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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GoCD

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGoCD, from ThoughtWorks in Chicago, is an application lifecycle management and development tool.N/A

    Micro Focus Diagnostics (discontinued)

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AMicro Focus Diagnostics was the analytics and issue diagnostics component of the Application Performance Management suite. It provided code-level visibility into transaction activity across applications and the network they are operating on. The product is no longer available for sale.N/A
    Pricing
    GoCDMicro Focus Diagnostics (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    GoCDMicro Focus Diagnostics (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    GoCDMicro Focus Diagnostics (discontinued)
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of GoCD and Micro Focus Diagnostics (discontinued)
    Feature
    GoCD
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    Ratings
    Micro Focus Diagnostics (discontinued)
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Application monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Threshold alerts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Application performance management console00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Collaboration tools00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    GoCDMicro Focus Diagnostics (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ThoughtWorks
    Previously, our team used Jenkins. However, since it's a shared deployment resource we don't have admin access. We tried GoCD as it's open source and we really like. We set up our deployment pipeline to run whenever codes are merged to master, run the unit test and revert back if it doesn't pass. Once it's deployed to the staging environment, we can simply do 1-click to deploy the appropriate version to production. We use this to deploy to an on-prem server and also AWS. Some deployment pipelines use custom Powershell script for.Net application, some others use Bash script to execute the docker push and cloud formation template to build elastic beanstalk.
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    I would say on 90% of our agent installs everything works without any modification. If the application however makes a large use of memory based cache and analysis that classes will need to be excluded from instrumentation or it will impact performance.
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    Pros
    ThoughtWorks
    • Pipeline-as-Code works really well. All our pipelines are defined in yml files, which are checked into SCM.
    • The ability to link multiple pipelines together is really cool. Later pipelines can declare a dependency to pick up the build artifacts of earlier ones.
    • Agents definition is really great. We can define multiple different kinds of environments to best suit our diverse build systems.
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    • Agent level customization - For highly performant applications we can easily exclude instrumentation, yet still receive the benefit of historical tracking on common data points like CPU, Heap and GC cycles.
    • Support - In the 5+ years working with the product any HP solution engagements have been quick to provide a needed configuration solution.
    • Agent Diversity - Have used the product across 6+ differing middleware technologies comprising dozens of version (both middleware and java) combinations.
    • Agent installation - With its ability to support a silent type install, automating was a simple task.
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    Cons
    ThoughtWorks
    • UI can be improved
    • Location for settings can be re-arranged
    • API for setting up pipeline
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    • The product does offer a lot of functionality - This can lead to a cluttered user interface and does take some time to become comfortable and proficient in its use.
    • Data Volume - We have had some issues in balancing the desire to keep all data and consuming infrastructure storage.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ThoughtWorks
    GoCD is easier to setup, but harder to customize at runtime. There's no way to trigger a pipeline with custom parameters.
    Jenkins is more flexible at runtime. You can define multiple user-provided parameters so when user needs to trigger a build, there's a form for him/her to input the parameters.
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    Discontinued Products
    While it has been several years since using BMC Patrol I like that HP doesn't require me to have a custom module added for every different type of product I would like to instrument.
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    Return on Investment
    ThoughtWorks
    • ROI has been good since it's open source
    • Settings.xml need to be backed up periodically. It contains all the settings for your pipelines! We accidentally deleted before and we have to restore and re-create several missing pipelines
    • More straight forward use of API and allows filtering e.g., pull all pipelines triggered after this date
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    Discontinued Products
    • Performance Tuning - Product is fully integrated to provide baseline and drift across releases.
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