Azure DevOps Server vs. LinearB

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure DevOps Server
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
AzureDevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server, or TFS) is a test management and application lifecycle management tool, from Microsoft's Visual Studio offerings. To license Azure DevOps Server an Azure DevOps license and a Windows operating system license (e.g. Windows Server) for each machine running Azure DevOps Server.N/A
LinearB
Score 7.8 out of 10
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LinearB is a tool for software development organizations that allows for improved productivity based on objective data driven insights. Founded in 2018, Los Angeles-based LinearB promises a fresh approach to software development project management and metrics, for example helping developer teams correlate project issues with data from their code, Git, projects, and more. LinearB promises to bring context to the metrics, helping engineering leaders understand what is happening across a…
$0
(8 devs included)
Pricing
Azure DevOps ServerLinearB
Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
(8 devs included)
Pro
$10
Per dev per month to start
Enterprise
$45
Per dev per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure DevOps ServerLinearB
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Azure DevOps ServerLinearB
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
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Usability
6.0
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Support Rating
8.4
(0 ratings)
-
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Implementation Rating
8.0
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Ease of integration
9.0
(0 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Azure DevOps ServerLinearB
Likelihood to Recommend
In our case it was best suited when we started working remotely, we were able to track everything in out projects easily, able to share our codes, give reviews for the codes and also create integration and deployment CI/CD plans for the release and testing. It helped our team members with the productivity, early prototyping and release. Create summarised reports of different aspect of our projects. Even in other scenarios it is one of the best tools to use for collaboration and project management. I haven't found any specific scenario where it is not appropriate
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It gives you an amazing dashboard with graphs and data that helps in analyzing our work. Through cycle metric tracking, the throughput of your teams is great as compared to agile metrics such as Scrum Velocity.
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Pros
  • Vast range of Template for Automated Build and Release Pipeline with option to have conditional triggers
  • Code repository mechanism is aligned with GIT which is a well known public repository system
  • Bug Management is also an integral feature of this tool
  • Dashboard creation option of Build and Release pipeline is also available
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Cons
  • Searching through code can be somewhat cumbersome. It would be nice if there was a way to do general searches in certain areas of the system.
  • Without proper training, the system can be confusing to navigate. This issue can be prevented with good training but it is something to be aware of.
  • Navigation can be clunky at times depending on where you are in the system. For power users, this is not a huge deal but it is a tad bit annoying.
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  • Tracking work based on Kanban methodology has some glitches and is not fully supported in linear.
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Likelihood to Renew
Because we are a Microsoft Gold Partner we utilize most of their software and we have so much invested in Team Foundation Server now it would take a catastrophic amount of time and resources to switch to a different product.
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Usability
For standard users the interface is friendly. but if you are a manager some tools are a little confusing to use, like the query system that you always need to create from scratch. Templates should be more helpful for queries and for standard procedures that you need to duplicate PBIs over time. The search history of Work Items is a little painful to use.
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Support Rating
I have not had to use the support for Azure DevOps Server. There have never been any issues where I was not able to figure it out or quickly resolve. Our Scrum Master has used support before though, and the service has always been prompt and clear with a customer-focus
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Implementation Rating
Do research beforehand and, if possible, do a trial run before implementing into production environment.
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Alternatives Considered
Azure DevOps is a fully integrated solution that solves all of the problems that our separate tools did in a much easier-to-use way. Before we implemented DevOps we had three different solutions that we had to integrate with each other and required a lot of manual intervention to make sure they worked correctly.
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Return on Investment
  • It has streamlined the pipeline and project management for our agile effort.
  • It has helped our agile team get organized since that is a new methodology being leveraged within the Enterprise.
  • The calendar has improved visibility into different OOOs across the project team since we all come from different departments across the larger organization.
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