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IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery

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What is IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery?

IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery, available on IBM Cloud, allows users to provision an integrated toolchain using customizable, shareable templates with tools from IBM, third parties and open source. Automate builds and tests with Tekton-based delivery pipelines, and control quality with…

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  • DevOps Tool Integrations (6)
    8.7
    87%
  • Code Collaboration (5)
    7.8
    78%
  • Code Review (5)
    7.4
    74%
  • Dependencies and Blockers (5)
    7.2
    72%
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$0.00

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$35.00

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Authorized user per month

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  • Setup fee optional
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Project Management

Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation

8.5
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Agile Development

Features and tools related to Agile software development practices.

7.6
Avg 7.6
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Product Details

What is IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery?

With IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery, users can use open toolchains to build, deploy, and manage applications. Toolchains are integrated sets of tools that make development and operations tasks repeatable and manageable. Toolchains can include IBM Cloud services, open source tools, and third-party tools. Deploy to a range of environments including IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, OpenShift, and other public and private clouds.

IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery is managed by IBM in the Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, Osaka, Sydney and Washington DC regions. It is integrated with IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM), Resource Groups, and IBM Cloud billing.

IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery Features

  • Supported: Delivery Pipeline: Build, test and deploy in a repeatable way with minimal human intervention, and able to release into production at any time with Delivery Pipeline built on the open source Tekton project.
  • Supported: Git Repos and Issue Tracking: Manages source code and tracks work with Git repositories and issue tracking hosted by IBM and built on GitLab Community Edition.
  • Supported: DevOps Insights: Offers a holistic understanding of an application in a single dashboard. Displays trend information about builds, deployments and test results. Ensures quality through automated enforcement of policies and gates based on quality metrics.
  • Supported: Code can be edited from anywhere: An integrated web-based environment built on Eclipse Orion, used to create, edit, run, debug, and complete source control tasks, and seamlessly move from editing code to deploying it to production.
  • Supported: CLIs and tooling to interact with applications, containers, infrastructure, and other services
  • Supported: IBM Cloud Shell gives control of cloud resources, applications and infrastructure, from any web browser.

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IBM Cloud Shell - A command-line environment in any web browser

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IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesWorldwide - Continuous Delivery is available in the following IBM Cloud Regions: US South, US East, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Japan

Frequently Asked Questions

IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery, available on IBM Cloud, allows users to provision an integrated toolchain using customizable, shareable templates with tools from IBM, third parties and open source. Automate builds and tests with Tekton-based delivery pipelines, and control quality with analytics.

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The most common users of IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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November 07, 2020

Very good service killed by a very bad pricing model

PH
Philippe Herlin
Cloud BU Leader
EdifiXio (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees)
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
CD is used to implement CI/CD pipelines to continuously deploy applications we are developing, for us or for our clients.
We have around 15 developers using it daily for several applications.
Pros and Cons
  • Simple to use.
  • Ability to package our own tools.
  • Integrate to a variety of tools.
  • Much too expensive.
Likelihood to Recommend
I would recommend this tool only for large companies with a huge usage of the service.
The pricing model based on users is nonsense in a cloud world where services are priced on usage.
It kills the interest of the product.
I recommend users to build a TCO comparison with alternatives. Competitors may be less expensive in many situations.
Return on Investment
  • Negative impact due to the pricing model.
Alternatives Considered
CI/CD is much more user friendly than Jenkins.
It better integrates to IBM Cloud features.
On the other side, Jenkins deployed in a VM or better, on a K8S cluster is a less expensive solution.
Jenkins has also much more features (but we do not use them).
Usability
9
Nothing special to say : the UX is clear and simple.
Support Rating
8
We had only few issues with the service, quite long time ago now. The support has always been effective.
Other Software Used
August 06, 2020

Quick Integration and Setup

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
At my company, we use the IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery service to validate in a development setting the changes my co-workers and I make every day. It helps us to automate the testings and code readability in the delivery pipeline, that way we can keep with code guidelines to keep Ithe maintainability.
Pros and Cons
  • The setup is really easy and intuitive.
  • Integrates easily with other IBM Cloud services.
  • The initial log of errors is helpful.
  • When a build fails, the only way to gather detailed information about the error is through the terminal.
  • Sometimes it has failed without a clear reason. However, this doesn't happen frequently and after a couple of minutes, the problem is usually fixed.
  • Sometimes you might want more personalization of the delivery pipeline, and in that case, it becomes a lot less intuitive.
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery is well suited for almost any project, especially if you are already using others IBM Cloud services. Almost anybody without any previous experience with the interface can create and setup their initial service. However, if you project demands a more elaborated delivery pipeline, it can require more in depth learning of the service.
Return on Investment
  • Ability to continuously test the code.
  • Improve code readability with automated testings.
  • Fast deployment.
Alternatives Considered
I find IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery service way easier to set up compared to Travis CI. The visual interface helps you navigate throughout the service effortlessly. I used Travis CI 2 years ago, although it wasn't complicated, I took more time to create and set up an instance with a project. However, I did get the feeling that for advanced settings, I was more in control than when I compare it to IBM's alternative. Nonetheless, from a day to day perspective, I rather choose IBM's over Travis CI.
Support Rating
7
In more than a year using the IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery tool, I haven't had any major complaints or problems. However, in the last month, IBM suffered from a couple of problems through several of its services, and for a short period of time, I couldn't deploy successfully my projects. The problem was brief and was quickly fixed.
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