not present also helps to keep the product running stably. Cons I would be happy if the manual to consult when I don't understand the operation is a little more complete. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing Azure DevOps It can be quickly introduced. Creating a CI/CD environment can be done promptly, which has doubled development productivity. In addition, static source analysis is now possible when the source is confirmed. Switched from [Jenkins](https://www.capterra.com/p/171026/Jenkins/) By using this product, we could optimize work, such as compilations and releases. Everything can be automated, including tasks to be performed at specific times. Review Source Rogier K. Integration Architect Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Top end quality " April 28, 2021 4.0 Very flat learning curve means that everybody can start working with it right from the start, learning more complex things along the way. As a developer you have better things to do than to learn yet another new product that should just be there to support the "real" work (developing). Devops is perfect from that perspective. Pros Devops is not just devops... it's total devops. A whole suite of things from release management, build automation, time management, ticketing, scrum and task boarding to source repository. I don't think anything is left out. It's all very much connected, which means for instance that creating a new branche can become a new ticket that is automatically placed on a task board etc. Cons I don't think anything is missing, but at some points it's not very intuitive. I still have to search every time to get to specific features of my build and release configuration. Security features are very good, but there too I find myself trying to understand how it works every time again. Switched from [Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/)[Apache Subversion](https://www.capterra.com/p/177270/Apache-Subversion/) Devops is a suite of products, all in one. What we used before was several products that were all installed internally (maintenance nightmare). It's a lot easier to maintain and learn how to use just one product Review Source Mirza S. Software Tester Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### " Azure DevOps Services - all you need in one place" May 6, 2022 5.0 All in all, it is a very good product, I think Microsoft is going in the right direction I just hope they continue to improve it, it's way better than the old Team Foundation Server. Pros Integration with other Microsoft products and the fact that you can do everything in it without having to add anything else, you can manage projects, have source-control, develop software, manage release, integrate automation into your build pipeline, manage manual tests, etc. Cons I wish Test Plans had a cheaper tier or maybe a free plan with basic features, quite pricey this way. Alternatives considered [Wrike](https://www.capterra.com/p/76113/Wrike/)[Rally](https://www.capterra.com/p/170545/CA-Agile-Central/)[Asana](https://www.capterra.com/p/184581/Asana-PM/) Reason for choosing Azure DevOps The team really like it and after trying them all out we went with Azure DevOps Services. Switched from [Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/) Azure DevOps had all we needed out of the box. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Agile Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Lean DevOps" November 4, 2025 4.0 Azure DevOps helped us to manage large, complex software projects and products to deliver fast, enhance alignment and clarity between various stakeholders, + boost transparency across the organization. Pros What a product, taking the best of multiple worlds. Happy to be able to deploy our business and enable user stories through the project timeline by visualizing the progress of the flow and measurements are of the hook by observing the data trend and dissecting it from one iteration to another with management. Quite a customized setup to be tailored to your job environment, helping teams and customers to be in 1 environment with the right support, maintenance, and progress overview. Fast learning curve for teams to be onboarded. Cons Some rigidity in the customization, but quite good in general to be able to lead an agile project lifecycle management and a lean mentality to track flow and improve on measurements, visualizing data trends and artifacts from user stories, to features, to Portfolio Epics. Review Source LC Luis C. software consulting engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Azure DevOps Services is essential for ALM" December 12, 2024 5.0 Azure DevOps Services provides an integrated environment for managing software development projects from planning through deployment. In my organization is essential. Pros Azure DevOps Services is a comprehensive platform designed to facilitate Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), offering a suite of tools that support every phase of software development. This review synthesizes user experiences and highlights the key features, benefits, and challenges associated with Azure DevOps. Cons In reporting it could be better, delivering reports on pipelines, Azure Repost, and agents. There is great room for improvement to monitor and control projects. Review Source EV Erik V. Technical consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It's my favourite DevOps tool" November 25, 2024 5.0 It's my favourite DevOps tool, it's always good to see when a client uses Azure DevOps over other tools Pros The sheer amount of possibilities the product offers. I love the fact that your git repos and agile task management is in the same place, it's very easy to link tickets to repo branches. Merging branches works very good. Cons Some pages (like retrospectives) don't auto-refresh which can be quite annoying. You should also be careful with some changes as it may affect a lot of tickets and can result in a lot of manual labour to fix things. Review Source FS Felicia S. Marketing Writer Professional Training & Coaching Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "DevOps is a Great Platform for Developers, Not the Average Professional" December 17, 2024 4.0 Pros The click and drag task management function was intuitive and satisfying. Cons DevOps was clearly made for software developers. The average business professional would have a huge learning curve trying to