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AWS CodeBuild vs Jenkins comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS CodeBuild
Ranking in Build Automation
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jenkins
Ranking in Build Automation
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
93
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of AWS CodeBuild is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jenkins is 10.4%, down from 13.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Udhay Prakash Pethakamsetty - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides good integrations, is flexible, and has a comparable price
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.
Dinesh-Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
A highly-scalable and stable solution that reduces deployment time and produces a significant return on investment
The dashboard needs to be improved. Though the access management and authentication functionalities are present, the dashboard and UI could be more user-friendly. The product has many plug-ins. Users have to go through the documentation to be able to use the product. The UI must be more user-friendly. The information should be available in the dashboard itself. The users shouldn’t have to refer to the documentation. When a user hovers over the elements on the dashboard, it should reveal information about them.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The initial setup of CodeBuild is easy."
"The most important thing is that it's self-contained in an AWS account, and it's all linked to the customer's AWS account."
"CodeBuild supports various platforms and coding."
"It works seamlessly with AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR)."
"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."
"A valuable feature is the support for third-party repositories such as Bitbucket, GitLab, or GitHub."
"The integration is a good feature."
"The integration with other AWS services has streamlined our workflow."
"This is a great integration tool and very powerful."
"It is open source, flexible, scalable, and easy to use. It is easy to maintain for the administrator. It is a continuous integration tool, and its enterprise version is quite mature. It has good integrations and plug-ins. Azure DevOps can also be integrated with Jenkins."
"We really appreciate that this solution is plug and play. When coding in the version control system, this product completes the build process automatically."
"It offers continuous deployment and continuous testing. It enables us to figure out anything."
"Jenkins is a CI/CD tool and is the most robust tool."
"The solution is scalable and has a large number of plugins that can help you scale it to your needs."
"The most valuable features of Jenkins are the integration with GitHub, and the automation for deployment."
"Jenkins has excellent task planning features."
 

Cons

"They can further improve the integration of the Bitbucket for CodeBuild."
"Notifications could be added, or SNS integration could be included so that notifications can be received on every build, whether the build fails or succeeds."
"While working on building images for multiple applications within a single script, I encountered an issue where looping functionality was not supported as expected."
"There is no persistent storage or preservation of workspace between the builds."
"One of the main challenges is that if the environment is not set up properly, it will result in issues such as image errors."
"There have been times when CodeBuild has shown some instability, like bugs or breakdowns."
"The front-end interface and the management are somewhat challenging, and there's a lot of space for improvement."
"For improvement, I'd suggest more build instance-type options. There's a big jump from 15 gigabytes of RAM to 150, and I'd like something in between as the larger option is too expensive for our needs."
"The enterprise version is less stable than the open-source version."
"This solution could be improved by removing the storage of unnecessary data such as the history of test deployments that were unsuccessful."
"The upgrades need improvement."
"It would be helpful if they had a bit more interactive UI."
"It could be cheaper."
"Jenkins is not an easy solution to use and the configuration is not simple. They can improve the solution by adding a graphical interface that is more user-friendly."
"Adding support for OIDC and internal user databases simultaneously would improve Jenkins."
"The solution's UI can use a facelift and the logs can use more detailed information."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"We pay a monthly licensing fee."
"Despite the cost, it is worth the investment."
"Some of the add-ons are too expensive."
"It could be cheaper because there are many solutions available in the market. We are paying yearly."
"Jenkins is open source."
"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There are no costs or licensing."
"Jenkins is not expensive and reasonably priced."
"The pricing for Jenkins is free."
"We are using the freeware version of Jenkins."
"Jenkins is open-source, so it is free."
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Comparison Review

it_user184734 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 22, 2015
I generally find TeamCity a lot more intuitive than Jenkins.
Moving to TeamCity from Jenkins At work, we’re slowly migrating from Jenkins to TeamCity in the hope of ending some of our recurring problems with continuous integration. My use of Jenkins prior to this job has been almost strictly on a personal basis, although I pretty much only use Travis…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Media Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS CodeBuild?
It works seamlessly with AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR).
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS CodeBuild?
Regarding pricing, AWS services are quite expensive compared to open source tools like Git that are available for free.
What needs improvement with AWS CodeBuild?
We had integration issues with a tool called Octopus Deploy while using CodeBuild. AWS support helped us resolve it, however, it could be better.
How does Tekton compare with Jenkins?
When you are evaluating tools for automating your own GitOps-based CI/CD workflow, it is important to keep your requirements and use cases in mind. Tekton deployment is complex and it is not very e...
What do you like most about Jenkins?
Jenkins has been instrumental in automating our build and deployment processes.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jenkins?
Jenkins is used in many companies to save money, especially within R&D divisions, by avoiding the expenses of proprietary tools.
 

Comparisons

 

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