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Azure DevOps vs Bitbucket: What are the differences?

Azure DevOps is Microsoft's all-in-one DevOps platform for planning, building, testing, and deploying applications, offering version control, CI/CD pipelines, and project management. Bitbucket is a Git-based code hosting platform that focuses on code management, version control, and team collaboration with a web-based interface and pull request workflows. Let's explore the key differences between Azure DevOps and Bitbucket:

  1. Integrated Platform: Azure DevOps is a comprehensive platform that provides end-to-end application lifecycle management. It includes tools for source control (Azure Repos), project management (Azure Boards), build and release management (Azure Pipelines), and automated testing (Azure Test Plans). Bitbucket, on the other hand, primarily focuses on source code management and offers features like Git repositories, pull requests, and code review. While Bitbucket integrates with other tools for CI/CD, issue tracking, and project management, it does not provide the same level of integration and breadth of features as Azure DevOps.

  2. Scalability and Flexibility: Azure DevOps is a scalable platform that can handle projects of any size. It offers built-in scalability and supports parallel execution of pipelines, enabling efficient build and release management. Azure DevOps also provides flexibility in terms of supported programming languages and platforms, allowing developers to build and deploy applications across various environments. Bitbucket, while suitable for small to medium-sized teams, may have limitations in scalability and may require additional configuration or plugins to support larger projects and complex workflows.

  3. Integration with Microsoft Ecosystem: Azure DevOps is tightly integrated with other Microsoft tools and services, such as Azure cloud services, Visual Studio IDE, and Microsoft Teams. This integration enables seamless collaboration, enhanced deployment options, and deeper integration with Microsoft's development ecosystem. Bitbucket, being a standalone product, offers integrations with a variety of third-party tools and services but may not have the same level of integration with the Microsoft ecosystem.

  4. Pricing and Licensing: Azure DevOps pricing is based on a consumption model, where users are billed based on the number of users and the usage of various features. It offers different pricing tiers, including a free tier for small teams. Bitbucket, on the other hand, offers a pricing model based on the number of users, with different pricing plans based on the team size and additional features required.

In summary, Azure DevOps provides a comprehensive platform for application lifecycle management with features like source control, project management, build and release management, and testing. It offers scalability, integration with the Microsoft ecosystem, and flexibility across programming languages and platforms. Bitbucket, on the other hand, focuses primarily on source code management and provides integrations with third-party tools for CI/CD and project management.

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Weverton Timoteo

One of the magic tricks git performs is the ability to rewrite log history. You can do it in many ways, but git rebase -i is the one I most use. With this command, It’s possible to switch commits order, remove a commit, squash two or more commits, or edit, for instance.

It’s particularly useful to run it before opening a pull request. It allows developers to “clean up” the mess and organize commits before submitting to review. If you follow the practice 3 and 4, then the list of commits should look very similar to a task list. It should reveal the rationale you had, telling the story of how you end up with that final code.

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We needed to introduce DevOps framework into our Solution delivery space . The first assignment is to choose the right tools that will fit into our environment and also take advantage of our existing investment. We decided to go for Azure DevOps because we can use our existing subscriptions of Azure to power it.

The main reason I prefer Azure DevOps is because of the completeness of the offering. It’s not just a way to get your code deployed. They’ve got bug tracking, testing, integration to lots of other tools, fantastic documentation and more. It’s a very complete solution with a huge amount of flexibility. You can work with it completely in the cloud, or in a hybrid way with some work done locally and some in the cloud. It makes it really easy to integrate with international teams, remote work, and tons more.

Having an integrated solution is a little easier than trying to stitch together multiple disparate tools. It may not be best of breed in every category, but you have a very complete, and reasonably mature, set of tools to work with, making implementing it very easy and very effective. Today, we are more productive with Version Control Management, Continuous Integration, Automated Release and Provisioning. We deliver faster and rollback safely. No more firefighting.

Oladipupo Oluremi(Head, Enterprise Architecture, DevOps & Quality Assurance)

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Pros of Azure DevOps
Pros of Bitbucket
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    Complete and powerful
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    Huge extension ecosystem
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    Azure integration
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    Flexible and powerful
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    One Stop Shop For Build server, Project Mgt, CDCI
  • 15
    Everything I need. Simple and intuitive UI
  • 13
    Support Open Source
  • 8
    Integrations
  • 7
    GitHub Integration
  • 6
    One 4 all
  • 6
    Cost free for Stakeholders
  • 6
    Project Mgmt Features
  • 5
    Crap
  • 5
    Runs in the cloud
  • 3
    Agent On-Premise(Linux - Windows)
  • 2
    Aws integration
  • 2
    Link Test Cases to Stories
  • 2
    Jenkins Integration
  • 1
    GCP Integration
  • 904
    Free private repos
  • 397
    Simple setup
  • 348
    Nice ui and tools
  • 341
    Unlimited private repositories
  • 240
    Affordable git hosting
  • 123
    Integrates with many apis and services
  • 119
    Reliable uptime
  • 87
    Nice gui
  • 85
    Pull requests and code reviews
  • 58
    Very customisable
  • 16
    Mercurial repositories
  • 14
    SourceTree integration
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    JIRA integration
  • 10
    Track every commit to an issue in JIRA
  • 8
    Deployment hooks
  • 8
    Best free alternative to Github
  • 7
    Automatically share repositories with all your teammates
  • 7
    Compatible with Mac and Windows
  • 6
    Source Code Insight
  • 6
    Price
  • 5
    Login with Google
  • 5
    Create a wiki
  • 5
    Approve pull request button
  • 4
    Customizable pipelines
  • 4
    #2 Atlassian Product after JIRA
  • 3
    Also supports Mercurial
  • 3
    Unlimited Private Repos at no cost
  • 3
    Continuous Integration and Delivery
  • 2
    Academic license program
  • 2
    Multilingual interface
  • 2
    Teamcity
  • 2
    Open source friendly
  • 2
    Issues tracker
  • 2
    IAM
  • 2
    IAM integration
  • 2
    Mercurial Support

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Cons of Azure DevOps
Cons of Bitbucket
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    Still dependant on C# for agents
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    Many in devops disregard MS altogether
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    Capacity across cross functional teams not visibile
  • 4
    Not a requirements management tool
  • 4
    Half Baked
  • 3
    Jack of all trades, master of none
  • 3
    Poor Jenkins integration
  • 2
    Tedious for test plan/case creation
  • 19
    Not much community activity
  • 17
    Difficult to review prs because of confusing ui
  • 15
    Quite buggy
  • 10
    Managed by enterprise Java company
  • 8
    CI tool is not free of charge
  • 7
    Complexity with rights management
  • 6
    Only 5 collaborators for private repos
  • 4
    Slow performance
  • 2
    No AWS Codepipelines integration
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    No more Mercurial repositories
  • 1
    No server side git-hook support

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What is Azure DevOps?

Azure DevOps provides unlimited private Git hosting, cloud build for continuous integration, agile planning, and release management for continuous delivery to the cloud and on-premises. Includes broad IDE support.

What is Bitbucket?

Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test and deploy, all with free private Git repositories. Teams choose Bitbucket because it has a superior Jira integration, built-in CI/CD, & is free for up to 5 users.

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