adjust to this platform. I used it for over a year and still didn't know how to use 90% of its capabilities. I'm sure it's a powerful tool; it's just not user friendly or intuitive. Review Source AM Adam M. Scrum Master and Corporate Coach Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ADO - work management quality" September 19, 2024 5.0 As a certified Scrum Master, I'm incredibly pleased with ADO and all it's been able to do in supporting our work management. This includes reporting out on progress, cycle times, velocity, and items not in good order. Pros Azure DevOps, or ADO, is the tool we rely on for all of our work management. Thanks to ADO, we can sustain clarity on which team members are prioritizing which deliverables during any given Sprint Cycle. This greatly enhances our ability to achieve intended Outcomes. Cons ADO can have limitations, such as with how dynamic roadmaps can appear and integration with PowerBI for more advanced dashboard metrics. (e.g. how long a work item has been in a particular state) Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Civil Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Agrxis Review on Azure DevOps Services" May 13, 2023 5.0 My overall impression of Azure DevOps Services has been favorable. The platform provides a full range of tools and capabilities for project management and team collaboration. I value the degree of customization offered by the platform since it enables me to modify my workflows to match the unique requirements of my projects. The seamless and useful interfaces with other Microsoft tools and services have also helped me to streamline my work and be more productive. Although the platform is undoubtedly sophisticated, I have found the documentation and community resources to be useful in getting past any roadblocks or difficulties I may have faced. Pros Since I've been utilizing Azure DevOps Services, I must admit that I'm impressed with how it has benefited my team and I as we work on development projects. The feature set of this service that caters to numerous facets of software development, such as project planning, code management, testing, deployment, and monitoring, is what I value the most.When it comes to facilitating smooth communication and coordination between team members, including those who operate remotely, Azure DevOps Services' collaboration tools are very beneficial. We can organize activities and monitor progress effectively thanks to the agile boards' and backlogs' intuitiveness and usability.It's also great that Azure DevOps Services enables continuous integration and deployment, which makes it simpler for us to automate our software delivery pipeline and deliver new features and upgrades on schedule. Additionally, troubleshooting reports and prioritizing capabilities come in handy for quickly detecting and fixing issues as they arise. Cons Despite my appreciation for the variety of features and capabilities provided by Azure DevOps Services, I have occasionally seen documentation that is deficient or ambiguous, making it challenging to debug problems or comprehend how particular features operate. Despite these difficulties, I continue to think of Azure DevOps Services as a useful tool for organizing my projects and working with my team. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Product Analyst Oil & Energy Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "ADO is fantastic for Agile Project Management" June 23, 2022 5.0 I am a user of ADO and it's just been the way we manage our projects. I tend to drop updates on what I'm doing there, so my boss never needs to ask me where I'm at (or our Scrum master) Pros It's pretty foolproof to be honest, you can be a person that is entirely new to Agile and PM and it'll still make sense Cons Sometimes the retrospective tool takes forever to load, makes it difficult to get an accurate Agile period retrospective with an entire team as not everyone can chime in Review Source BK Brian K. Sr Program Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Robust, Effective Tool" April 26, 2022 4.0 Overall still very happy with the product. Like it much more than Jira. Pros The ability to manage our large portfolio of work amongst our teams. The traceability of being able to tie code to user stories is great for auditing purposes. Release mgmt functionality is great. Cons Wish it were more robust from Portfolio Mgmt perspective. We had to go with a different product to meet the needs of our organization. So we need to double enter work from our portfolio mgmt tool into azure dev ops. Review Source Sanchita A. Software Engineer Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "VSTS DevOps - A complete solution for pure DevOps. " October 19, 2018 4.0 VSTS DevOps is helping use to manage team ,code and operation. We are using it with Azure Cloud and the experience is really good. vNext build is able to build the .net Core application easily. Pros VSTS DevOps provide the complete integrity with Development and Operational work. The architecture is helping in boosting the development & Operational process. VSTS take care for complete CI/CD pipeline. Best and loving part in it is that it provide freedom in selecting the TFVC or GIT as version controlling. Integrity with Azure Cloud is also good which it make this tool a complete DevOps system so that it can be achieve the deployment part with zero outage. XAML and vNext build help in deployment of 100's servers without any human error, as it just need one time setup for builds. Cons Installation architecture of VSTS DevOps having a lot of curves, Build Controller and Gated Build need time to setup and Microsoft should make it easy to under and setup. In last few years I am seeing the changes the it moving towards the web-based application, Console like security and permission are now only available in web base pages only. Review Source Navjot T. Module Lead Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Highly effective service for maintaining code repository, build & release activity " February 5, 2022 5.0 It becomes very easy to track and monitor all the project level activities from one platform. Ensures the code quality and continuous integration very effective. Pros It is very easy to configure the CI-CD pipelines to make the release build pipelines. Maintaining the efficient code repositories to ease the code management activities. It ensures the different