Appsmith vs. Azure DevOps vs. Sprig

It is best suited if you want to build a tool for internal use purpose. It is even better suited if you have your data in Google Sheets. You can build apps with functionlity of CRUD where you can not just view but modify and add new entries so you can make good internal CRM tool or HR tool or anything that you need with the flexibility that Appsmith offers.

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Azure DevOps works well when you’ve got larger delivery efforts with multiple teams and a lot of moving parts, and you need one place to plan work, track it properly, and see how everything links together. It’s especially useful when delivery and development are closely tied and you want backlog items, code and releases connected rather than spread across tools. Where it’s less of a fit is for small teams or simple pieces of work, as it can feel like more setup and process than you really need, and non-technical users often struggle with the interface. It also isn’t great if you want instant, easy programme-level views or a very visual planning experience without putting time into configuration.

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We help our digital team and seo team to optimize the website based on the data we get from the tool which ultimately results in better page views, time spent on a web page & low bounce rate

• Connect to external data sources like Google Sheets
• Using JS to manupulate data
• Can use JS almost everywhere within design

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• Utilize Git as a repository to share work between multiple users
• Ability to configure Pipelines to build containers to run virtual deployments and testing scripts.
• Split individual tasks and relate to master documents for quick navigation and ability to see overall picture of project.
• Track status of each task
• Integrate with Git to utilize branches, merging, approvals, history, etc.

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• User Journeys.
• User research.
• Prototyping.
• Unmoderated testing.

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• UI could be more responsive. Its bit hassle to create a UI which would fit mobile devices.
• If there are multiple UI blocks it gets cumbersome to adjust their size and appearance as you have to do it one by one.

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• I did mention it has good visibility in terms of linking, but sometimes items do get lost, so if there was a better way to manage that, that would be great.
• The wiki is not the prettiest thing to look at, so it could have refinements there.
• It could improve the search slightly better.

• Website optimization which helps us generate more leads
• Increased sales due to tracking & detailed view of our customer journey
• Reporting & analytics

I don't think our organization will stray from using VSTS/TFS as we are now looking to upgrade to the 2012 version. Since our business is software development and we want to meet the requirements of CMMI to deliver consistent and high quality software, this SDLC management tool is here to stay. In addition, our company uses a lot of Microsoft products, such as Office 365, Asp.net, etc, and since VSTS/TFS has proved itself invaluable to our own processes and is within the Microsoft family of products, we will continue to use VSTS/TFS for a long, long time.

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It's a great help to get more information about new feature release and stay updated on what the dev team is working on. I like how easy it is to just login and read through the work items. Each work item has basic details: Title, Description, Assigned to, State, Area (what it belongs to), and iteration (when it’s worked on). See image above.They move through different states (New → Discovery → Ready for Prod → etc.).

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Sprig is ideal for high-traffic websites. Few people (passively and actively) provide feedback when asked. Therefore, before you get this tool, you need to make sure you measure your website's traffic and decide if it's worth investing in it. This tool is recommended for any e-commerce site for post-purchase research after the purchase is complete.

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When we've had issues, both Microsoft support and the user community have been very responsive. DevOps has an active developer community and frankly, you can find most of your questions already asked and answered there. Microsoft also does a better job than most software vendors I've worked with creating detailed and frequently updated documentation.

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I never have the problem with the support team. They solve my problems on time

Was not part of the process.

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Microsoft Planner is used by project managers and IT service managers across our organization for task tracking and running their team meetings. Azure DevOps works better than Planner for software development teams but might possibly be too complex for non-software teams or more business-focused projects. We also use ServiceNow for IT service management and this tool provides better analysis and tracking of IT incidents, as Azure DevOps is more suited to development and project work for dev teams.

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Sprig allows users to record video (either on their screen or their webcam) on their mobile devices. Once you have integrated it into your website, you can easily deploy any questionnaire on any page of your website.

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• Saves tons of money to hire a vendor to build apps or hire a specialist within org to build internal apps

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• We have saved a ton of time not calculating metrics by hand.
• We no longer spend time writing out cards during planning, it goes straight to the board.
• We no longer track separate documents to track overall department goals. We were able to create customized icons at the department level that lets us track each team's progress against our dept goals.

Incentivized

• It is good and does the work properly as promised
• User interface is modern
• No lag and frequent maintenance updates