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Microsoft Dev Box vs. Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Dev Box
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dev Box is an Azure service that gives developers access to ready-to-code, project-specific dev boxes that are preconfigured and centrally managed. The service support hybrid dev teams of any size with cloud-based workstations, and let developers focus on writing code by streamlining access to the tools they need.N/A
Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
Score 6.8 out of 10
N/A
Visual Studio App Center was a solution used to build, test, release, and monitor mobile and desktop apps, as well as to continuously monitor real-time performance. The product was discontinued in March 2025, and is no longer available.
$40
per month per build concurrency
Pricing
Microsoft Dev BoxVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Builds
$40
per month per build concurrency
Standard Test Plan
$99
per month per build concurrency
Enterprise Test Plan
$499
per month per build concurrency
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Dev BoxVisual Studio App Center (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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Best Alternatives
Microsoft Dev BoxVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
Small Businesses
GitHub
GitHub
Score 9.1 out of 10
GitHub
GitHub
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
GitHub
GitHub
Score 9.1 out of 10
GitHub
GitHub
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Perforce P4
Perforce P4
Score 7.0 out of 10
Perforce P4
Perforce P4
Score 7.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Microsoft Dev BoxVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Dev BoxVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
Honestly, it's an all around solution that needs some enhancements. Need to build an app, check! Need to test that app, check! Need to debug that app, check! Visual Studio App Center is a well rounded platform for multiple types of builds and services.
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Pros
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
  • It supplies the right native integration for test cases both IOS and Android
  • Constant device updates means you are working with the right builds to support product use cases
  • Excels in automated test cases that are easy to implement, monitor, and digest results
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Cons
Microsoft
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Discontinued Products
  • Webview support was lacking
  • User management seems a bit disconnected from the standard Microsoft ecosystem. Almost feels like you are managing local users and sharing access more than an enterprise solution
  • Price could be better
  • Buggy on some of the latest versions of windows
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Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
The biggest benefit is in integrations and plug-ins, as well as the fact that it's not open source. I know open source is popular, but we have all been on the downside of open source and waiting for things to be voted up or a contribution to fix an issue. This alone makes VSAC a nice solution! Plus, it comes with a complete IDE integration of services, documentation, and is light weight
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
  • Cut down on time to delivery enhancements and overall builds to users
  • Helps test new proposed releases with ease
  • Cuts down on local build issues as it does do a good job with local development environments as well
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