boards for maintaining the different boards across the organization. Cons Some of the best services like Time Tracking and Event based triggers are still not included in this product as we need to import it as extensions. Review Source Ariel S. QA Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Intuitive sprint organization and metrics, mediocre test planning options" May 18, 2021 5.0 Azure DevOps is an expansive software meant to help manage the full software development life cycle, and it support an agile development environment, from planning to estimating to tracking work, testing and repositories. It accomplishes most of these goals pretty well. Pros I find the sprint planning features, dashboard and sprint boards intuitive and convenient. I like being able to organize my tickets and easily see the work of other members of my team. Cons I am not a huge fan of the test planning aspect of the program. I find creating test cases to be clunky, even when using the "grid" functionality that allows you to import test cases from a spreadsheet. One example is that when creating a test case using the "grid" feature, if you had multiple line breaks within a single cell in a spreadsheet, it will copy each line break into a separate cell in the grid instead of copying them into a single cell with line breaks as they appeared in the spreadsheet. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer System Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The best way to get your CD/CI Pipeline setup without costly overhead" September 6, 2018 5.0 VSTS DevOps allowed our team to manage our own DevOps and learn more about DevOps without needing to hire and be mentored by DevOps professionals. Pros VSTS DevOps has allowed our team to automate the builds of almost all of our products scaling our release time down and boosting our reliability. We used to be manually deploying our assets which would often cause breaking changes and would spend a day trying to revert the issues but since moving to VSTS DevOps we've been able to roll back versions instantly anytime there are problems but most of the time there aren't issues since VSTS DevOps sends your packages through a build cycle that checks compiler errors. Cons Some of the terminology is a little confusing and sometimes it can be hard to find your way around but well worth it once you get your builds setup. Review Source Brad G. Software Engineer Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "It has taken a while to get used to, but I like it much better than our old way of doing things." December 19, 2018 5.0 I use VSTS Devops as an end user, and let me tell you, it was a big change from my old way of doing things. At my company, we used a combination of SURE and Unisys's Albert in order to keep track of our work. It took a while to get used to VSTS. Everything was in one place, set up for an agile framework, but when I finally got used to it, I loved it so much more. Pros Most of all, I like how easy it is to track my work and the work of everyone on the team. Coming from a waterfall development cycle to an agile one, it's a big adjustment, and VSTS DevOps helps make that process easier. Cons Okay, this might be indicitve of my product manager more than the software itself, but I'd like it if Acceptance Criteria and Steps to Recreate were required fields in any Bug/PBI (where applicable). It would lead to much better work. Review Source Swati P. Consultant Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Azure Devops - Making your agile tasks easier" October 13, 2022 4.0 Pros 1\. Integration with github etc 2. CI CD pipeline is easy to setup and manage 3. Task tracking is very helpful 4. Product backlog tracking and creation is very user friendly Cons 1\. Can be a bit confusing to new users moving from TFS Review Source KJ Kondal J. System Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great CI/CD Tool - Azure DevOps" May 12, 2023 4.0 Azure DevOps is a great product that is helpful in development, integration, collaboration, and tracking the process progress. Pros Services which are provided by Azure DevOps are pipelines, boards, repos, test plans, and artifacts.Each service provides its best for the user's needs.Azure boards in project tracking, Pipelines in automation, test plan to manage test cases, and a dashboard provides a complete overview of all projects. Cons The main drawback that I faced here is that it is difficult to integrate with other tools.Pipeline configuration is also quite difficult, and it might get slower sometimes. Review Source NK Nishant K. Netbackup administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Azure devops services" December 19, 2022 5.0 Overall experience has been good and learning more and using more Pros Collaborative toolEasy to manage and accessDeployment is easy and fastEasily accessible Cons Web based GUI is not good and looks terrible to use.There is no drop down menu to navigate around. Review Source AS Anoop S. Software Developer In Test Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best SDLC management service , ever !! " May 19, 2021 5.0 Our project delivery time from Design to Release has improved significantly since we started using Azure DevOps. Devs/Testers can spend more time working on code , than worrying about deploying it Pros 1\. Requirements, Code , Test Case, Deployment pipeline everything in one place - Thats the best thing I like about Azure Devops 2. Seemless integration with Azure Cloud - you will be able to manage cloud related services in your project easily. 3. Easy to generate Reports, Dashboards etc. Ex: Test Progress report / Pull Request Report / Automated Test Run report. 4. Very user friendly. Cons Organizational view with an ability manage dependencies across different projects would be awesome. Reason for choosing Azure DevOps Ease of use , best for microsoft stack(net core / sql server etc.) & best if you use Azure Cloud Review Source VR Verified Reviewer ICT Business Solution Manager Mining & Metals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "One of best CICD platform" April 23, 2022 4.0 Been using Azure Devops for years and considered as on of best Board and CICD platform Pros Great project management tool, user stories-backlog-board management, integrated with code repository and with any deployment tools Cons a bit pricy and complecated license report usage Review Source Similar Products Featured