Bamboo vs Jenkins comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Bamboo and Jenkins based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Build Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Bamboo vs. Jenkins Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Bamboo vs. Jenkins

October 2024

Helped 814,649 peers since 2012

Categories and Ranking

Bamboo

Ranking in Build Automation

6th

Average Rating

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Jenkins

Ranking in Build Automation

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Bamboo is 8.6%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jenkins is 11.3%, down from 14.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Andrea Carella

DevOps Engineer at Politecnico di Milano

Apr 5, 2023

High availability, helpful support, and plenty of plugins available

We utilize Bamboo to automatically deploy multiple applications that manage various aspects of our department across several environments, including testing and production. By employing the same pipeline for each application, we can effectively manage and automate the process. As a result, we've…

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AllenUmlas

Engineer at Etisalat

Feb 29, 2024

Streamlines the CI/CD process with its user-friendly interface, extensive plugin ecosystem and efficient automation capabilities

In our CI/CD pipeline, we rely on Jenkins to trigger various tasks related to the Telco Cloud infrastructure. It's an essential tool for managing our infrastructure tasks efficiently Jenkins is incredibly user-friendly, so I haven't encountered any difficulties using it. It's the only product…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It can do the CI pipeline well."

"The most valuable feature of Bamboo is that it is a good tool for CI/CD integration."

"Bamboo's integration with the rest of Atlassian's tech tools, like Jira, helps manage the end-to-end development and release process."

"It's one of the best solutions in this line of work. We have many Atlassian products. We use Bamboo, JIRA, Service Desk, and some other Atlassian plugins. We like that it's easy to integrate into each other. It's a suite of services."

"Bamboo was used extensively in our organization for PCA compliance."

"The platform helps us with automated and timely backup. It provides data replication as well."

"In my experience Bamboo is scalable."

"The most valuable features are compiling and deployment."

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"It is easy to use."

"Continuous Integration. Jenkins can integrate with almost any systems used for application development and testing, with its plugins."

"This is a great integration tool and very powerful."

"Very easy to understand for newcomers."

"I like that you can find a wide range of plugins for Jenkins."

"The most valuable feature of Jenkins is its open source."

"The solution is scalable and concurrent users have access to the platform."

"Jenkins is the most widely used development tool, so there are many plugins and it's easy to integrate. There is a large user base to provide community support, which I find very valuable. If I need to find a better way to do something, I can always get help from the community. Automation is about thinking outside of the box, and other users are constantly adding new plugins."

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Cons

"Bamboo could improve by having compatibility with GitLab. It would be better to have this platform for deploying code and storing container registries. Bamboo does not have a container registry. Additionally, there could be more features added."

"It would be great if Bamboo could introduce a more containerized deployment model."

"It's a little outdated. It's three years old."

"The solution needs to support more customization in the training. What's offered is pretty generic. They need better training and should offer more guidance."

"It should be much easier to use. It shouldn't require a lot of reading to be able to use it. It should have just two or three screens rather than hundreds of screens requiring a lot of clicking. It also requires a lot of integration. It has a steep learning curve. It takes a lot of time to understand and put in the data. There is also no proper training."

"Integrating workflows with other platforms can be challenging. The capabilities of these platforms sometimes fall short compared to others. Initially, it was difficult for us because the plugins were very limited."

"Bamboo’s technical support services, in terms of speed of response, need improvement."

"Bamboo can improve by providing more with scripting, such as they have with Jenkins. Bamboo is more UI-driven at this time, Jenkins is going in that direction too."

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"The UI must be more user-friendly."

"The user interface could be updated a little."

"Jenkins is an open-source solution, and people tend to stay on the same version for a long time. When you look for an answer on Google, you often find something that doesn't relate to your implementation. The plugins are both the aspect of Jenkins and also one of the worst because the plugins can have different versions, so it's hard to figure out how to solve the problems."

"The user interface could be improved, and its reporting capabilities need enhancement. The plugins could be more effective."

"Jenkins could have better cloud functionality. Currently, we are using the existing legacy model, but we are moving toward the cloud, so it would be great if they could improve in that area. In the future, I would like more cloud features and related training materials, like a video tutorial."

"Upgrading and maintaining plugins can be painful, as sometimes upgrading a plugin can break functionality of another plugin that a job is dependent on."

"For this solution to be a 10, it has to be a lot more stable. Maybe the public version of Jenkins is stable, but in our case it's not stable."

"It would be helpful if they had a bit more interactive UI."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the solution's pricing a three out of five."

"There is a subscription required to use Bamboo."

"If Bamboo could provide more flexibility on pricing, that would help. On the agent side, if you want to increase the number of agents it should be less expensive. If they can provide some better pricing model, it will help, whether we are going to use it or are already using it."

"The price of Bamboo is reasonable."

"I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten."

"The server products for small teams used to offer excellent pricing. However, Atlassian has since changed the offering and the pricing is more expensive. I do still think the solution offers good value for money."

"Jenkins is a free open-source server."

"I used the free OSS version all the time. It was enough for all my needs."

"The open-source version is free, but small companies would not be able to afford the cloud-based version."

"Jenkins is an open-source platform."

"We are using the freeware version of Jenkins."

"It is a cheap solution."

"Jenkins is open source."

"This is an open-source solution for the basic features. However, if an organization wishes to include specific functionality, outside of the basic package, there are extra costs involved."

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Senior iOS Developer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

May 27, 2015

Bamboo vs. Jenkins

A biased and subjective comparison of Bamboo and Jenkins as CI servers for mobile development, based on practical experience with both. Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (Delivery, Distribution) has been around for quite a while. But surprisingly enough on a global scale it pretty…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Bamboo?

Bamboo's integration with the rest of Atlassian's tech tools, like Jira, helps manage the end-to-end development and release process.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bamboo?

I rate the solution's pricing a three out of five.

What needs improvement with Bamboo?

Integrating workflows with other platforms can be challenging. The capabilities of these platforms sometimes fall short compared to others. Initially, it was difficult for us because the plugins we...

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 open source and free to use. You simply download it, install it on your server, and it manages your pipelines.

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Overview

Bamboo is a continuous integration and delivery tool that ties automated builds, tests and releases together in a single workflow. It works great alongside JIRA and Stash providing a fully traceable deployment pipeline.

Jenkins is an award-winning application that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run by cron.

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