SFDC DevOps vs Copado vs Gearset
Are you looking for a Dev Ops solution and considering SFDC DevOps, Copado, and Gearset.
Evaluating DevOps Center vs. Copado Essentials+, and I can share some high-level takeaways.
In favor of Copado Essentials+:
Product has been around longer, is much better tested, has addressed customer pain points over time, etc. DevOps Center's current limitations around validation-only deployments and work item revisions and bugs when attempting to promote work items piecemeal definitely give us pause.
Better visualization of deployment status
Better visibility into diffs when selecting elements to include in a deployment/work item
Including Profiles in source control is better supported (for companies not ready to migrate field/class/flow permissions to Permission Sets)
More complete support for rollbacks (no need to use Git commands to achieve this)
Jira integration is provided (although, to be fair, you can always put a link to a Jira issue in a DevOps Center work item description)
In favor of DevOps Center:
Better integration of admin-centric workflows (Work Items) with dev-centric workflows (Git-based). In Copado Essentials+, choosing to use pro-clicks features like Work Items means compromising code reviews in GitHub, Git-based approaches to merge conflicts, workflows involving more than a single dev environment, etc. We believe DevOps Center offers a more complete conceptualization of Work Items.
A Kanban-like pipeline UI that helps better visualize all in-flight work at a high level
Ability to leverage source tracking to identify items to commit/deploy
Ability to easily integrate and remove disposable dev environments in a pipeline, including both sandboxes and scratch orgs
Better support/prompts to accommodate and promote back syncing of dev environments
Adopting DevOps Center gives our team the opportunity to master what will likely be a core competency for Salesforce pros in the future
You can't beat the price
It's early days, but right now we are pushing forward with DevOps Center.