# Azure DevOps alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 390 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Azure DevOps holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-devops/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- GitHub Actions: 121
- GitHub: 112
- GitLab CI/CD: 46
- GitLab: 29
- CircleCI: 4
- Bitbucket: 3

## Source control hosting

**Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Azure DevOps (Azure DevOps is #4 of 7 at 0%).

- GitHub: first choice in 53 of those 70
- GitLab: first choice in 10 of those 70
- Bitbucket: first choice in 1 of those 70
- GitHub Free Plan: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Azure DevOps (Azure DevOps is #5 of 8 at 0%).

- GitHub: first choice in 35 of those 65
- GitLab: first choice in 10 of those 65
- Bitbucket: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Codeberg: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Forgejo: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Gitea: first choice in 1 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 47 of 84 answers did not name Azure DevOps (Azure DevOps is #3 of 7 at 6%).

- GitHub: first choice in 22 of those 47
- GitLab: first choice in 9 of those 47
- GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Gitea: first choice in 1 of those 47

## CI/CD platforms

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Azure DevOps (Azure DevOps is #8 of 10 at 0%).

- GitHub Actions: first choice in 71 of those 80
- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 8 of those 80
- CircleCI: first choice in 3 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Azure DevOps (Azure DevOps is #6 of 13 at 0%).

- GitHub Actions: first choice in 41 of those 74
- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 19 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Azure DevOps (Azure DevOps is #3 of 12 at 11%).

- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 19 of those 54
- GitHub Actions: first choice in 9 of those 54
- GitHub: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Azure Pipelines: first choice in 1 of those 54
- CircleCI: first choice in 1 of those 54
- CloudBees CI: first choice in 1 of those 54
- GitHub Actions on GitHub Enterprise Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 54

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