Project Management
Azure DevOps
From $6Free planG2 4.4 · 136 reviews
Engineering teams in the Microsoft ecosystem that want work tracking, Git repos and CI/CD in one service; small teams of up to 5 developers pay nothing for Basic.
Quick overview
- Pricing
- First 5 Basic users free; then $6/user/month
- Plans
- Azure DevOps Services user licenses: Basic plan: first 5 users free, then $6 per user per month; includes Azure Boards, Repos, Pipelines access per access-level docs. Basic + Test Plans: $52 per user per month (pricing page text also mentions first 5 users free and $6 for additional users, which conflicts with the $52 figure; check the Azure calculator). Stakeholder access: free for unlimited users, limited features (view/edit work items, limited boards, dashboards). Users with Visual Studio subscriptions or GitHub Enterprise licenses get Basic access through those. Azure Pipelines: Microsoft-hosted 1 free parallel job with 1,800 minutes/month, extra parallel jobs $40/month each with unlimited minutes; self-hosted 1 free parallel job with unlimited minutes, extra $15/month each. Azure Artifacts: 2 GiB free, then from $2/GiB (tiered down to $0.25/GiB above 1,000 GiB). Billing is monthly through an Azure subscription.
- G2 rating
- 4.4 / 5.0
- Comparisons
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Key features
- Azure Boards: Kanban boards, backlogs, Scrum boards and drag-and-drop sprint planning
- Delivery Plans and portfolio backlogs for features and epics (Basic access)
- GitHub connection that links commits and pull requests to work items
- Git repositories (Azure Repos) and CI/CD (Azure Pipelines) in the same service
- Customizable dashboards, analytics widgets and 1,000+ Marketplace extensions
Pros
- First 5 Basic users free, then a low $6/user/month
- Unlimited free Stakeholder users for non-developers who view and edit work items
- Boards, Repos and Pipelines included in Basic access
- Visual Studio and GitHub Enterprise licenses can cover Basic access
Cons
- Test Plans access costs $52/user/month
- Stakeholder access is limited (no advanced sprint planning, Repos or pipeline authoring)
- Extra Microsoft-hosted parallel jobs cost $40/month each
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