Accelerating builds from hours to minutes with Azure DevOps and IncrediBuild Cl

Incredibuild is a leading software development acceleration platform that transforms how teams handle computationally intensive tasks in the software development lifecycle, offering integration with Azure DevOps.

By harnessing distributed computing, intelligent caching, and hybrid cloud capabilities, Incredibuild dramatically reduces build times, enabling faster iterations, higher productivity, and quicker time-to-market for products.

Founded in 2002 in Tel Aviv, Israel, by software engineers Uri Mishol and Uri Shaham, Incredibuild began as a solution to one of the most persistent frustrations in development: painfully long compile and build times.

What started as a grid computing tool to distribute workloads across idle CPUs has evolved into a comprehensive, cloud-native acceleration platform trusted by over 2,000 organizations worldwide, including major names like Microsoft, Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Disney, Intel, Amazon, and Nintendo. With more than 200,000 users, Incredibuild has particularly strong adoption in the gaming industry, where it once accounted for around 60% of its business.

At its core, Incredibuild works by breaking down development processes—such as C/C++ compilations, simulations, shader builds, testing, code analysis, and CI/CD pipeline tasks—into smaller, independent units. These tasks are then distributed across available compute resources in a secure grid that includes on-premises machines, idle developer workstations, and cloud instances. This turns a standard development environment into a virtual supercomputer with potentially hundreds or thousands of cores.

Key features include:

• Distributed Processing — Maximizes existing hardware by utilizing idle CPU cycles across the network, with seamless hybrid bursting to cloud resources (like Azure spot instances) when local capacity is exceeded.
• Build Cache (Shared Cache Technology) — Reuses outputs from previous builds across the entire team, often eliminating the need to re-execute tasks entirely and delivering faster results than local incremental builds alone.
• Real-Time Monitoring and Visualization — Tools like the Build Monitor provide detailed insights into build progress, bottlenecks, and resource usage, integrated directly into environments like Visual Studio.
• Broad Integration — Works out-of-the-box with popular tools and platforms, including Visual Studio, CMake, MSBuild, make, Unreal Engine, Unity, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and various game consoles (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Android).
• Security and Compliance — Holds dual ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications, ensuring compute resources remain internal and never exposed to the public internet.

Incredibuild integrates particularly well with Microsoft ecosystems, including a dedicated extension in the Visual Studio Marketplace and native support in Azure DevOps pipelines. Teams can accelerate time-consuming Azure DevOps tasks like compilations, testing, and code signing by scaling builds across distributed agents or bursting to Azure for additional compute power. Microsoft has highlighted Incredibuild in various developer resources and partnerships over the years, noting its ability to turn build servers and dev machines into high-performance resources.

The impact is substantial. Case studies show dramatic reductions: one studio cut build times from 2 hours to just 6 minutes using Incredibuild’s distribution and caching. In large-scale C++ projects, teams often see 70% or greater speedups, allowing more frequent iterations, expanded test coverage, and ultimately better software quality.

While Incredibuild excels in performance-heavy workloads (especially C/C++ and game development), results depend on factors like network quality, codebase characteristics, and available machines. Some users have noted challenges with certain configurations or licensing tiers, but the platform’s ongoing evolution—including recent AI integrations and acquisitions like Kypso in 2025—continues to push boundaries toward accelerating the full dev cycle, including AI-assisted workflows.

In an era where developer velocity directly influences business success, Incredibuild stands out as a powerful tool for teams tired of waiting on builds. By intelligently leveraging compute resources without requiring code or process changes, it helps engineering organizations ship faster, innovate more, and stay competitive. For those looking to eliminate build bottlenecks, Incredibuild remains one of the most established and capable solutions available today. Visit incredibuild.com to explore trials, integrations, and case studies.