Azure Test Plans
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What both publish
| Fact | Azure Test Plans | Buildkite |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance | Azure DevOps lists ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27018:2019, ISO 26262:2023, HIPAA, BAA, EU Model Clauses, SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 among its certifications or commitments. | Buildkite says it maintains an annually audited SOC 2 Type II report. |
| Founded | Microsoft was founded in 1975. | 2013 |
| Integrations | Azure DevOps exposes integrations with GitHub, Docker, Slack, Sentry and more through its Marketplace extension ecosystem. | Documented integrations include Slack, PagerDuty, Datadog, Honeycomb, OpenTelemetry, Amazon EventBridge, Artifactory, Docker Hub, and Backstage. |
| Purpose | Azure Test Plans provides planned manual and exploratory testing tools for apps. | Buildkite Pipelines is a platform for building CI/CD workflows, with pipeline steps dispatched as jobs to agents. |
| Security | Azure DevOps states that project data is protected in transit and at rest, uses the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle and undergoes security penetration testing. | Buildkite states that data in transit is protected with TLS 1.2+ and data at rest is encrypted using AES-256. |
Azure Test Plans plans
- Basic + Test Plans$52 a month
- StakeholdersFree
- Stakeholders (Free)Free
- Basic$6 a month
Buildkite plans
- Free PlanFree
- Pro Plan$30 a month
- Enterprise PlanPriced on request
Pick Azure Test Plans if…
Azure DevOps teams needing connected test traceability; Teams conducting manual, exploratory and UAT workflows; Organizations requiring hosted or self-hosted deployment
Pick Buildkite if…
Buildkite suits software teams building CI/CD workflows that need hosted or self-managed agents. Its Test Engine is relevant to teams tracking test reliability, performance, and flaky tests.