AWS CodeBuild Reviews

Name: AWS CodeBuild
Brand: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)

4.1 out of 5

10 reviews
90% willing to recommend

What is AWS CodeBuild?

AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers. CodeBuild scales continuously and processes multiple builds concurrently, so your builds are not left waiting in a queue. You can get started quickly by using prepackaged build environments, or you can create custom build environments that use your own build tools. With CodeBuild, you are charged by the minute for the compute resources you use.

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AWS CodeBuild is the #8 ranked solution in top Build Automation solutions. PeerSpot users give AWS CodeBuild an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. AWS CodeBuild is most commonly compared to GitLab: AWS CodeBuild vs GitLab. AWS CodeBuild is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 61% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 22% of all views.

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Featured reviews

Udhay Prakash Pethakamsetty

Data Engineer Manager at Capgemini

The product must provide more integrations. It is a replica of Jenkins. We have a management overhead. When I build artifacts stored outside the S3 bucket, it will have additional charges on the storage volumes. If we use S3 buckets regularly, it is fine. However, when we store somewhere else, it will be an issue. There is no persistent storage or preservation of workspace between the builds. We must fix the dependencies every time, even if the dependencies are the same. It is unnecessary.

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Stepan Raichl

AWS Competency Lead at trask

We have it on various client projects and we rarely use it individually. It forms part of an entire pipeline committed in CodeCommit along with all the customers' code. Then, it's picked up by CodeBuild in the pipeline to build the site, update the sites, and update the services with CloudFormation…

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Munisaiteja Narravula

AWS Engineer at 6thgen

One of the main challenges is that if the environment is not set up properly, it will result in issues such as image errors. It's crucial to have accurate environment configurations to avoid such problems. During the build stage, we often face time issues that cause delays, which can be troublesome.

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AWS CodeBuild mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of AWS CodeBuild in the Build Automation category stands at 1.2%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Build Automation

PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Build Automation	Jan 6, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Jan 6, 2025	Download
Comparison	AWS CodeBuild vs GitLab	Jan 6, 2025	Download
Comparison	AWS CodeBuild vs Tekton	Jan 6, 2025	Download
Comparison	AWS CodeBuild vs Jenkins	Jan 6, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
GitLab	4.3	17.4%	97%	81 interviews Add to research
Jenkins	4.0	11.3%	87%	93 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"One of the main features I value in CodeBuild compared to previous experiences, like using Jenkins, is its ability to handle tasks automatically with AWS, requiring only proper setup of the check file."
"CodeBuild supports various platforms and coding."
"The initial setup of CodeBuild is easy."

Room for Improvement

"One of the main challenges is that if the environment is not set up properly, it will result in issues such as image errors."
"We had integration issues with a tool called Octopus Deploy while using CodeBuild. AWS support helped us resolve it, however, it could be better."
"There have been times when CodeBuild has shown some instability, like bugs or breakdowns."

Pricing

"AWS CodeBuild is free. We only pay for our code's compute resources during the build process. For example, if our code takes ten minutes to build, we only pay for those ten minutes of computing time. CodeDeploy and CodePipeline are free because they're serverless and don't require computing resources. CodeCommit has minimal costs for storing code."
"Despite the cost, it is worth the investment."
"We pay a monthly licensing fee."

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